Monday afternoon we left Rock Sound and sailed to South Palmetto Plantation. The goal was to pick up one of the free government moorings for the night and get up in the morning and walk the mile or so to an organic farm and buy some fresh vegetables. The plan failed. The government moorings were not in existence so we tried hiding out behind Sheep Cay, which was very small, to get out of the swells. Because the island was so small the swells just wrapped around both sides of the island. By this time it was 5:45 and the sun was going down. We called the one marina in town but they did not answer so we headed over to see if there was room at the inn. The marina looked pretty deserted, no one answered the radio, and we could not tell how much water they had in the extremely narrow entrance so we ended up anchoring very close to shore in some slight protection just as the sunset. Surprisingly we had a relatively calm night with only a little bit of rolling. We enjoyed the beautiful starry night until we had to close the hatches because of the no-see-ums. In the morning we were going to anchor by the government dock but the seas were rough in what passes for a harbor so we decided to just head for Hatchet Bay.
We had a decent downwind sail to Hatchet Bay along the coast. Eleuthera has a dramatic rocky coast with low rolling hills topped with palm trees. As we were getting ready to take down the sails to go into the harbor we were greeted by two dolpins who swam back and forth under the keel for a few minutes. The entrance to Hatchet Bay is impressive. I am glad we have a narrow boat.
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