Sailing Hobies to/in the Bahamas

Hey guys, For a long time I've thought about organising a bunch of hobies to sail through the Bahama islands, camping on the beaches, you know sort of like an expedition. So I've been working on this for a while now and as things now stand I have a 31 foot polynesian cat (a pahi 31, looks like a big hobie) which I can use as our support boat. The pahi can carry a whole load of stuff, enough for say 6 to 10 people for a couple of weeks, and we ve also got a 16 foot Boston Whaler as a run about. So guys, whos up for it? and how do we do it? I have various options that I could do
1) we could sail out of the Miami area 50 miles across to Bimini with your own boats. We d need to wait for a weather window and the pahi fully loaded is gonna struggle to keep up but could follow behind as safety cover.
2) We could get a container and fill it with (your) boats and ship it out to Nassau or Georgetown.
3) I can buy a bunch of hobies (Which model? Its real shallow in parts so daggerboards could be a problem. So I'm thinking either 16s or getaways) and permanently base em out in the Exumas and people can just fly out and join an expedition.

So what do you think? With enough interest it'd be worth me getting some boats out in the Exumas but otherwise I could bring my pahi back from the islands for a one off trip with hobies. The Exumas are the perfect place to do an expedition (check em out on google maps!)
Anyway....Guys this winter!! It could be a really cool thing to do.
Discuss
(I'm going to post this on each cat forum I hope thats OK with the forum moderator so we can get all you cat sailors talking)

with only a couple weeks experience under my belt I wouldn't think I'm ready for anything like this. But it is something i am putting on my bucket list. sounds like it would be a hell of a good time.

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Well thats another interesting question...how much experience would you need? It could be possible to sail down the lee side of the exumas in a light breeze even if you could barely sail. But yes once the wind picked up....and what gear would you need? VHF, GPS?

I spent 10 days in the Exuma's near Black Point this past March. All I can say is, I wish I had a Hobie there. We met another couple on our flight down that brought a collapsable kayak on the plane with them, and then took it from Staniel Kay Yacht Club up thru the Land & Sea Park and back, sleeping on the beaches. If they can make that tip in a Kayak, it would be a blast in a Hobie. The whole Exumas is set up for transient sailors, so that would be the place to cruise and explore. It is INCREDIBLY beautiful, and if you stay on the lee side is quite protected from the weather.

I just started sailing, but would love to figure a way to do it some day.

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Steve
2017 Hobie 16 "Cayman" sails 114795
1985 & 1973? Hobie 14 "Sea & Ski"

It would be a blast and if we get enough boats and people together it would be much safer. We could spread some old salts around to help on the boats with noobies on them .

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I think it would be easier to carry on this thread in the open forum section where I posted the same thread. That way we can discuss it all together.
http://www.hobiecat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=38874
I think its something like Hobie expedition to the Bahamas if that link doesnt work. I ve added some thoughts to that forum so maybe that would be better.

I'm in!