Eleuthera - 25 11.7N 76 14.9W

OOJAH's AWESOME ODYSSEY
Peter & Christene Tanner
Fri 21 Feb 2014 13:14
Very unusually we motored the whole 42nm from Warderick Wells, Exuma to Rock Sound in Southern Eleuthera. Christene was delighted with the flat water & our long suffering batteries enjoyed a good charge. We we're also able to replenish the larder on arrival after two weeks amongst the nooks & crannies of the Exuma Cays. Again Eleuthera is 100nm long & only a couple of miles wide with the open Atlantic on the East coast & shallow sheltered bank to the West. As sometimes has to be the case here we were gently aground at low water - c'est la vie.
There's not much to report about Rock Sound but we enjoyed Governors Harbour 20 nm further North. Amongst the derelict properties in the village were one or two colonial buildings, more churches than the small community could ever need, & some attractive wealthy 2nd homes on the small hill behind (you can tell we're getting closer to the US!).
After a few days we moved on North via Hatchet Bay which was a landlocked pond now accessed by cutting a narrow entrance through the limestone cliffs (like Beaucette in Guernsey & similarly dramatic to enter). To reach Spanish Wells to the North we had to go through Current Cut, a narrow passage between Eleuthera & Current Island only passable a slack water due to the monumental current the rest of the time. Spanish Wells is a slightly larger settlement on a small island a mile West of Eleuthera. From there we took a day trip by ferry to Harbour Island, a much more up market spot with some very nice property & a civilised, if tweet, atmosphere - a rare chance to eat out in style!

With love, Peter & Christene