[password] caesar

[position] 23 39.088s 178 55.908w

[status] 1800 hrs 25 May 2018. I know. You're all anxiously awaiting word on my crayfish hunting expedition. When yachties say, all you have to do is reach under rocks and grab them, that is nothing more than a cruiser legend. So the short answer is we did not find cray. What we did get was lots of leg exercise wading against 10kts of streaming, gushing, bubbling water running into the lagoon from the ocean. When I say "we", I did not mean Leilani and me. I went with Graham & his crew, Peter, from Toronui. This afternoon, Minerva got crowded with the arrival of 3 boats. Now there are 6 of us crammed on the SE side of the 3.8 nm diameter lagoon, all awaiting the big blow that is forecast for Sunday - Monday.

[weather] Another bright, sunny day with balmy 10 kts E winds whispering over the anchorage. In front of us 1/4 nm away we are entertained by the subdued roar of the ocean curling up in a line of white breaking waves along the reef. We're anchored in 15 metres of water so clear I can see my anchor chain laying on the seabed of mostly white sand interspersed with coral heads. And you ask, would I rather be golfing?

Until tomorrow.

Cheers
John & Leilani

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