One knot of breeze. The water is like glass. Tomorrow the wind comes back at 10knt, again south easterly, which is where we want to go.
So I decided to haul anchor, wave goodbye to Melakula and start motoring.
Two hours of shiny blue sea passed with the only ripples were being made by Imagine. We passed the odd log and a few coconut floating by.
Then Fred (the autopilot) took control as it was all hands on deck. They seemed to come out of nowhere. Cutting their way through the still water at high speed, heading straight for us. We barely had time to do anything they were coming at us so fast. Suddenly they were along side us, pod of dolphins had come to say hello. About eight dolphins played around the bow for a while. Laying on their side looking up at the humans looking down at them. Gliding effortlessly through the clear water. These were large dolphins, about two meters long. One jumped out of the water as to say goodbye and they were off.
By lunch time we could see the smoke coming out of the volcano on Lopevi, as we motored passed.
It was five o’clock by the time we got to the bottom of Epi. We found a bay to anchor in for the night and now evjoying a wine as the sun goes down.
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