Goat Island
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Sun 26 Oct 2008 22:06
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Hi Folks,
Still at anchor here in Tonga waiting for some wind
to blow us to Nuku'alofa, we had a few of the floating village over last night,
and as we had had a day in the bilges we needed to wash the taste of grey tank
water from our mouths , a bit of a fopar meant that we emptied 80 litres into
the bilge instead of over the side , it a long story but one we have to mod in
NZ anyway we now have sparkling bilges for the NZ authorities.
Went to another coral reef were we discovered
Lobsters , too small to eat so we left them in there little cave to grow some
more .
The story of goat Island was told by Mike from
Summer wine, they were passing by a sandy Island and spied the crews of
Sebright and Trennely standing in the water up to there waists, about six of
them with the kids, when Mike took a closer look they could see a rather
angry Billy goat patrolling up and down between them and there boats
and gear , it transpires that the guys had stopped for lunch on this
idyllic beech pulled there boats up the beach , gone for a swim , when they
tried to get out the goat who is obviously the boss of the island came charging
down the beech chased them into the water , went over to there boats and peed on
them , marking his new property were were told , then kept the
visitors at bay, Mike dropped anchor , came ashore armed with pepper spray and a
big stick , by now Dave and Jason had mustered the courage to take on Mr Goat ,
finally they got the better of him and forced him back into the greenery of
the Island , we have yet to see the pictures but after we had all stopped
laughing there was a clamor for the evidence
in Kodacrome ..
End of another day, these are now becoming fewer as
we draw closer to Nuku'alofa ..great night though ..
The Coral Kids
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