Bahamas season 5 part 3.
March 24-29, 2026
We woke up Tuesday morning, March 24th, to more super glassy water all day. When there is no wind overnight the boat wonders around. In this case our anchor was right beside the boat and we were pointed in the opposite direction. Water is about 9 feet deep.
Nancy paddleboarded 2 miles to the Glass Window Bridge. I chased along in the dinghy. Here she is cutting between two rocks.
Originally there was a natural bridge over this opening. But it collapsed in the 1950’s. Winslow Homer painted a picture in 1885 of the natural bridge. This area gets battered by hurricanes. A year earlier an American tourist was washed off the rocks and swept out to see during a bad storm. On either side of the bridge are ready made barricades to close the bridge during bad storms.
I did give Nancy a short tow back towards the boat. But she dropped the tow line and paddled the majority of the way back.
At anchor off of Muttonfish Point.
Enjoying a swim around the boat.
We really love this secluded anchorage. But the glass calm days this year really brings out the charm.
We both witnessed the green flash this evening, shortly after this photo was taken.
Corn beef hash and eggs for breakfast, my favorite! This is the start of Wednesday the 25th. After breakfast we pulled anchor and headed south to Alabaster Bay, Eleuthera.
This leg is about 16 miles, as usual heading south east it is into the predominate wind. We were able to sail most of the way there while towing the dinghy.
The entrance to Hatchet Bay, not as blind as Great Harbor Cay. But the fast ferry comes through here without a heads up radio call. And it is a wide boat! People either love or hate Hatchet Bay. We find the water murky and the holding poor. The settlement was pretty basic.
We anchored off of Alabaster Bay. Nancy paddled from our boat about a mile and a half north up the coast beside Governors Harbor Airport.
During her paddle she saw a young Manta Ray in very shallow water. We have never seen one in The Bahamas before.
Here is Nancy on Thursday the 26th, having her morning coffee with a rainbow behind her. We were anchored off of Alabaster Bay for two nights. Each night we had light showers come overhead. Which means I am usually the first one up, as I sleep under an open hatch. So I scramble around closing hatches first, then portholes.
On Thursday the 26th we went walk-about. After beaching our dinghy we took different roads to the beach at the abandoned US Naval base. From there we traveled south for a mile to “The Deck” restaurant.
When we beach the dinghy, we pull it up high on the beach using an inflatable fender underneath. It is an old Egyptian trick for building pyramids, or so they say. Keeps the dinghy safe.
Nancy can’t resist a swing from a tree. This is where we popped out onto the beach.
This beach is well known for its pink look. Which is caused by single cell microscopic coral insects, known as Foraminifera.
This interesting brach bar has all sorts of eclectic art work made out of refuse found on the beach. This post is adorned with shoes and nets.
Here I am adding my hat to the post with hardhats. We have always been amazed at how many hardhats we find on beaches in The Bahamas.
This is “The Deck”, a very quirky beach bar run by the “Conch Nazi”. That is what we call him. A white Bahamian from Nassau who’s ancestors are Loyalists on his mothers side and English settlers on his father’s side.
We did not have reservations, but we talked him into cooking one hamburger that the two of us would split. Plus 3 Kalik beers to wash it down. Total bill was $60 with a tip.
We walked back the same beach because it is cooler than walking on the roads without any wind or shade. Here Nancy is walking up hill on a huge concrete rain water catchment for the SOSUS Base.
Nancy doing her thing.
We left after breakfast the next day, heading south to Ten Bay. Plan is to sit out an upcoming storm.
As I was heading into Ten Bay with half a dozen boats all ready there. I decided to veer to the left and check out a secluded anchorage very near some cliffs. It is perfect. Great sand in 10 feet of water and we are protected by winds. It allowed me to practice padddleboarding several times a day.
This was an evening shot of reflected pink clouds to our north.
Nancy pulling her paddleboard up on shore to check for shell, near Ten Bay.
Nancy is trying to teach herself how to weave a basket like the one on the seat next to her. Just making it up as she goes.
She ran out of palm fronds so we went to Ten Bay where she cut several more.
These are Sea Grape Snails.
No sooner than we get back the rain showers start blowing by. A couple hit us that night as we expected. This is a super anchorage for the expected winds of 30 knots from the East.













