Eleuthera

March 29th - April 10th, 2012

Leaving the Exuma's we had a day-long great sail northeast to the island of Eleuthera, which is large (90miles long) and narrow with rocky cliffs and bottoms, which can make it hard to anchor.  But with light winds it was not a big problem for us and we went ashore for exploring.  The town of Rock Sound had an "ocean hole" inland which was interesting.  It is sea water but no one, even Jacques Cousteau, has been able to find the bottom.

Eleuthera's people were extremely nice and many times we were offered rides as we walked along.
It is not a big tourist area, as it is pretty rustic in most places - mainly a good place for some serious fishing.
Some of the names I came across in their cruising guide were:  Hammer Head rock
                                                                                                    Devil's Backbone
                                                                                                    Poison Point
 Not a place for sissies !                                                               Starved Creek

                                                                                                                                                             

Ocean Hole

Jesse, Ginny and us at ocean hole

This is the library in Governor's Harbor - the second largest library in the Bahamas.

The inside of the library was beautiful.

The four of us were lucky to go to dinner at Rosie's, an Eleutheran woman who runs a small restaurant on the other side of the island.  She picks you up in her old car & cooks a meal as if you were in her house.  It is a very simple meal and the house is filled with her collection of shells, driftwood, etc. from this beach.  

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Ray climbing back up to Rosie's from the beach.

The beach at Cocodimama resort on Eleuthera.

Sunset at Governor's Bay - not our boat

The gang arriving to our boat - possibly for happy hour?

View on Eleuthera

Wind Dust under sail