Friday 10 May 2019

Having had a couple of disturbed nights, we took it fairly easy today.  It was the hottest day of the year so far, and that made it very easy to be fairly lazy.  We spent a good part of the morning reading, books, newspaper, technical manuals about the boat, etc. We are still discovering new (to us) things that we can do, which is very satisfying. We also caught up with some of our outstanding correspondence.

The peace of the morning was disturbed by the arrival of a small flotilla of charter boats. They blew fog horns or vuvuzelas at one another, and generally horsed around a little. We were not too disappointed when they left this afternoon.

In the late afternoon, after siesta time, we took the tender and went ashore to get some essentials from the small supermarket. It is amazing the different perspective you get of a place when moving between the sea and the beach. We had felt the gusts of wind on and off all day, but the beach seemed still and tranquil. The views from the different angles are also interesting to compare.

On our return Tricia decided that she wanted a swim to cool down. This was a rather short-lived activity, as I think the water was colder than expected.

Other boats have anchored here for the night, and we were aware that one was dragging its anchor, we are a little paranoid about this at the moment. Eventually we managed to attract their attention and tell them, although I think they had already realised, and soon after moved to another spot.  Hopefully they will hold there, because their new position is rather closer to us than their previous spot.

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	367	nautical miles
Distance covered 2019	367	nautical miles
Steve (and Tricia)