After a fun Junkanoo weekend in Governor's Harbor, we decided to move on south to what looked like it might be a protected spot from all of this crazy wind - Ten Bay. Though the trip was only 10 miles, we stayed close to shore to try to minimize all of the wind and chop.
Don't these caves just cry out to be explored?!
Ten Bay was the perfect anchorage. Well shielded from the wind and waves with a beautiful backdrop of sand and gently rustling Causarina trees.
Jim tried some fishing with no luck so we just chilled & enjoyed the view. Sunset that night was an interesting monochromatic event. Perhaps the first time we've ever seen a total lack of color. Hmmmm. Must be due to the moisture in the atmosphere.
The moon, however, was stunning as it rose through the trees on the shore.
After an enjoyable stroll on the beach the next morning, we headed on south to another anchorage which looked like it might be interesting. However, it was waaay too rolly & windy so we pushed on to Rock Sound.
Once there, we found ourselves surrounded by other boats who had come here for shelter from the wind. Including us, we counted 19 boats spread up and down the shore, the most we've ever seen in this area.
Tuesday, we headed to town to provision at their nice grocery store. On the way, since we needed to use a little beach bar's dinghy dock to go ashore, we decided to have some lunch. Of course, we were the only ones there, at least for a while.
Samba is in the middle of this picture in the distance.
2 packfulls and a bag. Ughhh. Good thing the store was less than a mile away.
Tuesday evening in this protected anchorage was nice. Though still a bit windy, it was calm.
Wednesday, we decided to move on south, back to Cape Eleuthera. The wind was down a little bit and we wanted to stage the boat for a crossing to Cat Island, almost 50 miles away. The only day the wind would be down enough for us to go is forecast for Thursday.
We left our anchorage for the 1 1/2 hour trip south to the Cape. There were 10 sailboats who beat us to the punch & were also heading south. However, most of them were using this day to move west to the Exuma island chain.
Ahhhhh. Cape Eleuthera is our new favorite place to relax!
Wish us luck as we head south to Cat Island!
