Our two months stay in Bruno’s in Fort Lauderdale had been very productive in respect of getting Nimue totally ship shape for her trip down to Panama.  We were also bidding farewell to our very good friend Kenny.  He came aboard Nimue as far as the 17th St. Bridge and then he jumped into his dinghy that we were towing.   Once through the bridge, we headed down to Miami and anchored in our usual spot in Fishers Island for the night.  An early morning start was necessary for us to get across the Gulf Stream to Bimini and before the anticipated wind picked up.  It was fairly blustery as we arrived at the entrance markers, which we carefully navigated before reaching Browns Marina.  Our allocated slip was located towards the pier end and with the wind getting up, we had our friends on Pearl, Moonlight Serenade and Blue Yonder standing by to take our lines.  We had time to join in for a quick Pot Luck dinner, including Lobster tails on the patio area outside the docks.  We checked into The Bahamas the following day and gave up another $300 in cash.  We all took a long walk to the end of the island and had a quick visit to the Casino and enquired about moving to another marina to hide away from a forecasted storm.  This was never taken up, as we, Moonlight and Blue Yonder decided to leave the following day for Highborne Cay in the Exumas.   We crossed the Bahamas Bank and the Northwest Channel and decided to go down the Tongue of the Ocean to miss Nassau.  Once through the xxxxx cut we had all anticipated anchoring of the night, but in fact the winds and sea state were not conducive to doing so and we ended up motoring into strong headwinds to Highbourne Cay.