(posted by Clare)
We are anchored in a little bay in Royal Island, part of Eleuthera. Had an overnight trip from West End, Grand Bahama, and arrived here at lunch time (Sun) where we jumped straight into the sea as soon as the anchor was down. It's a bit chilly when you first get in, but gorgeous. Evidently the island used to be owned by a wealthy American who built himself a fantastic estate here, and it is still possible to wander around the ruins. Now the island has been sold and development is just beginning - looks like little thatched cottages around a beach, so fairly low key. We will be exploring later.
The night time route was the very busy Nassau route, several times there were nine ships on the radar screen, mostly cruise ships which can be seen from about 15 miles away as the lights send a glow into the sky. Luckily they were all keeping a good lookout, and kept a good distance from us so no scary moments.
So we will be here for a couple of days and are looking forward to snorkelling etc. rather than working on the boat. On our way to George Town!
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Interested to read that the first real buildings are going up on Royal. When we were there in December there was some basic concrete work going on and some road building and office trailers. If you see a blond, hardworking fellow, please say hello to Richard Lunnemann for us. He is the project manager and has quite a task on his hands.
If you wish to anchor near Spanish Wells to provision, we have a heavy mooring for our Mason 43 just inside of Gun Point in the waters between the end of North Eleuthera and Spanish Wells. It may still have lettering on it saying "Sugarloaf" and "CCA guest".
We have a home on the ridge and will be down there on the 15th but suspect that you will be South by then.
Fair Winds,
Garry and Leslie Schneider
I have a couple of articles on Royal Island on my Eleuthera News page.
Here are my blog notes for Eleuthera.
Have a safe trip!
pj
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