Position: 09 degrees, 21 minutes South; 140 degrees, 02 minutes West
Nice day of sailing. Left Hanamenu at 0415. Light air so motored for an hour or so until the wind came up with the sun. Set sail with a pod of dolphins and had a nice downwind ride at 5-6 knots most of the way in 4 foot seas. Overall about an 8 hour sail. Beautiful day (but no fish)!
Got in around 1500 and found the anchorage was pretty tight behind the breakwater and had to get out the stern anchor to line up with the other boats. There are about 7 or so here including a couple of boats that we’ve known from Mexico so we got together for cocktails and snacks at sunset. Nice night with our friends and we’re looking forward to going ashore tomorrow and checking out the town.
Ann’s on the radio right now talking with some other friends who are one island ahead of us who are telling us where we can find good fresh vegetables. That’s the one thing we’re short on and they are hard to find. All we have right now are a few tomatoes that we found at the last island. Our fresh fruit consists of pamplemousse and bananas. Can’t wait to see what we find in town tomorrow (along with the boulangerie for some baguettes!
That’s about it for today.
Got the itchy feet, huh? Gotta keep movin’ from island to island. Y’all ain’t runnin’ from the law are you? What with those tats, some might make you out to be hard characters.
Once they find out you want their precious vegetables, well…you could be in big trouble. Of course if you could corner the market on supplying the islands with veggies you could be gi-millionaires! You might need a refrigerated boat, though.
Since you are moored with six other boats I suppose it’s inevitable that there’s going to be a sailboat race – yes? Be well.