We left the marina today and headed back out to anchor. Our goal was to make it to the Glass Window Bridge and the Queens Bath, two of the most popular tourist sites on Eleuthera. Lucky for us they’re next to each other.
The only challenging part of todays sail was going through Current Cut. It’s a narrow channel between 2 islands. Outside of slack water, the current is fast, and slack water doesn’t last long. A boat 15 minutes ahead of us reported no current over the radio. When we went through, we had a 2 knot current behind us. I guess we missed slack water. The current was opposing the wind, so large chop was already starting to form.
We got to the anchorage without any issues. Once there, we had to spot out an area to drop the hook. Sue was on the bow looking for a sandy area for us to drop on. We’re trying to avoid grass, rocks, and coral.
We found a large sandy spot, but it must have been shallow sand on top of rock. We dragged anchor for a good 40 feet before it finally grabbed and held.
After lunch, we jumped into the dingy and checked our anchor. The water is so clear, I just follow the chain until I find the anchor. It, and most of the chain, was buried deep in the sand. It looked good so we headed to the beach. When you beach your dingy, you want to make sure you drag it past the high tide mark. We were near low tide so I had to drag it pretty far. Yet another reason not to get a bigger dingy or larger motor.
First, we stopped at the Queens Bath, which is a tidal pool. I was pretty impressed with it, but I did make 2 mistakes. I should have worn shoes, not flip flops, and I should have put on swim trunks so could have gone deeper into the bath.
The Glass Window Bridge wasn’t as impressive. The wind and waves were not right to give the best show. When the conditions are right, dark blue waves from the deep Atlantic side crash into the turquoise water on the bank side. And, the blow holes are shooting water high into the sky. All we got out of the blow holes today were a couple of belches.
Standing in the tidal pool. It looks like I’m about to get soaked, but it doesn’t make it.
Kurt & Sue Sail 
It looks amazing. Wish we were there with you.
In general, how are you handling such a long voyage and being away from home for so long?
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Hi Steve,
So far, our time in the Bahamas had been great. So much so that we’ve decided to stay here for the winter and not push on further. So, if you’re up for a vacation, come on down and we’ll meet up.
Our family and friends have been meeting up with us along the way. It’s made a huge difference for both of us. And, we have more scheduled.
Sue’s planning on heading home for a week in February to deal with taxes. I’m sure she’ll be stalking everyone that week.
Cell service is great down here. I don’t know how they do it but we have LTE everywhere. Being able to call back home has been helpful. Unfortunately, we have local SIM card, so it’s an international call. We’re in the process of getting a MiFi device with unlimited data for $75. Then it’s going to be facetime or Skype.
Kurt
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