Marty Erbaugh

In the 1940’s Arthur Vining Davis (who ran Alcoa and later Arvida) acquired about 20,000 acres in south Eleuthera to develop resorts. He built the Rock Sound Club (Lynnie and I stayed there….world class fabulous…..now defunct). He built a home on Winding Bay for his secretary, which later became the Winding Bay Club (also fabulous, … Read more

Rock Sound is 12.5 minutes by car from Point o’ Vue. It is one of three airports on Eleuthera. The others are Governor’s Harbour (GHB) and North Eleuthera (ELH). GHB is 40 minutes north from POV and ELH is 1.5 hrs. Most people don’t understand that Eleuthera is 110 miles long. In the 50’s and … Read more

Two or three groups of local fishermen go out at daybreak on good weather days. They spend the day diving for conch, spearing crawfish and catching snapper, grouper, kingfish and all other sorts of fruits-de-la-mere. They return at at 2 p.m. and set up shop at the pier at Tarpum Bay. The old folks are … Read more

Lynnie and I have been coming to south Eleuthera for nearly two generations. We give our guests thorough write-ups and information. When it comes to beaches, we thought we had them all. Well, wrong again. We were told of a beach called “Paw-Paw” on the Caribbean side west from Palmetto Point. While really in Palmetto … Read more

Winding Bay is 2 miles around from Joseph Cay on the south to Crossing Bluff on the north. Twelve homes are on the Bay, which is shared with old ruins of the Winding Bay Club, also formerly the Club Venta. North of Venta and to the north is about a mile of beautiful sand beach … Read more

Leon Mingo and Paul Knowles from Tarpum Bay built our home, Point o’ Vue, finishing it in 1992. Leon figured on being our Property Manager but had a heart attack and died in 1993. I had known Columbus Carey as a car mechanic and knew that he came from a good family. He has been … Read more

It’s windy on Winding Bay today with whitecaps galore. Boating is really fun on the Bay but my rule is that if there are whitecaps I’ll not go out on the boat, a 13-foot Boston Whaler Sport. Our first boat here was an inflatable raft with an electric motor that I brought down from Ohio … Read more

Greetings to all! I’ve been going to Eleuthera since 1970, have a home on Winding Bay, and simply love the island. It’s spiritual for me, my family and many guests. I’m going to share nuggets of information and insights over time and hope to be able to help visitors and find like minded people. Stay … Read more

Eleuthera….the 110 mile needle in the Family Islands. The photo shows the southern part of the island. From this shot Winding Bay is about half way down and Lighthouse Beach is at the southern tip of the island.  The settlements (villages) of Palmetto Point, Savannah Sound, Tarpum Bay, Rock Sound, Wemyss Bight, Millars and Bannermantown are … Read more

Thirty-eight years ago I made my first trip to Eleuthera with my fiancée, Lynnie, and her family. We stayed at the old Rock Sound Club north of Rock Sound. At the time the Rock Sound Club, Winding Bay Club and Cotton Bay Club were all owned by South Eleuthera Properties. It was pre-Independence (1973) and these … Read more