Norman's Island and a "Little " Squall.

Bright, beautiful Bahamian weather greeted us at Norman's Island. We arrived in time at 6:00 and enjoyed a quiet dinner aboard. In the morning, we took the dinghy in for a tour of the island and a late lunch at McDuffs, of a Sprite, a beer, and some Conch Fritters....for $50! The place has been spruced up. It looks charming, spotless bathrooms, and friendly staff....but a bit of sticker shock if you are hungry.  We also walked down past the runway and were given a guided tour of the new resort and marina under construction. The security guard picked us up in a golf cart and showed us all the work being done there. It's going to be beautiful, but if the lunch at McDuffs is any indication, we probably will not be visiting the marina. We lingered over lunch quite a while and when we stepped outside and walked back to our dinghy, this is what we saw.

It didn't get any better as we raced toward our boats. It was nip and tuck to see which would arrive at the boat first, the squall or the dinghy!

Our little 9 foot dinghy with a 6 hp engine at full throttle made it in time for the Lippis to leap onto their boat and take us 60 feet further to ours. As we were tying the dinghy, the storm hit!  There was a lot of wind and sideways rain.Checking the anchor line and snubber resulted in a soaking. We were a little worried that Black Pearl had anchored too close to us, but no problem as their snubber line broke, let out another 20 feet of line and dragged anchor another 50 feet or more before Lou managed to reset the anchor and tie another snubber. Pretty exciting end to the day.