S/V Querencia - A Swirish Sailing Adventure: Saturday 20 March –Hatchet Bay Eleuthera

We departed Hatchet Bay and headed to Spanish Wells. This involved negotiating the dreaded Current Cut, a natural short cut which is located at Current Settlement 25º 23.00N, 76 º 47.40W . As the current rips through here, hence the name, it should only be attempted in favorable conditions. We have met people who have seen 10 foot standing waves in this cut, ouch. As it turned out we timed things very well and as we arrived at the entrance there were a plethora of boats heading north through the cut behind us.

As we popped out the other side we had a smooth ride to Spanish Wells. This is a lovely little fishing town, apparently the lobster capital of the Bahamas, yet there wasn’t any lobster on the menus in town (!?). Speaking of which, we found the Anchor Snack Bar, which served the best food in town, right in the harbor. We met Crazy Roy who was heading out for a 3 week fishing trip off the coast of Cuba in his South Carolina shrimping boat, what a character.

Sunday we chilled out and walked the island and headed back to the Anchor Snack for dinner.

The next day we decided to visit Dunmore Town on Harbour Island by high speed ferry. We decided the ferry was the best option as the weather was cruddy and blowing 20+ from the west, and then there was of course the famous Devil’s Backbone, made up of jaggedy craggy nasty coral heads and reef.

Mister fast ferry driver dude zipped through there with no problems. Once we landed in Dunmore town the rain started to lash down. We opted for golf carts rentals and luckily crew Querencia got the one with the wind screen. Dana with My Whim crew got the windscreen less version (oh boy). We divided and conquered the town and hooked up for lunch at the Sands Resort Beach Bar – great tucker but we all had soggy arses.

We headed back across the island and dropped in Valentines Resort and marina for a cocktail before departure. Boy we were glad that we didn’t take our sailboats here as the marina is totally exposed to the west. The boats were hobby horsing in theirs slips.

Heading through Current Cut...giddy up