Blogs from North Eleuthera, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Days slip past us here with amazing speed and ease. Although we are not retired and must return to family and work, I could easily get used to this lifestyle. That is for the future, for now we will make the best of the time we have. On the 15th a friend arrived from home to visit for a few days. Although the weather was cool and greyish we had fun exploring the immediate area by foot, and a little further afield by hitchhiking. Of course we spent time at the Watersedge Internet Cafe and Da Spot. No visit here would be complete without spending time at those two places. All too soon our enjoyable visit was over. I hope he had as good a time as we did. On Friday 19th another boater from Canada ... read more

We left the country club ambiance of Spanish Wells on Jan., 7 heading for Hatchet Bay. The Bay is Hatchet Bay, the anchorage is Hatchet Bay Pond and the town is Alice Town. This is one of the few all round protected anchorages on Eleuthera. We are able to see the remnants of the marina that once existed here, foundation walls old electrical plug ins on posts and that sort of thing. The large cement pier still operates as this is a landing spot for freighters, mail boats, ferries and larger local delivery vessels. There is often a party atmosphere on the pier when large vessels arrive. Unlike many or perhaps most of the Bahamian Islands Eleuthera is hilly, this is partly what affords this anchorage protection from wind in any direction. The entrance is a ... read more

We've been traveling through the Bahamas since late March. We have sailed in the most shallow water here than anywhere else, but is crystal clear beautiful water in various shades of blue and green. Since the water is so shallow I have spent alot more time than usual standing on the coachroof and picking out reefs, rocks, and hazards as we approach harbors. We approached the Bahamas from the south after leaving Puerto Rico and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Our first stop in the Bahamas was Mayaguana where we got a good lesson in keeping up the the times of high and low tides. We haven't had to pay much attention to tides before because the water we have been sailing in has for the most part been deep water. In Mayaguana we couldn't even ... read more

Lundi 7 avril -Warderick vers Governor Harbour Ce matin, c’est le grand départ pour Eleuthera, nous laissons dernière nous avec nostalgie, les Exumas. Ces îles ou nous avons été ébloui par la beauté de l’eau et par les îles désertes qu’on y trouve. Ces îles bordées de plages immaculées et entourées d’eau translucides aux spirales allant du turquoise pâle au bleu saphiré. La traversée vers Eleuthera c’est très bien déroulé, nous avons eu des vents du sud-est de 10 à 15 nœuds et Born Free s’est fait valser par une vague de 4 pieds. Nous avons prié très fort la veille pour pêcher un mahi-Mahi ou un thon pendant cette traversée et malheureusement rien n’a mordu sur nos lignes. Quand nous sommes arrivés sur le Bank d’Eleuthera, nous pouvions déjà voir la différence de la couleur ... read more

We left Spanish Wells in the morning; it was dead calm so we motored along the bank and thru Current Cut to Eleuthera. Current Cut is a very narrow, very shallow channel where the water flows like a river at about 5-6 knots. It was tricky to navigate, to avoid the coral heads and to avoid running aground. I had to stand at the bow and be on the lookout while we went thru this treacherous section of the trip. After getting thru the narrowest part, a section which is about100 feet wide or so, you have to do a 90 degree turn to starboard and prevent being carried away by the current. Luckily we have a very powerful motor on the boat and a very skilled captain behind the wheel. So we made it thru ... read more