Here's the Trinity "Blind Date" pulling out into the southbound traffic as the FLIB broke up Tuesday morning...scary. We just passed her as she saw a gap (probably 200 yards) and decided to go for it! Don't know what the result was as we continued on our merry way, but as there was a flood tide, she wound up facing north (maybe intentionally?) into all the southbound/outbound yachts leaving. I'm sure there was some cursing going on as we were monitoring both 16 and 09 and didn't hear any securite from her nor any whistles... In this last photo, you can just see "Touch" sneaking in to pass "Blind Date's" STBD (blind?) side...
Skip, I saw several yachts turn north. They then hooked up with a towboat that dragged thm backwards to a wide area for them to spin around. Perhaps the current had an influence on some of these bows. the current was running well outbound at about 10:00 AM and saw one get a bit out of control while making room for the barge/crane to go by and almost hit a daymarker (fenders were at the ready thanks to a fast moving crew). Otherwise didn't see any issues outside Bahia Mar.
Perhaps Blind Date, at one hundred and sixtyone feet, employed the tonnage rule a/k/a "Might is right".
