The Willie T, or more formally, the William Thornton, is a floating restaurant and bar. The Bight is the largest anchorage on this otherwise uninhabited island, and the Willie T is hard to miss when you are there.
It's appropriate that the "Pirate Ship" William Thornton is anchored at Norman Island, as this is believed to be the fabled site of "Long John" Silver's treasure trove as chronicled in Robert Louis Stevenson's book, Treasure Island. There are treasure seekers still planning, plotting and turning over stones on Norman Island, on the off chance that, as so often occurs, fact and fiction blur and blend.
The Willie T is open for both lunch and dinner, but the bar at the stern is the "jumping off" place in the evenings. Ask the bartenders about "Body Shots," and the Shotski!
Among the attractions on or near Norman Island are the Caves for snorkeling, and The Indians, several pinnacle rocks sticking out of the water just off Pelican Cay, a dynamite site for a dive or a snorkeling.
Pirates Bight, another
bar and restaurant, is nearby on the beach. Dinghy over to their
dock to continue your "happy hour".
