December 27, 2011
The wind continues to be out of the NE but it is fading away. We have a high pressure trough sitting over the Central Bahamas so the winds are light to less than 5 kts. At 0730 hrs we became becalmed so we started motoring to Cat Island. Arrived at New Bight @ 1648 and dropped anchor. The plan is to visit Mt. Alvernia which was the austere retirement home of Father Jerome. We can see it from the boat and are anxious to hike up the mountain to visit it as well as meet some of the local people.
The rich and famous have set up their Xanadus on Eleuthera Is but Cat Island to the South has far less development. After Cat Island there is Long Island still further to the South with even less development. Then comes the Jumentos or Ragged Islands which have no development at all: Just scrawny little pieces of coral and sand. We will not visit these areas since we're looking for a Wx window to get through the Windward Passage.
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