Winds calmed down at bit last night and everyone got a better night sleep. Yesterday’s storm clouds were replaced by nearly cloudless sunshine all day and the winds died completely by sunset today. We moved the boat from the west side of Normans Cay at McDuff’s restaurant into the Norman’s cut to anchor for today and tonight. We arrived to many boats anchored but everyone left throughout the day so we are the only sailboat here! How odd but nice and quiet.
An afternoon dinghy exploration took us to some beautiful beaches, small islands, sand bars, with the many varying water depths creating endless different colors of turquoise. Emma had a brave moment and swam across the channel between two tiny islands to get to a new beach. On some, the sand was soooo soft like baby powder. Other beaches had fragments of broken coral and much more rough.
Today’s big excitement was snorkeling on the submerged DC-3 airplane that crashed off Norman’s Cay many years ago. Huge schools of sergeant majors surrounded us (the cute fish with the yellow & black stripes), and many other fish too. You could even swim inside the plane (the top was open – it was safe for kids to do). There were also 2 HUGE stingrays napping in the sand which were awesome to find.
Fun Afloat 