There are now 8 boats in the anchorage, 5 of which are having fresh wahoo for dinner. I was able to give away about 15 lbs of the fish I caught. The rest is in the freezer. For lunch, I joined the crews of two other Seattle boats and had excellent pizza at a local snack bar. This was the first restaurant food I have had since departing Mexico two months ago. For dinner, I had an enjoyable meal with some Italians on a Swan 53 called "Farina".

A Chilean catamaran came in today and, it turns out, the owner and I have mutual friends. He owns a fly fishing lodge on a river in the south of Chile where I have fished and he knows all the Patagonian fly fishermen I have met over the past 20 years while traipsing around that part of the world. Like me, he is searching the Tuomotu for bonefish. We will meet up in a couple of days to compare notes and perhaps wet a line together.

Tomorrow morning I am joining people from the local dive shop to go on a dive on the outside of the pass during slack water. The place is known for hammerhead sharks so I will be on my best behavior so as not to rile them. On Monday Sand Dollar will head south to the other end of the atoll where the snorkeling is said to be superb. All else is well, although the only vegetables I could find were three carrots and a head of cabbage.