April 3, 2013
On Monday April 1st we sadly left Cat Island after two weeks there. We had met so many nice people, some that we would dare call friends, that we were both somewhat emotional about leaving. We will definitely come back to Cat Island!
Our first transit day had us traveling north and west about 36 miles to Little San Salvador. We motor sailed with a headsail and a light following wind; a 3-4’ swell developed on our stern providing a fairly bumpy ride. These waters are quite desolate and we saw only one boat underway until we approached Little San Salvador. This is another of the cruise ships ‘private’ islands and the ‘Carnival Fascination’ was anchored off of West Bay (renamed to the sexier ‘Half Moon Bay’). It is quite a show watching the cruise ship guests enjoying all the toys.
There was a significant swell working its way into the bay and you are restricted to the northern end by the cruise ship operations, so we tucked in as far as we could in the northeast corner. ‘We-aren’t-afraid-of-shallow-water-boy’ overestimated the water this time (with the help of Navionics) and underestimated the effect of the swell and as low tide approached we started to bump the bottom. By then the cruise ship had left and we able to move south a bit to some deeper water.
On Tuesday we traveled about 44 miles around East Point on Eleuthera and up to Rock Sound. This again was a motor-sail with a mainsail. The seas were calm and we had a very smooth ride. These again are rather desolate waters. Around the south end of Eleuthera Joyce saw her first flying fish and for the first time on a sailboat we saw a small whale breach twice - very cool! We anchored near the town dock at Rock Sound and are looking forward to exploring the settlement.
A significant front is expected at the end of the week but we think we will be adequately protected here, although we may need to move around as the wind shifts.
Tom
Anchored Rock Sound
Eleuthera, Bahamas
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