Wednesday 14th November

Early this morning there was a total eclipse of the sun further north near Cairns. We did look but the sun seemed normal to us. The winds were a bit lighter today, 15-20knts. We had a downwind sail north and picked a buoy off Langford Island. We were off a sand spit which we landed on, put on our stinger suits and went snorkelling. We then sailed round Hayman Island on our way to Maureen's Cove on Hook Island. After hanging around for 45 minutes we managed to get a buoy vacated by a dive boat. Our total was 21.5nm covered. After a trip ashore walking along the dead coral it was back to the boat for wine and spag bol.