Day 8-- April 29, 2014 Tuesday

This was a big sail day.  We left East End Harbour, Jost Van Dyke and sailed south through the Thatch Islands and Soper's Hole past Frenchman's Cay into the Narrows between BVI and St. John, USVI.  Then we turned southeast to The Bight in Norman Island.

Wow!  What a beautiful place!

This is the brand new Pirate's Bight Bar & Restaurant.  It was absolutely beautiful and the bartender was delightful.

See, don't we look like happy sailors!

And, as you sit in Pirate's Bight, this is what you see.

As we dinghied back to the boat, we snapped this picture of Pirate's Bight so you can see how lovely it is.  There is nothing there except the bar/restaurant and a dive company in the little hut to the right.



Snorkeling in Privateer Bay and the Caves on Norman Island.

We left the big boat moored in The Bight and took the dinghy over to these caves and reefs.  There were lots of tropical fish of all sorts--beautiful.

One of the caves goes back at least 30 or 40 feet.  As you can see there is a little dinghy paddling into it.  We just snorkeled into it.  Actually, John snorkeled all the way back--I stopped at the entrance--just don't like caves.

This is the mouth of The Bight, Norman Island.

And this is an old steel sloop converted into a bar and anchored in The Bight.  We decided to stay in The Bight a second night and maybe check out this bar boat--the Willy T--tomorrow.

You don't even have to have the blue sky and water--it's just a lovely place.

And the sunset was gorgeous from the beach.

And this little blogger lady discovered that Pirate's Bight had internet access.  With a glass of wine in one hand and the smart phone in the other, I'm checking on things at home.