Sunday, February 16, 2014


It's almost noon. We departed Cape Eleuthera this morning about 9am after saying so long to our friends and shipmates Mary and Dewey.  The wind went from W at about 20 yesterday evening to zero this morning.  We are motoring up the west coast of Eleuthera to Governor's Harbor to pick up Ollie.  He got in last night and stayed over somewhere in town.  We plan to pick him up at Government dock at about 1:30 and then take off for Hatchet Bay which is another 20 miles north.  Hatchet Bay is VERY sheltered and a better anchorage than Governor's Harbor.  It will also get us a little closer to the cut at the west end of Eleuthera that will get us to Freeport in two days.   Both harbors are supposed to be beautiful so will try and get some good photos.  After an hour of motoring, Captain Phil did his first laundry since Providenciales in the T&C.  I expect pulling into Government Dock to be a little embarrassing (with all the laundry hanging out to dry - see photos - but Captain Phil assures me that he won't be the least bit bothered).  Captain Phil ended up removing his laundry and donning a shirt for the Ollie pick up that we timed almost perfectly.  We sailed on a very nice close reach from Governor's Harbor to Hatchet Bay.  Hatchet bay has about the most unusual entrance I've ever seen (see photos).

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  1. Looks like you are headed for Current Cut. Suggest you go thru as the Active Captain suggests. Wish I had been able to have their advice instead of just winging it as I did many years back before Explorer Charts were even printed. Have fun. Fred

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