During our circumnavigation of Euakafa Island on Thursday, we came across a beach full of clam shells. So Friday morning we went back there to have a better look. B made a sculpture out of some of them.
When we left Imagine the bow was in 35m of water and at the stern it was only 4m deep. When we got back I was aware that the wind and tide had changed and now Imagine was facing the other way, with the depth sounder saying we are now in 40m of water. As lunch was being prepared, I was sitting in the cockpit when Imagine turned away from the wind. I knew immediately that the anchor had let go. There was no way the anchor was going dig in again as we drifted further off the steep ledge. We started the motor, hauled up the anchor and headed for Neiafu.
Our crew were leaving us Saturday so we decided to spend the night there so they could leave in the morning and so we could get to the fresh fruit and veggie market early.
This morning it was a goodbye to Fabien and Nolwenn as they thought they found a boat to take them to Fiji. B and I went to the market took the laundry to be done and walked to the petrol station on the edge of town to fill our jerrycans. We will fill them every time we go ashore to keep our fuel tanks topped up.
As we got back to the dinghy we met Fabien and Nolwenn. The boat that will take them to Fiji can’t take them onboard untill the 27th. So they are back onboard for another 5 days.
We have found a place to hide from the southerly winds for the next few days. Lape island is well sheltered and has some reefs for us to explore in the next few days.
