An early start again this morning, but I don’t mind. The sunrise watch is always the best time on the boat for me. After a brisk sail in the fresh south-easter, we made Lady Musgrave mid-afternoon.

Alan Lucas gives Lady Musgrave a bit of a scary write up in his book, pointing out that it can be a thoroughly uncomfortable anchorage in a fully developed trade wind. Our visit this time was certainly not the best we’ve had, with the south-easter gusting over 20 knots a lot of the time. Our ground tackle is pretty conservatively sized, so I wasn’t too aprehenisive, but I still kept the handheld GPS next to me all night with the anchor drag alarm activated. We were also confined to the boat because rowing the inflatable “fish hunter” in that kind of breeze just was not sensible.

Oh well, a bit disappointing for the crew, who had not been to Lady Musgrave before, but we decided to head off for Keppel Bay the next day.