Position 8:19.474N 78:59.399W

Duco from yacht ‘Briet’ is our first hero, he has located our electrical problem and ‘hot wired’ us so that everything is working again.

We have generator power and we have made water !

What a brilliant man, we repaid him in some small ways by doing his laundry and delivering water and some fresh provisions to him before he left for Galapagos this morning.

Brian & Sheila from ‘Miss Tippy’ are our next heroes…

They came to dinner with David & Joe from ‘Roundabout’ and we had a great evening until it was time for our guests to take to their dinghies.

When we looked over the stern there were only 2 dinghies where once there were three.

Oh no, our dinghy had come free and disappeared.

I am not one to apportion blame but let’s just say I am glad it wasn’t me who tied it on !

We were so lucky to have Brian & Sheila on board, they are so positive in an emergency and so willing to help.

We upped anchor and headed out in the direction of the wind and tide, it was a moonlit night and we spotted a white dot at the base of some nearby rocks.

Brian took charge of the situation and jumped into his dinghy with Mark to investigate.

The white spot  was our Dinghy!

Mark & Brian retrieved it by getting into the water and pulling it off the rocks.

Sheila & I kept ‘Blue Magic’ in deep water and turned on the searchlight.

Sheila was an angel and also did all the washing up whilst the drama unfolded.

Once the men were back on board, with both dinghies secured, we returned to the anchorage and shared a night cap together.