What Can You Expect When Cruising Rock Sound Bahamas #sailing #catamaran

On the West Coast of Eleuthera, if the wind shifts around from the South or West, there's not a lot of anchorages to seek refuge. Rock Sound is one of those anchorages. Watching the weather, we could see a wind event was about to blow it and it was time to leave Governors Harbour for Rock Sound. We had some time, so we first stopped at Tarpum Bay to check it out. We only stayed two nights at Tarpum. We anchored out pretty far from shore due to rocks and the depth. Looking at the charts, it seemed to be 2/10 to 3/10 of a nautical mile. The first night we held just fine but the second night we moved further out, in fear of shifting winds and coming too close to rocks. That second spot, we had to drop anchor a few times to find decent holding but we could tell we were still dragging. I've read that the bottom is a thin layer of sand over rock, I believe. Rock Sound is huge and there's a well-stocked grocery story to provision. There's also several restaurants which are fairly decent, in case you get tired of cooking a meal. Rock Sound is huge with space for a ton of boats. However, toward the northern part of the sound there's a government dock and a channel to get to the dock. As you can see in the video, we were close to this deep water channel. Originally, we had planned to spend Easter there but because of the weather forecasts, we had some ideal wind to sail to the Exumas. So, we took the opportunity and ran with it. It was a great sail to Allan Cay. #sailingcatamaran #boatlife #catamaran #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailboats #sailing #cruising #offgrid #nomad #sail #boat #multihull #whileone #sailingwhileone