Leaving Governor’s Harbour at 8am gave us time to visit the Glass Window about 25 miles north. The Glass Window was Eleuthera’s chief point of interest and its most narrow point. Once, a natural rock arch bridged the land, but it’s gone now due to a hurricane. It has been replaced by an artificially constructed bridge. The contrast between the deep-blue ocean of the sound’s windward side and the emerald green shoal waters of the leeward side was unbelievable. The rocks on either side rose to 69 feet. Dan, our great tour director, took his dinghy down and chauffeured the rest of us to shore so we could walk up the hill side to the road and we were then able to look down onto this phenomena. At the top our three anchored boats were the only ones that could be seen either on the Atlantic side or on the sound side. This was a well worth a stop and we were very glad we did it.
Once we enjoyed the Glass Window, we sailed along to get through Current Cut by 4pm which was supposed to be slack time for the tides. According to our readings, the currents through this cut could be as high as six knots. We were fortunate, and with good planning the current we experienced was only 1.5 knots. Once we navigated this tricky cut, we anchored on the other side for the evening. The winds were southerly so we hoped this would be a quiet evening. We were anchored in about 14 feet of crystal clear water. We kept thinking we would be hitting murky water but it was still clear.
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