At Anchor, Port Maurelle
The Adventures of the Good Ship Equinox
Cate and Chris Galloway
Sat 4 Jun 2011 05:43
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Hi All,
We have finally cast loose the mooring in Neiafu
and headed out into some of the most beautiful cruising grounds on earth. At
present the "Big E" is in the company f several other ternational boats, a
couple of other rally participants, and some charter yachts. The weather has
deteriorated with a trough passing over the area, bringing increased winds and
persistent showers. We are taking the opportunity to use a bodgy water filler we
have set up to catch some of the sweet tropical rain and are so far having some
success. The forecast for the wet and inclement weather will continue into next
week.
Last night we participated in the Port of Refuge
Yacht Club Friday fun race - Neil and Gillian (from "Overdraft") and Jeff and
Ellen (from "Blueglass") joined us as crew for the event and all enjoyed a very
social sail around the awesome harbour of Neiafu. Line honours were taken out by
"Avante", a J160 cass yacht - she is a high spec racer-cruiser, and after the
start all we saw of her was her stern! "Equinox" placed a very creditable third,
however we were forced to protest against "Vixen 7" (another rally yacht) for
atttempting an overtaking feint while we were busy mixing drinks.
This evenig we joined "Silver Fox" (Paul, Michelle
and Toby) for a cuppa in between rain showers - no-one was unhappy at the
prospect of a rare alcohol free day!
Hopefully tomorrow we will be joined by "Kiwi
Auckland" tomorrow, who besides being good fun (another kids boat) will be able
to deliver our replacement wind generator blades.
Until tomorrow, TTFN.
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