New adventures ahead

Early morning coffee and a bath in bathtub temp deep blue waters -little by little the full set of two families awaken. The next leg of the route is planned by the two captains and the crew gets ready for liftoff from the mooring- heading off to the Indians and Pelican Island for some snorkeling in the deep blue waves!

The final destination for the day and mooring Dock for the night ; Pirates Bight , Norman Island. here they have the coolest ship bar/restaurant Willy Ts with its own 3,5 m jumptower where Millie jumped off doing a backflip, leaving the three guys gobsmacked in her wake💪🏻. Willy T (William Thornton) is a converted tanker named after the architect of the US Capitol building. The original was lost in the hurricane Irma which is now a man made reef. Norman Island is referred to by locals as Treasure Island due to legend stories of lots of buried pirate treasures….

It being the day before our constitution day- 17th of May- we got all dressed up in our best caribbean formal wear after a long swim and bathsession off the back of the boat with shampoo and the works, we enjoyed a 3 course meal in the fancy Pirate bights beach bar and grill. Brightly coloured caribbean drinks, conch fritters, baby back ribs and lightly seared tuna. Happy 17th of May one day early🇳🇴.

Waking up on the actual constitution day- coffee in the morning sun 6am- morning jog with my Bestie in already too hot weather, and then a couple of calls home to say «happy constitution day» to loved ones we miss back home. a drizzle of rain in the dinghy ride back to our Cat and then breakfast on board mixed in with som more swimming/diving/sunscreenmarinating before all loose objects are strapped down ready for new adventures.

By the way: the term «Turning on a penny»- all these huge catamarans are spinning on the spot with ease before heading out to sea- so extremely fascinating! Wouldnt believe it before I actually saw it with my own eyes, they do actually turn on a penny- for real!

And with the days starting so early there is no end to what adventures we can cram into it: lifting off again we headed over to Treasure Cove just around the bend from the Bight for some cave snorkelling. Mama Sæter needed to stay on ship due to extensive encounters with the Caribbean sun with not-enough sunscreen on- what a novice!

Liftoff again – and for the first time we reefed the genoa – sound of silence and 4 knt headwinds, amazing. Heading for Cooper Island and getting really good at spotting available moorings- got the best one this time too, and this time around it wasnt already taken, lucky for us! Well anchored up in Manchineel Bay more fun awaits!

This never-ending wonderful caribbean 17th of May was waiting to be filled with yet another couple of highlights- more swimming, wrestling on the watermat, drinks ashore Cooper Island beach Club at sunset and another 3 course meal, this time on «Double trouble» with doritos, beef on our Starboard fancy barbecue and 3 layer Devils chocolate cake! And wouldnt you know: Even the local police boat came by the cat during the meal to say hi and happy constitution day! 17th of mai celebration will probably never be the same again for any of us!