Big Majors to Eleuthera Pineapple Cays

Leaving the Exumas for Eleuthera represents the turning point for us of heading northwards. Still, we will enjoy the last several weeks of our time. We definitely feel as if we would like to keep cruising in May. Anyway, we left Sampsons Cay out the unnamed cut just south of Over Yonder Cut after spending two nights at Sampsons Cay where we fueled up with diesel (26 gallons), did laundry and topped off the water tanks. We enjoyed snorkeling in Pipe Creek with our friends from Lena Bea. We left with light ENE winds motor sailing then just sailing then had to motor the rest of the way arriving in Rock Sound about six-thirty. Our friends on Never Bored were able to sail 2/3 of the way using their Code Zero sail as a huge jib.

We stayed two nights in Rock Sound enjoying walks, dinghying to the airport so that Never Bored could extend their Visas before heading northward to Tarpum Bay, a nice little community with a nice beach and houses. It was 15 miles to Tarpum Bay which we were able to sail entirely, having just enough wind to get out of the harbor and north. We will be accepting children books for their library next year as per the request of the librarian. We had grouper fingers at a restaurant across from the beach and talking to the fisherman as they cleaned their catch.

We then moved on to the Pineapple Cays off of the twin Palmetto cities. It was 10 miles which we did motoring in sprinkles and heavy rain arriving early enough to walk across Eleuthera and to both cities. The houses were well taken care of and prettily colored. Today we are moving on, six miles north to Governors Harbor and their Friday Night Fish Fry. We anticipate going to the Abacos Monday or Tuesday but are enjoying our short hops up Eleuthera's coast.

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