This morning we went ashore to return the food containers and banana basket to Alakoka and Mika. We were also going to walk to the shop and petrol station, but Mika insisted on taking us in his ute.
We returned to Imagine with the two jerrycans of diesel and some bread. The wind had changed and the waves were coming in the bay so we hauled anchor and moved to Sainte Marie island. On the south western side of the island there was shelter from the wind, but anchoring was a problem. The Sea bed came up from 35m to 2m very quickly. We managed to anchor in 15m with the wind holding us of the reef. Unfortunately it was only good for a few hours before the tide changed. Anyway we managed to go ashore between the rain and walk the beach before hauling anchor.
We thought we may get better anchorage in the next bay. There the minimum we found was 35m deep. That meant we had to put out almost all of out 80m of chain to hold us. That seemed to be good untill the rising tide allowed the swell to come over the outer reef and into the bay. This meant a rocky night. So we hauled anchor once again and headed back to the lagoon we had sheltered in once before. Hoping for a quiet night.
