Cat Island
Hermitage
Yesterday we motor-sailed to Cat Island. We did far more motoring than sailing in very calm conditions, but because we are traveling southeast, and west wind is rare as we enter the trade wind latitudes, it’s not a bad option.
It took us about 10 hours to get to the southern end of Cat Island from Eleuthera. Approaching Old Bight, we traversed over amazingly clear water. In this video, the water is 50 feet deep. The dark spots are rocks in the white sand way down below us.
Today we hiked up to the top of the highest point in the Bahamas: Mount Alvernia. On top is the ruins of a Hermitage built by Father Jerome. The buildings are much smaller than they look in the pictures. There are two paths to the top, one follows a road and the other climbs steep steps and has the Stations of the Cross (a Catholic thing).
The “mountain” is only 206 feet high, but hey, we’ve now climbed to the high point of the Bahamas.
Stations of the Cross on the Steeper Trail
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