Epi Island
Dawnbreaker
Lars Alfredson
Sun 15 Sep 2013 04:51
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Pos 16:35.74S 168:09.85E
Lamen Bay
Thursday 12/9.
We started at 7:50 for the 65 NM sail over to Epi. A
nice sail doing 9 knots part of the way.
On the way we checked out Cooks reef near Emae Island.
Unfortunately the wawes did not allow us to go in through the reef to anchor
inside. The snorkeling is supposed to be special there.
We arrived in Lamen Bay at 17:00, in time for a quick
swim before Happy hour.
In Lamen Bay lives "Bondas" the resident Dugong. Bondas
likes to have his tummy rubbed. We were looking forward to the morning
swim.
Mark cooked us a nice Australian sausage dish with
mashed potatoes and the evening ended with Mexican Train. We have to break in
Mark!
Friday 13/9
Everybody was in the water before breakfast to try and
find Bondas but he was nowhere to be seen. There was lots of big turtles feeding
on the seaweed all around the boat so we did not get dissapointed. We later
found out from a local that Bondas dissapears sometimes for weeks. Nobody knows
where he goes.
At lunchtime we went in to the village. We had heard
music all morning. We found out that there was some kind of fiesta going on and
we ended up eating lunch with the locals. Everybody is very friendly and we had
a great time.
We had time for another swim with the turtles in
the afternoon before it was time for Happy hour.
Photos will come when we get a decent internet
connection.
Lars and crew
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