It was a bittersweet morning as we bid farewell and waved our goodbyes to all the participants of the 2017 World ARC fleet as, one by one, they passed by Paw Paw, especially Ain't Fancy (Betina and Dirk) and Take Off (Louise and Jorgan). It was very evident that, although our original plan was to rejoin the rally from Fiji and this fleet in particular, Elaine is definitely not fit enough to cross an ocean right now, never mind two and making the decision to take our time getting to Australia this sailing season has indeed been a wise one.

It was a little disappointing, although not expected, when we never received a single invite from the organisers to attend one of the World ARC functions this past week. Given that we were the only other World ARC yacht in the anchorage from a past rally and the fact that we had paid for all the events from Tahiti to Australia which we never used lasy year, a gesture of goodwill would have been very much appreciated. Regardless though, it was lovely to learn that so many of the yachts were following our blog and indeed praised it.

As the fleet sailed out of view, Elaine enjoyed a swim off the back of Paw Paw, while Roy worked on, what is now, our new look and feel website. By then it was time to head ashore for a light lunch and an exercise walk.

This evening we enjoyed sundowners at Dick's Place and another barbecue aboard.