Life raft rental for Bahamas trip

[Greg252AY]

Planning a trip to ft lauderdale (from Dallas) in mid Jan to visit my daughter and would like to fly out to Bahamas. Any suggestions on renting a raft and life jackets in south Florida? Haven't decided yet, what places to go visit, so many choices. Can't wait to get get started. 

[carusoam]

There might be something in here...

Aaron was still single and his engine was burning more oil then....

Plenty of funny thread drift including pictures.

Best regards,

-a-

[kortopates]

I use KFPR for Bahama's destinations. You can rent a raft for $125/week and they also rent vest's and the FBO, APP Jet Center, is next door to customs plus has a nice restaurant. But you should consider buying your own vests unless you never fly over water just to have in the aircraft. Start your survival gear pack with a waterproof EPLB too if you don't yet have one.

[jetdriven]

I don't really advertise renting my stuff out but j have a 2 man raft, inflatable odd'so, and a 406 PLB that have been to the Bahamas 5 times but only once with me.... Also Cozumel.   Bdr737 at gmail dot com. 

[aaronk25]

There might be something in here...

Aaron was still single and his engine was burning more oil then....

Plenty of funny thread drift including pictures.

Best regards,

-a-

Great trip! All burning a qt every 2 hours or so the good news is at the now closed playa del Carmen airport there was cheap Mexican labor where $20 payed to clean all the oil off the belly that was burning though my exhaust.

What a wonderful trip!

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[M20F]

12 hours ago, kortopates said:

I use KFPR for Bahama's destinations. You can rent a raft for $125/week and they also rent vest's and the FBO, APP Jet Center, is next door to customs plus has a nice restaurant. But you should consider buying your own vests unless you never fly over water just to have in the aircraft. Start your survival gear pack with a waterproof EPLB too if you don't yet have one.

+1

[jlunseth]

Me too.  I have rented at APP Jet Center several times.  One hint.  Reserve your raft at least a week in advance.  If you fly over during a heavy travel period like spring break, they sometimes run out.

[pilotonfloats]

The easiest way to rent a Life raft for Bahamas trip is to go with www.aviationraft.com 

I use them all the time, very easy to deal with them. I fly different planes, from different airports, they deliver the raft for me in the FBO where I am taking off from.

Most of my islands flights are from Florida and Texas.

[201Steve]

My home drome is close enough for a non-stop flight, so I have been twice without stopping for a raft. I have since discovered a couple of airport neighbors who own one that I’ll use next time. That said, both times I’ve been, there have only been very very brief moments where there was not a fishing boat within gliding distance of Florida and the Bahamas. Results may vary. 

[201Steve]

Whoops. I just realized this post is 6 years old and the raft guy pulled it out of the grave for an advertisement. Carry on.