[password] rachel25
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[position]15.22s , 167.11e
[status] Ithaka is at anchor off Oyster Island Resort, Santo. Very sheltered anchorage in all wind directions and very good holding. South entrance pass challenging and needs to be undertaken at or just before high water. We touched bottom with 2.5 metre draft 2 hours before HW. This pass is currently buoyed with red and green tubular columns which lie horizontal at low water but become vertical when tide rises. NB Buoyed pass is different to that given in Tusker Guide. Yesterday enjoyed Sunday Lunch at the resort on Oyster Island. Today 2 dives on the USS President Coolidge wreck which is enormous and very interesting. You could dive it all your life (and some people have) and not see all of it. Nice fish at the 5 metre safety stop. Allan Powers Dive Tours provided very professional service.
[weather] Squally showers last night and overcast but cleared today at mid morning. Wind 15 knts SE with occasional gusts to 20. 10 percent cloud. Baro 1012.
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