This anchorage is our favorite in Eleuthera. It is peaceful here as long as the wind is from the east. Our first night we shared the large bay with two other boats and a lot of different birds. Last night it was just us and the birds.
Sunrise in Ten Bay.
Some of the produce sold at Eleuthera Island Farm.
Walking back to the dinghy. Even though the marina is closed, there are two boats there.
We took a walk on the beach in the afternoon. Breeze On is way off in the distance.
There was a smokey fire off of the beach in the early afternoon. It appears they were just burning pine needles. Bahamians sometimes do that to keep the bugs away.
Someone made a labyrinth from conch shells near the beach.
Not far from the labyrinth was a piece of landscaped property. It was unclear if a house used to stand there.
Speedo before it was cleaned. You can see the algae and small barnacles.
Speedo after cleaning. The gray paddle wheel turns when the boat is moving thru the water, giving us a speed measurement. The growth kept the wheel from moving.
Yesterday morning we rode the dinghy 1 1/2 miles to a defunct marina and beached the dinghy at the boat ramp. Then we walked 3/4 mile to Eleuthera Island Farm for some fresh produce. I bought three types of lettuce and several other vegetables.
In the afternoon George cleaned an instrument we call the speedo. It is a device that goes through a hole in the hull of the boat and measures depth, water temperature, and boat speed. When we were sailing here the other day I noticed that it was not measuring boat speed. When George removed the speedo we could see why. When we are at home in Maryland he removes it every time we return to our slip. While in the Bahamas we just leave it in, hence the growth. Our GPS tells us our speed over ground. The boat speed information is useful in determining wind speed and the impact of currents, but I won’t bore you with the details on how all that works.
It is exceptionally calm for the next few days so it will be a good time for George to go up the mast again and see if he can determine why we have noise when furling our mainsail.
Sunrise in Ten Bay.
Some of the produce sold at Eleuthera Island Farm.
Walking back to the dinghy. Even though the marina is closed, there are two boats there.
We took a walk on the beach in the afternoon. Breeze On is way off in the distance.
There was a smokey fire off of the beach in the early afternoon. It appears they were just burning pine needles. Bahamians sometimes do that to keep the bugs away.
Someone made a labyrinth from conch shells near the beach.
Not far from the labyrinth was a piece of landscaped property. It was unclear if a house used to stand there.
Speedo before it was cleaned. You can see the algae and small barnacles.
Speedo after cleaning. The gray paddle wheel turns when the boat is moving thru the water, giving us a speed measurement. The growth kept the wheel from moving.
Must have taken an awful long time to build that labyrinth.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and I wonder who did it.
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