Ivan's emailed report from a little while ago:

I have just finished putting water on the boat. It was tricky, as we had to navigate a short unmarked channel and come onto a very small dock at the very top of the tide in the dark. We had a window of less than 2 hours, but all went exactly according to plan and we didn’t even graze the mud. The maths was correct.

During the manoeuvre we had an audience on the balcony of the RBYC as Fujin apparently was the largest yacht to attempt coming onto the YC dock in a long time. I’d swear they were placing bets as we came in!

Half a ton heavier and exactly on the top of the tide we followed our track back to the anchorage. Picture above shows the track on Fujin's chart plotter.

Got fully fuelled up earlier today, although it required a bit of pestering people on my part. People in these latitudes can be very relaxed. Initially the story was that we would be able to borrow a trailer on Wednesday to bring the jerry cans to the service station.

Also managed to get the shopping done today, so we are ready to go again.......unbelievably.

We should be out of here by about midday tomorrow after I settle with the RBYC and check out at customs.

Treating the guys to a nice meal this evening.