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08/23/2008: "A rare monohull"

It is not often the monohulls sneak closer inshore than a multihull. At Palakula Bay we anchored in just over a metre of water to do a propeller anode change - and our new friends on the yacht 'Carl' came in and anchored on the dry! Although Carl is 50ft long, she has a swing daggerboard, bilge ballast and a flat enough bottom to sit comfortably on the sand. A lovely protected anchorage, white sand and twenty NiVan kids came down to play after school so the paddleboards were in high demand. Cruising is often about making new friends, enjoying adventures with them and then departing hoping we cross wakes again. The world is a suprising small place and time and time again we have crossed paths and renewed the relationships with pleasure.