At 7 o'clock this morning there were clear skies above, crystal clear water below now wind to stir the water surface giving amazing clarity of the sea bed under us. We could see the 2ton cement mooring block 5m below us and the line coming up from it to our our bow. Then while we were looking at that a young hawksbill turtle swam up to us, surfaced for air and ducked once more to swim under the keel. You usually have to get wet snorkelling to see this beautiful sight.
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| mooring block from the bow |
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| turtles surfaces for air |
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| down to the bottom |
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| swimming under the boat |
In no wind conditions and a helping sea current we motored south from Ilot Maitre to Baie de Prony at the souther tip of Grande Terre and to the northernmost anchorage, La Carenage. Baie de Prony is a large bay with a series of inlets and an island in the centre. From the topography it looks like it's a flooded valley. At the north you follow a dog leg valley into a perfect hurricane hole known as La Carenage. There's no direct view to the sea, hills all around and excellent holding in the orange mud. A good place to be when the forecast is calling for 25 knots, gusting 30 knots in the next couple of days.
David checked the water level in the engine and unbelievably there's no change! The leak stop product we bought yesterday is amazing – just by bringing it on board (David was going to add it when the engine is cool tomorrow morning) the leak has stopped. But it's a boat and you know that leak is going to be back...somewhere, sometime.
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