[password] Boatfloat66

[position] 16 29.643S 167 25.884E

[speed] 0knts

[heading] 0T

[status] Tucked into South West Bay after a morning sail yesterday from the Maskelynes. Once again we were spoilt with 8 knots nearly the whole way, though the wave action got a bit confused as we turned the SW corner of Malakula. At one stage the skipper even got splashed by a 'rogue wave' while standing at the wheel. Extreme sports-people eat your heart out. Looks like a great spot for a swim here as we are anchored in 6m of crystal clear water over black sand. Noting that we weren't seeing many locals in the water (especially for a Sunday) we held off swimming yesterday until we could get the low down from those in the know. Glad we did, as the word is "if you need to swim do it close to the beach - there are sharks". We are anchored about 350m from the beach..... so no swimming off the back Nate.

Anyhow, we are now on our final trek North. Next stop will be the top of Malakula then Santo for a re-stock. We are keeping an eye on a disorganised low pressure system to the NE of Vanuatu. It is sitting under some fast moving cool air in the upper atmosphere and could even get fed by a trough/front moving through mid-week. Potential conditions for cyclone-genesis but unlikely at this time of the year. If the worst happens and we get some tight rotation we will do a quick re-evaluation of plans.

[weather) 20kt ESE, 0m swell (inside the bay), 95% cloud, 1009 baro
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