To Nosy Antanimora

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 21 Oct 2019 23:57
14:09.755S   47:45.685E
 
To Nosy Antanimora
 
 
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Up bright and breezy this morning. The radio chirped and Kimi brought departure forward an hour. Anchor up at nine and soon we were passing the lovely village by the Honey River.
 
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Serafina looking very smart en route to our next anchorage.
 
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We passed Nosy Kalakajoro..........
 
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...........where the Scandinavians (the group to our right) decided to spend the night.
 
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We had chosen to go ten miles further to Nosy Antanimora. Kimi radioed to say they had caught a wahoo and a tuna on a shiny little fish. Tomorrow I will swap our red and white squid lure for a squidgy green fish and see if it changes our dry run.
 
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We anchored just after three o’clock, a twenty-eight mile run, on the far side of the island to have the wind blowing toward us and enjoyed an afternoon of games, a pretty sunset (left and right views) and supper at seven. Well, what a commotion, at first I thought a massive moth had been attracted by our cockpit light but it began to literally ‘squawk’. Not a moth but a cicada........and another one who made just as much noise.
 
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This chap settled on the roll of rope, offended to have been slung out by Bear who quickly shut the back door of the conservatory whilst I shut the front window. Not the best picture as it was taken through the plastic.
 
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All through supper we heard wings flapping and the odd chirp as the number grew to four. One looking through each of the back panels (the one in the middle is the easiest to spot) and the one on the rope who snuck back in under my side edge........... Bear pulled out our netting door, switched off the conservatory light and dashed in putting the net in behind him as I really didn’t want visitors once the television glow became attractive. What a kerfuffle, they are supposed to go to sleep in trees and not act like moths.........
 
 
ALL IN ALL A GENTLE DAY WITH A CHAOTIC END
                     WHAT A SURPRISE