Beth and I took N1537J from Savannah, GA to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island for a four day weekend.
We departed Savannah at 7:00am and after a stop in Fort Pierce, FL we arrived in Freeport at about 12:15pm.
Prior to departure I went online and filled out a departing and arriving eAPIS form ( Electronic Advance Passenger Information System ) for Customs and Border Protection. Before leaving Fort Pierce I called in an International VFR Flight Plan with WXBRIEF. That way the USA knows you are leaving and The Bahamas knows you are coming. We did the same thing coming back, except I filed with Bahamas Flight Service. They have a direct line in the Customs building at the Freeport airport and all the forms that you will need.
There are lots and lots of rules and regulations about what is required to do this flight. Many of them are never asked about... I have a Customs Stamp Number decal on my plane now... I have a radiotelephone license now... I made sure that I had all my ducks in a row before making the jump and nobody noticed. LOL
We had a great time for four days and three nights. We stayed at the Reef Village at Our Lucays Resort. A very nice place with tons of things to do. We also went horseback riding with Leo... Saturday evening we went on a Sunset Cruise with Capt. Tony... We enjoyed it so much that we went back Sunday afternoon for the Snorkel Cruise.
We departed Freeport, Monday morning at 9:45am and arrived at Fort Pierce at 11:00am. We refueled, eat lunch, and closed our flight plan. ( Which I almost forgot...) The flight from Fort Pierce to Savannah took 3.1 hours.
