Susan and I are currently anchored at the Glass Window near the top of Eleuthera Island. We have been anchored here since midday yesterday. The window is an extremely narrow rock Isthmus connecting the top of Eleuthera to the rest of the Island. Describing it as an Isthmus might be generous as there is a low section through which the turbulent Atlantic Ocean can pour through at different times and different weather conditions. It is pouring through intermittently now.

The weather pattern is finally settling back into a more seasonal pattern which is facilitating us sailing Pathfinder more. We will soon depart for our third day of nice sailing in a row. Today's destination is The Current and possibly Egg Island as we prepare to jump across to the Abacos on Friday. The current is a narrow channel that is properly named as there can be 10 knots of current through it depending on the tide cycle.

Immediately prior to arriving here, we were anchored in Hatchet Harbor for a night. Hatchet could be considered a hurricane hole as it is sheltered on all sides by relatively high land (30'). Our understanding is that Hatchet was a shallow, unnavigatible blue hole until a channel was blasted through a 50-100' rim of rock on the west side to create a 50' wide channel into the hole. The narrow entrance can get squirrelly at times.

The weather pattern changed just before we sailed to Hatchet from Governor's Harbour where we were anchored for several days.

We are definitely working our way north now and the Abacos will be the last of the Bahamian Islands we will visit before we jump back to the United States. If the weather forecast is accurate, we will have good reaching conditions to sail across the deep (14,000ft) Northeast Providence Channel to Little Harbor Cut on the east side of Great Abaco. Once through the cut, we will then be able to sail the east side of the Abacos behind a chain of barrier islands/reefs.

More details soon.