Position: 18deg 39min South, 173deg 58min West � Neiafu in Vava�u
We had a good night sleep at our last anchorage. After our radio sked, one more checkup on our patient and off to explore Kenutu (anchorage #30). They started up their water maker in the early hours of the morning and gave us 100 litres of delicious water as a thank you. We were very grateful, as we�re not enjoying drinking our boat water. The trip to Kenutu was more tricky than we had thought, the book refers to clear beacons � which don�t exist (in defence of the locals, there are small buoys in the correct place which are not very visible) The chart does not correspond with the GPS � so with Matt up the mast, we wound our way between the reefs, had a few scares in the shallow waters along the way, and were rewarded with a very peaceful anchorage � the most easterly on Vava�u � surprisingly the water visibility was not good. We watched as some local fishermen spread their nets along the shoreline and chased the fish into the net by beating the water with a long stick. It was a short walk across the island with a view over cliffs towards the east with waves crashing into the cliffs below.
One the way to Kenutu our dinghy, we were towing, came loose and, with the sharp eyes of Rebekah, we were alerted and turned back to fetch it � phew! We�d have been lost without our dinghy! She was rewarded with her own bottle of ginger beer and a couple of fruit burst lollies � as we�re all on boat rations and all cooldrink gets shared, she felt very special!
In order to make church tomorrow we have motored all the way around back to Neiafu and picked up one of the moorings. Dinner tonight was mum�s homemade butter chicken � Yum!
Skipper and Crew
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