Sound Island, Andaman Islands
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Mon 17 Mar 2014 10:42
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12.56.358 N 92.58.009 E
Our last evening at North Button Island we went
back to the beach and lit a fire to burn some of our rubbish. We took a cold
bottle of sparkling wine and some nibbles and watched the sunset. Unfortunately
we got bitten to death by sand flies, which does not really show until the next
day, when we both had very itchy legs. We lifted anchor from early next morning
and motored north to Sound Island about 40 miles. At first it was fine, but then
the wind picked up and it was not very comfortable to batch into the waves. We
caught a King Mackerel early on; this one we put back. Then when we were almost
at our destination and when we were actually sailing did we catch a big Wahoo.
After we anchored in a bay off Sound Island, nicely
tucked away out of the waves and wind, Duncan contacted Port Control Maya Bandar
to be told that we were not permitted to anchor there. He persuaded the
gentleman that it was too late to move and that we were very tired. So he
allowed us to stay as long as we moved the next morning. We had a very quiet
night.
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