We finally left the marina in Tortola on Friday, January 21 and headed on a short 8 mile sail over to Norman Island. Unfortunately our departure from the marina was less than eloquent as we left a mooring line on the dock as we were heading out. A poor guy in a neighbouring yacht brought it out to us in his tender while we idled and tried to avoid bumping other moored yachts in front of a restaurant audience. I snatched the rope out of the guys hand as it was being delivered and managed to get some of his skin under my nails too in the haste to get the embarrassment over with. I guess it was another event to put down to experience. We took some photos of Tortola for Marco as he had told Ian it was his favourite place visited by cruise ship. We reached our destination and anchored in Benures Bay on Norman Island and Ian went for a snorkel and was lucky enough to see an Eagle Ray. What a wonderful and peaceful place it was especially after the marina so we ended up staying 2 nights to unwind. Incidently I had met a lady called Justine in the laundromat at the marina who worked on a day charter yacht called 'White Squall' and she gave me the recommendation to visit Norman Island. That afternoon we headed over to the caves near Treasure Point (Treasure Island). We didn't find any treasure but the caves were amazing. Beautiful glass fish lined the entrance and each cave had a different topography of boulders and soft corals. Pelicans fished lazily from the rocky outcrops nearby as they had very easy pickings on the abundant fish. We went back to Faraway after a couple of hours and finished with sundowners on the beach of Benures Bay. It was so nice to be out of the marina and back in a peaceful natural environment again.
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