2011 - 8/8 - 8/10 - Bottom Harbor - The Glass Window

The Atlantic side

8/9 - 8/10 The wind shifted from the ‘normal’ East to West, South-West. Storm clouds all around us, intermittent rain with a downpour while we slept. We have a system set up to collect water from the hard top - it filled our water tanks by morning. You would think we had enough excitement on Sunday night…but no, we had to return on Tuesday night for more abuse! When we tied up to the dock & didn’t hear music, we were disappointed. To our surprise, the Maryland girls (sans Jason) were already there. We were talking about all the interesting things
                                                 The Atlantic side
they’ve done since being here - like jumping off a 60’ cliff into the ocean then climbing back up to do it again, (oh, to be young again). They mentioned they're staying across the Glass Window bridge. Now that is something I want to see. A local guy named Mattie was listening & offered to drive us there - “it’s only a few minutes from here”. Off we went & I was delighted. I’ve only seen pictures of it taken from above, it was quite different seeing it from the ground. (Google it- it's awesome)


                                                      The Bite side

 According to 1996 Yachtsman’s Guide to the Bahamas, “About 2 miles east of Upper Bogue is a striking rock formation known as the Glass Window. Here the land, high on either side, falls away abruptly to nearly sea level, for all practical purposes dividing the island in two. The Glass Window is

framed by a bridge that connects northern & southern Eleuthera by hard road…with the restless dark Atlantic Ocean immediately to the east & the serene emerald water of the Bight to the west. As a spectacular reminder that rage conditions can occur without any wind, because they’re often

Looking South

caused by storms hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic, on Halloween Day of 1991 a huge rogue wave knocked the Glass Window bridge askew by 7 feet”

Looking North - Road is impassable in a Rage

Mattie & Wayne - Pondering the universe

When the Atlantic gets very rough or when there’s a rage the water shoots high in the air & this road & the bridge are impassable. This is Mattie & Wayne pondering possible situations. We stopped at the Blue Hole. I didn’t wear shoes but Mattie was right there to help with a pair of sneekers for me. A ‘blue hole’ is usually very deep & cavernous place where you would snorkel or dive, however, this blue hole is simply a hole in the thick

The Blue Hole

rock in which you see blue water. We returned to the club & a band was setting up. We ordered dinner-for me, cracked conch & Wayne got Bahamian stew-lots of left over ribs, pork & dumplings etc…HUGE portions. I got 3 dinners from my cracked conch. (I’m a cheap date) Dinner was great. I had Merlot because we ran out of wine on the boat several days ago. Farrell heard my sad story & he gave me a bottle of Barefoot Merlot

Mattie, Melvise (the BEST cook), Me & Julian

Ernie & Melvise

- a gift for the boat - bless his heart. It wasn’t crazy like Sunday night, but still a nice evening. The Maryland crowd & Tonya were there then, later, a very stately-looking gentleman came in. He was Senator, Alvin Smith. He has to live in Nassau but said, “I’m home”. Now THIS is what our Senators should do - get out to visit his people. Above is Ernie & Melvise. Ernie is the caretaker for the house where the Maryland kids are staying - he’s been like a body guard to them & taken them everywhere. Have no idea when we left & have no idea how I got on to the dingy or on the boat…but the bed sure felt good. 8/10 Sunny, nice breeze but still hot. Took the dinghy out the pass to the Atlantic where there are hundreds of coral reefs. Trolled around - nothing-nada...I can't believe this! We shoulda snorkled instead. A big storm hit us about 6 pm...the wind generator put out 38 amps-then she free-wheeled & had to turn her off.