Tuesday 14th September.
A quick swim and we were off. The wind was due to build tonight so we didn’t want to be out on the reef unprotected. The wind started at 6 knots and reached 10 for a period then slowly died to 5knots, so it was a slow trip ending with us motoring. The sea was calm enough for the Dinghy Captain to spend the time cleaning the dinghy on the foredeck.
We had reached Maureen’s Cove after lunch so it was straight into the dinghy and round to Manta Ray Bay for Sally to swim with the large fish and the Maori Wrasse. The water visibility was not good as the sea had started to turn choppy, but the fish still gathered around close enough to be seen.
Back on Imagine it was time to relax in the sun before dinner.
Overnight the winds got up. Although Maureen’s Cove protects us from the south easterly winds we still got gusts up to 30knots (60km/h) come over the hill into the bay.
