Eleuthera, June 7 - 8

Our plan was to continue NW to Highbourne, however there was no room for us. This happens to be the Bahamas Labor Day Weekend, so we decided to head NE to Eleuthera and found a slip at Cape Eleuthera Marina.  It is a fairly new facility able to accommodate the very large vessels, and they made us feel very welcome.  In preparation for our longer days of travel, we filled the water tanks, did laundry and set way points.  We dined at Pascal’s and if you every get to this area, it was a delicious meal prepare by Pascal.

A calm crossing from Wardrick Cay to Cape Eleuthera

Dinner on shore

On June 8,2014 we wanted to stay another day at Cape Eleuthera, but Moonstruck was ready to go and excited about the NW route through Current Cut, then onto Royal Harbour to drop anchor for the night.  It is suggested to time your passage through Current Cut at slack tide or when the tide is ebbing along with good visability.  Going east to west against a flood tide is very difficult as the current flows at speeds of over 5 knots.  We were traveling west to east and planned to arrive at the beginning of a flood tide.  So, 49 NM later, as we approached Current Cut, the grey, dark clouds opened up along with wind, these are the not conditioned for doing this passage.  We dropped anchor and reviewed our options…………  we could wait,

Travelling toward Fleemings Cut

                                                                        

Or we could take the long route, through Fleemings and later we arrived at Current Settlement for a quiet evening.  Tomorrow would be another long day crossing the Northeast Providence Channel to the Abacos.

Fleeming's Cut, a bit different from when we crossed on our way to the Exumas