Tues 24 May
Land at last after 20 days and six hours. We pushed like crazy on the last day to make up enough time to arrive before sunset and got in just after five. The anchorage is not very large and the boats are packed in rather tightly. If arriving after dark we would have had to anchor outside the break water where it would have been very rough. The anchorage is rolly but it's good to be in here. Tomorrow we will sign in as the gendarmerie. Later we will go into town and look around. The bay and harbour are surrounded by massive peaks that disappear into the clouds. These clouds that form against them also cause a fair bit of rain here in the anchorage. Coming in the sun was shining over the top of them and it was black below. One was looking over the silver water into the sun and could see nothing in the direction we were going until we got in below the clouds and out of the sun. When we got in, some friends from another yacht came across to assist us in getting out a stern anchor. Many of the people here we know as we have met them in previous anchorages or on our radio net coming over. It was great having land around us again and having people etc to chat to. On the whole of the passage we only saw two other yachts at night... at least their lights and we were able to call and chat to them on the VHF radio. We saw two fishing trawlers during the night over the last week and that was it. Now we look forward to a good rest... a full night's sleep and to do some walking. There is a lot to explore over the next few weeks as we travel through the islands and will keep you posted. HF radio contact out from between the mountains is tricky but we will see how it goes, till then....
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