Minerva North to South

Sunday 26th October we set sail from Minerva Reef North for Minerva Reef South. It's about a 20 - 25 nautical mile journey which we had to do mainly on engine. We did raise the asymmetric for about an hour but it only gave us about 3.5 knots which meant arriving around 2300 and we didn't fancy entering the atoll in the dark. When we arrived, about 6 hours later, there were only 2 boats anchored inside the reef, both widely spaced. We dropped the anchor in just under 3m (it was low tide) half a mile or so from Goose, whom we met briefly back in Tonga. Indioko looked like a Caithness or Murano ornament in a sea of glassy green. It looked so fabulous i decided to go for a swim round the boat. It turned out my timing was quite good as one of the local grey sharks cruised by about an hour later after I was dried off and sitting down to an excellent carpaccio dinner prepared by Iain.