We had a little turbulence as we came in through Canal de la Havannah, but nothing too extreme. The current slowed us down a knot and a half, but it was quite comfortable. However it was 1430 when we got to calm flat water and we were quite tired from the trip, so decided to stop off at Anse du Pilote to rest overnight. This is a little anchorage at the entrance to Canal Woodin - as the name implies it was used as rest and waiting anchorage by pilot boats in the days of big sailing ships. It's shallow, quiet and has a clean sand bottom so there is no red mud on the anchor and chain when you leave, as opposed to many anchorages in the southern lagoon.
We woke to a hot, hazy and humid morning with hot sunshine through the glare and haze - it was almost surreal to look out into the distance and be unable to discern the sky from the sea, with no visible horizon and just shimmering from the limits of vision right back to the boat.
There was no wind at all to start with and we motored for an hour or so then were able to put out the full genoa and main, alternately sailing and motor-sailing another couple of hours to reach Port Moselle at midday. There was a lot of activity in the water - bigger fish feeding in large numbers on smaller bait fish and a small whale at the entrance to Baie du Prony. Clearance by the authorities took a long while - Immigration were very slow to arrive (long lunch?) but we were able to get ashore before everything closed to buy some WiFi internet credit and get some fresh vegetables. Wombat had been off on different adventures than ours over the last month or so, but they too came in to Port Moselle this morning and we look forward to catching up with them. Meantime we'll stock up on good cheeses and subsidised French wine.
Best regards to all.
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