Logistics from week one nailed down – time to leave Nanny Cay Marina and Explore
Norman Island – a short one hour sail across the channel. Headed out early Thursday morning – like before 8am – early for Lisa (just sayin’) Of course the winds were kicking up once we left the marina at 25-30 knots. Remember, we like 10-15 knots. We were blessed to see the most beautiful rainbow en route.
Mooring Ball – picking one up turned out to be quite challenging given the winds. On our second attempt, I managed to get a hold of the mooring ball but as the wind pushed back, my boat hook got caught…eventually had to let go as I felt like ElastiGirl from the Incredibles….and as such away it floated.
Good news – we have two boat hooks. Hustled down below to the flex cabin and grabbed the other book hook. Secured the mooring ball on the third try. By 9:45am – ready to work and play. Enjoyed the day although Kirk had to run me Salted Rim a few times for some important conference calls. Hey, what a better place to have a conference call.
About the Boat Hook – On our way back to our sailboat, this catamaran yelled our way…”hey, did you lose a boathook?” Why yes, we did – how did you know? Did we entertain you while trying to secure a mooring ball in the wind? NO – we just asked everyone that came by in their dinghy and ya’ll were the last ones!
A Casual Hike – So grab your tennis shoes, lather up on sun tan lotion and let’s work off those bushwackers from yesterday. A casual hike turned into Naked and Afraid – okay, that’s a bit dramatic. But we did manage to get turned around and re calculated our route at least 4 times and finally discovered the turn off that we kept walking right by.
So, Norman Island was a hit. Nice 4 day weekend and back to Nanny Cay on Sunday.
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