Early Monday morning we headed south towards the Exumas. There were a string of sail boats on the horizon, intending to make a break for the beautiful Exuma chain of islands. This 35 mile passage involves crossing the treacherous Yellow Banks, a piece of water strewn with nasty Coral heads and dragons. According to general wisdom one should not attempt to cross the Yellow Banks on an overcast day as the cloud cover makes it difficult to see the coral heads. Well, you guessed it, we crossed on an overcast day anyway. Maria was on the bow and guided us thru the banks via our two way headsets. We gingerly tip toed through the gauntlet and made it safely to the other side.
We arrived in Norman’s in the afternoon and dropped the dinghy from foredeck and got it ready for dinghy ops into the island’s interior. This place is riddled with history and was made famous by the notorious drug lord Carl Lehder in the 70’s & 80’s.
We went for a walk along the airstrip and checked out some of the local bullet ridden architecture ( from the Lehder days) followed by lunch at McDuff’s, run by the local Jack Russell.
Ray at Nassau Atlantis aquarium...
McDuff's at Normans Cay... Conch and Kaliks!
NIA .. Norman's International Aero Puerta...
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