Storms in Eleuthera
We came to Governor’s Harbour specifically to renew our travel visas. Hard to believe we’ve already been in the Bahamas for four months.
Cruisers can only renew visas at specific immigration offices. Luckily, the process was simple and we took the rest of the week to explore the area before and after work. The harbor has one fancy resort, a cute coffee shop, several restaurants and a grocery store.
After a few days in the busy-ish bay, we set out on a mission to find ourselves a secluded spot again. We landed in Pelican Bay, which we had all to ourselves.
It was a beautiful, shallow spot with a stunning sandbar that extended from the mainland out to Pelican Cay. We’ve come to love these unmarked and unspoiled anchorages the most.
With family arriving in the Abacos in just a few short weeks, the push north continued after only a couple days. We wanted to stop at Glass Window Bridge for a night but a southerly wind made anchoring near the bridge nearly impossible. At least the southerly wind gave us a nice downwind sail and we stopped for lunch near Glass Window before continuing on to Current Cut.
Current Cut is a 100 yard cut between two islands and the current rips up to 10 knots through the channel. For perspective, our average boat speed is about 5-6 knots. The entrance is also surrounded by sandbars, which makes the timing of the tide critical.
From everything we read, the best way to time the tide was to take the predicted slack tide at Nassau and add about 75 minutes. We didn’t quite make it at slack and with current pushing us through, we saw over 12 knots SOG. We made it through and settled into an anchorage off of Current Settlement for the next week.
The summer weather patterns certainly arrived... right on time. This spot is where we saw our first real lightning storms of the season. While the rain helped us give the boat a much-needed scrub, the lightning was an unwelcome reminder that summer is coming.
We waited out the work week in Current, then sailed across the banks to Egg Island to stage for the crossing to the Abacos over the weekend. Crazy to think everything we’ve done up until this point has been 100% new and returning to the Abacos would be the first time we’d revisit some of our favorite spots from the year before.
Abacos, we’re coming for you!
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