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:date 05/08/2013

We're on our way to Vanuatu, but we need to wait for some kinder weather, even here in the lagoon we had waves covering the coachroof, gallons of water rushing down the deck strewing seaweed in the lifelines and leaving holes behind them to cause small chaos areas down below - things that have happily remained in place over the years were tossed across the cabin as we beat into the steep seas. We're waiting for things to calm down a little before we head east any further.

Re the 'Thresher Shark' I saw - well I don't actually know what a Thresher shark looks like, but as it had this long tail and a weaving motion the name sounded good - sorry.
But I do now know what I saw as we went to the aquarium and they have one. It's either a Zebra or Leopard shark depending on whether you're French or English. It is brown and spotted and does have an amazingly long sweeping top tail fin and an almost non-existent lower fin to the tail. It didn't look too scary after all and I wish I'd stayed in the water longer to watch it when we were in Tenia.

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