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).