When someone comes over to your boat and asks if you would like some fresh tuna, you of course say,”Yes please”. But beware when that someone says, “OK, do you have a bucket?”…. That’s what happened (again) today. Once I brought the bucket over, a chunk of yellowfin tuna that filled a five gallon bucket came aboard. Oh my, we are going to have to eat a LOT of sashimi in the next couple days. Yay!

Got to go diving outside the reef. Beautiful!

I got the chance to dive the outside of the reef pass today. Spectacular. We spent most of the time drifting with the current at about 60 feet. A cliff of beautiful, live coral on the reef side, pure blue/purple ocean with a huge drop off on the ocean side. 120 foot visibility. Saw some sharks and a sea turtle. We are definitely going again in the next day or so.

Ann got to paddleboard. I think she went a couple miles on her paddleboard while we were diving as she explored among the motus. From Ann – I was looking for turtles! As we moved from the village anchorage to the sandspit anchorage three turtles helped guide us. And that is not counting the one that popped up to say goodbye as we left the village anchorage. One was so big I called it out as a bommie to be avoided…until it swam away! Unfortunately no turtles were found but two puffer fish and a shy sting ray were cited. I loved being back on the paddle board…and with a full moon I am going out again right now!

We ended the night with a fantastic dinner aboard Spruce (it was Sue’s birthday) with three other boats (Mystic Moon, Buffalo Nickel and Vision) who we have not really met, but with whom we now feel a strong friendship. It was one of those evenings when you end up with your cheeks hurting from laughing so hard. Also one of those nights where if you tried to explain any of it the result would not make sense. Perfect!

Good times.