Not wanting to be woken by an alarm this morning and in no hurry to actually leave Uligamu, we enjoyed a little sleep-in, before undertaking the last of our preparations for departure. We did, however, enjoy a quick dinghy visit from Paul off Talulah Ruby III, who was kind enough to return a knife and fork we’d inadvertently left behind in our hastily departure from dinner last night to partake in our Zoom family get-together. With that, we weighed anchor, a much easier task than we thought it would be, given the numerous bommies and length of chain we had out to anchor in 65ft of water.

Initially we enjoyed a lovely sail with a SOG (Speed Over Ground) of around 6 Kts, but then the wind lightened as forecast, so we spent most of the afternoon motor-sailing on one engine, under sunny blue skies, scattered with fluffy white clouds, in beautiful deep blue, flat seas. Fortunately the wind kicked in again, so we could turn the engine off and enjoy some fabulous sailing.

A mid-morning coffee, a nap for Roy and some reading time for Elaine brought a relaxing morning to a close. This reversed in the afternoon, with Elaine taking a nap and Roy keeping an eye on things before an evening chat to Michael off Golden Spirit.

A favourite dinner of chicken soup onboard settled us into a peaceful night under a clear, starry night.