Monday March 9, 2015
Norman Cay
Exumahas , Bahamas
We took a morning dinghy ride to the beach and a long walk around the southern end of the island. We saw the private airport, a little island with a single palm tree and chair, and lots and lots of conch shells. The local clearly eat lots of conch. We returned to the boat for lunch and then took a long dinghy ride compliments of Handleys to the northern end of the island. It is private property so we stayed in the boat, but the shades of turquoise were spectacular. Deep to medium to pale and the sand so white it looked like sugar. After a speedy return to the boat we split up and took snorkel dives around our boats. Checked condition of the bottom looked for zincs etc. I had not used my fins and snorkel in several years and they felt strange instead of comfortable like they once had. My old knees are not what they used to be. I hung all the wet clothes on the deck.
We straightened up in the cockpit and below deck as we had invited a couple anchored beside us and Mark and Judy for drinks and munchies around 5:30. Judy and Mark came at the appointed time but the Phillip and Joann Williams anchored beside us did not. They are from Montreal , Canada. We suspected they did not have daylight savings time and would come and hour late. Which is exactly what happened. They had been in the Bahamas a few days more than us but had hit most of the same islands plus Nassau which we avoided. They had a 39 ft very fast cat sailboat. 14kts
We will head to Shroud Cay tomorrow which is the first island in the Bahamian Land and Marine Park. Have not studied up on what special it has to offer. Will do that on the way.
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