Rock Sound to Current Cut

We had planned to take a leisurely day getting to Rock Sound before the front came through; it was only supposed to blow 15-20.  We got up, did laundry and milled about getting things prepared.  The boat started to bounce a little in the slip but we did not think anything of it, for we were in a marina paying $2.75 a foot.  Next thing I know this guy is saying we needed to move or we would damage the boat.  In the time it took us to get unhooked, we had to really push the engine just to get out of the slip.  We decided to head to Rock Sound rather than retie on the other end of the marina.  We were out in the worst of it, but it was not too bad.  We were anchored in Rock sound by about 1 pm. 

Church In Rock Sound

Rock sound doesn’t really make the guidebooks, but we really liked it.  Relatively unaffected by cruisers like us, it is a friendly community.  All of the services are available, and we were stopped by locals several times just to chat.  We had the best Bahamian meal of the trip, at the North Side restaurant (Rosa’s home).  They piled us in their own cars and drove us across the island, treated us to a fantastic meal, and drove us back.  For the family it was $70, a deal. 

We heard about a blue hole and cave from some other cruisers, and decided to make the trek before we headed out.  Man I am glad we did.

Picture taken looking down into the blue hole

The blue hole is connected with the sea somehow (it rises and falls with the tide).   The cave, with bats and all was truly spectacular.  The root system of the trees was particularly interesting. 

Roots decending to the cave floor

Here you can srr the roots and the tree

A little dark, but you can see the size

The holding for anchoring is not good north of here, so Eleuthera will be a little shorter than expected.  We spent the night in Alabaster Bay, where we drug anchor for the first time in a while, I would not have thought it.  We ended up with the anchor around a piece of brain choral.

The first dolphins since Florida

Sunset off Current Cut Eleuthera