Dunno what day it is, maybe Wednesday, but does it regally matter?
We left Pangaimotu Island at 3am a couple of days ago and had a very enjoyable sail to Nomuka Iki where we hunkered down in 20+ knot winds for over 24 hours. As we were surrounded by reefs, the skipper chose to sleep in the cockpit just in case a speedy escape was required. Just when we thought it was a abating, wham! we were slammed with 90 minutes of 30+ knots which changed right through 360 degrees! The storm also brought with it torrential rain. It stopped just as quickly as it started and we enjoyed a calm (if a little too rolly) night.
This morning we had a quick swim and snorkelled some local coral reefs. Around lunchtime we picked up the anchor and motor sailed 20nm to the wonderful Limu Island… a pretty near perfect tropical island.
A quick walk on the beach (trying not to tread on any of the thousands of hermit crabs) and managed to open a few coconuts taken straight from the tree. We enjoyed a little picnic with Chris and Ingrid from the yacht Willpower before heading back to Mari at dusk.
Maybe tomorrow we’ll repeat….
