[password] Boatfloat66

[position] 15 29.732S 167 14.957E

[speed] 0knts

[heading] 0T

[status] Hanging out in Palikulo Bay. Great little spot and very relaxing once you get past the shallow, coral bombie strewn entry. The swimming is awesome and gave me a good excuse to change the hull anodes. If I dropped anything it was only 4m to the bottom (not that I did). Met up with some locals yesterday and offered to trade some fishing supplies for bananas. Were woken up this morning by them shouting "Hello! Bananas!" from the shore. We soon remembered a lesson from earlier on - you need to set some limits on how many you want to trade. Anyhow we felt obliged and nearly sank the dinghy with all the bananas prior to getting them some clothes to even the deal. We now look like a floating banana plantation.

More snorkeling this afternoon and exploring all the WWII wrecks around us then off to Peterson Bay tomorrow. BTW, for the fishing fans out there; we caught a 5ft barracuda on the passage here yesterday. It was catch and release as that dude was not coming in the cockpit with us. And yes, we have photos.

[weather) 15knts SE, calm in the bay, 90% cloud, 1013 baro
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