After our perfect day at Pipe Cay, we are having a not-so-perfect day in Eleuthera. We made the fifty mile trip across Exuma Sound yesterday, anchoring last night in Rock Sound. As we were making our way to Conch Cut, I briefly went aground on a sandbar. Fortunately, I was able to back up and maneuver over to deeper water. We had a calm night at anchor in Rock Sound, then this morning, after spotting a large rainbow, we went ashore and to buy three jerry cans of diesel. As we approached the dinghy with our jerry cans a Bahamian greeted us and approached us for a chat. It turns out that Brion Leary is the former manager of the Rock Sound airport and has many interesting stories to tell. Quite the ambassador for Eleuthera and Rock Sound. 
After returning to Breeze On we decided to raise the anchor and sail twenty miles north to Ten Bay, a favorite anchorage in Eleuthera. The wind was around twenty knots; much higher than the forecast eight to fourteen, becoming light and variable. We attributed the higher wind to squalls in the area. But, the squalls passed and the wind did not drop. George spotted a potential anchorage that was protected from the wind and chop, but we couldn’t get the anchor to hold there. So, we kept heading north to Ten Bay but the waves were even bigger by the time we arrived. The only places that would have more protection are either twenty miles south at Rock Sound or twenty miles north at Hatchett Bay. We didn’t have the time to make either of those locations before dark so we found a little cove just south of Ten Bay and dropped the anchor. We are rocking and rolling and hope that it calms down soon.
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