We arrived shortly after midday with the sun high and the bay flat and empty giving a picture perfect scene. We quickly at lunch then prepped the hookah so we could explore the reef here. I took Janine and Helen into the water first. When we resurfaced we noticed a couple of other boats had arrived including Endless. We were soon in contact and as we’d already got the hookah out I suggested they borrow it when we were finished with it. They were quite happy with the idea. I next took Brian and Ben down exploring some more of the reef. It’s all pretty good here.<\/p>\n

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Although it was getting a bit more choppy by now, Petr, his new crew member and his two guests were soon over and in the water. They had a great time. They agreed to bring over some beer and wine later as thanks. We were happy with that.<\/p>\n

The last trip off the boat was my taking Brian, Ben and Holly ashore to explore the island a little. We took a look at the cave and walked to the nearby sandy spit. It was high tide an the waves were flowing over. We tried sprinting across the sandy spit avoiding the water and almost made it. We had thought about watching the sun set from the shore but the sky was beginning to cloud up and the swell was rising further so we headed back to the boat.<\/p>\n

After dinner Petr and his three companions showed up with some nice wine and good German beer and stayed for a while. Always nice to have the company of fellow sailors.<\/p>\n

Overnight we’ve had rain and the wind has shifted to the north making the bay quite bouncy. We’ll be sticking to our plan to head to Musket Cove today. I think everyone is looking forward to a guaranteed calm bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We gradually ran out of wind as we approached Navadra and were down to less than 6 knots by the time we’d passed Waya so we had to motor the last few miles. While we didn’t catch any fish we were rewarded with sightings of two pods of dolphins and the weather was fantastic.<\/p>\n

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