We left Allan’s Cay and continued sailing down the Exuma island chain to Norman’s Cay, which has a sordid history since the time of pirates (where it derives it’s namesake), to the bootleggers of prohibition, and then the drug smugglers of the 70’s and 80’s. Currently it is a sailor haven; with a protected anchorage, several small islands with wonderful beaches, and even Mc’Duffs restaurant which was just about to open when we were there. We learned Normans past from the book "Turning the Tide: One Man Against the Medellin Cartel" by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick and Peter Abrahams. It tells the story of Richard Novak, a diver who wanted to make Normans his new home, and of Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas (leader of the Medellin Cartel) who wanted to make Normans his own personal nation. Lehder
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