Position: 18deg 39min South, 173deg 58min West � Neiafu in Vava�u
We were woken up about 5am � total darkness with a gale and a torrential downpour and high winds that clocked around from the East then north then to the North West � Port Maurelle is very exposed to the North West. By the way Port Maurelle is just a little anchorage with a coral reef at the head and a little white sand beach. We had anchored in 23m of water so we did not have much scope. Up we got ready to take action I noticed that the instruments went on, on all vessels in the anchorage, meaning we were not the only ones having doubt about our anchoring. � we heard from some of the other vessels that wind speeds up to 50kts were recorded. I don�t think we had more than 30 in our anchorage. The wind eventually clocked all the way around and back to the south east. After breakfast we made our way to Neiafu. We have picked up one of the Baluga dive company mooring bouys, cleared customs and started exploring. There are lots of quaint little restaurants and cafes. There is no doubt that this is a very beautiful part of the world. There is lots to explore and do and we could certainly spend a lot of time here. We have enjoyed evening drinks at the Mermaide caf� (Neiafu Yacht Club) with the crews of Liberation, Endangered Species and GoToGo. We have cooked some more of the results of Matt�s fishing � a very good dinner indeed. Our chart plotter is way off in these waters � will look to doing something about the offset.
Skipper
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