We're still hanging out in Kuto bay waiting for the right weather - not sure if the 'right' weather is going to come so we may just choose a best pick of what's available. In the meantime there are boat jobs for David in the engine room, checking our spare headsail to make sure it's ready to go should we need it.
The spare headsail is a high cut yankee which came with the boat when we bought her. It hasn't been out of the bag since we've had her so it seemed a good idea to take it ashore to spread it out for inspection. Apart from having mould in the pattern of jungle camouflage and the laminate being delaminated it'll do at a pinch.
In the time we were on the shore unfolding and refolding we met most of the crews of the other sail boats in the anchorage and were invited to a pot luck barbecue on the beach this afternoon. Someone caught a large tuna and has meat to share. Late afternoon we joined the crews of Donella, Zulu, Kilkea, Vaarwel and Sharona to share the meal. Christian frim Donella had brought his fish smoker and prepared rock trout he'd speared yesterday and yellow fin tuna from his freezer. He's a young and fit nearly 80 year old and his wife who's 82 sails with him. If they are the advert for keeping fit by cruising we should follow their lead and keep exploring.
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