Any one sail to the bahamas from Florida ?

The Bahamas are easily reached from Palm Beach (Lake Worth Inlet),Fort Lauderdale and Miami, distances very between 50 and 60 miles
If you leave from Palm Beach it's 56 miles to West End Grand Bahama, I like to leave at around 6 PM and after a few hours sail you can pick up the 1000 foot TV/cell tower and just follow the light in. There is a port of entry here. Don't forget, you need a passport now. There is a full service marina and transient dockage there. Up until the mid eighties there was the Jack Tar Village resort now called Bahama Bay.
 West End is quite historic and in prohibition days business was booming there.
Once you get to West End, nothing is further away than a days sail all the way down to the Turks and Caicos Islands. And in the out islands you will find the friendist people in the world.
 The water is so clear it looks like the boats are floating on air
Okay I need to get out and finish up on my boat

Herb & Doris
In Astor Florida
Sail fast live slow

Steves right about the Gulf Stream.
The stream moves in a northly direction at speeds of up to 1.5 knots and you need to steer a course of SSE (from Palm Beach) to make any easterly movement, which compounds the problem, as the prevailing wint is from the southeast, a good way is to sail down the beach about 15 miles and then go on a broad reach up to your mark.
You don't want to cross with a northly wind blowing, the wind will actualy back it up causing the sea level within the stream to rise as much as 15 feet and very confused, with that said, the best time of year to cross is April thru October, the rest of the year is doable and as Steve said, "watch your weather window" and have a very good three to five day forcast.
Herb with hull #237
In Astor Florida
Sail fast live slow