Day 131, Year 2: Sunny Sunday!
Date: Sunday, September 2, 2007
Weather: Sunny and Windy
Location: Banam Bay, Malekula, Vanuatu
Yeah! We finally saw the sun today after eight straight overcast, mostly dreary days. People were so excited that many of the boats here took off in the early morning, despite the windy conditions out there. We actually thought about taking off for our next destination north, but we decided to wait until tomorrow and get an early start. But then we heard from Scot Free II tonight at 6 PM on the SSB radio and what he had to report about the Port Stanley area was not all that favorable. Evidently
the anchorages where we would be going are more affected by the winds than indicated in the cruising guides, so we are going to sit tight one more day and then head north. The underwater world here offers much to explore, so we will just busy ourselves with that tomorrow and head north on Tuesday when the winds are supposed to subside.
We went with Paul and Marie on Ranger for a walk on the beach this morning. We were looking for shells and each found a couple of really nice ones. Of course, we picked up more than those couple, so the shell collection is growing. Mark, Marie, and I then went snorkeling in the afternoon. Paul is still recovering from the infection on his leg, but now that we are staying here one more day, he is thinking that he might be able to snorkel tomorrow. Even though the sun was shining this afternoon,
the underwater world didn’t look much different than it did yesterday in the rain. We heard from New Dawn this evening that the snorkeling way out on the reef is good for seeing large fish, so that is what we will explore tomorrow.
Dinner tonight was on Ranger. The food was fabulous and we talked mostly about our next few days. We didn’t get to the topic of Australia which is what we had both hoped to talk about. We will be there before we know it, so at some point, I know we will begin planning for that arrival.
Early this morning one of the New Zealand boats in the anchorage announced that today was Father’s Day in New Zealand. He also announced that since most cruisers are out here without children, that all mothers should be at the beck and call of fathers today. That elicited a number of rather negative comments from women, so that is the last we heard of New Zealand Father’s Day. Later today we heard from our daughter and found out that our grand baby Sam just cut his tooth. Can’t believe he is old enough to have teeth.
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