Michael, the skipper off one of the 3 boats anchored off of Mabuwalu, was very helpful with advise on where to anchor so we wouldn't be in the ferry's way when it arrived. He came over for a visit after we got settled, and the conversation about the best anchorages came up, as it always does among cruisers. We had planned to head next to Bua Bay, which looked good on the charts, but Michael said it wasn't protected from the wind and that there wasn't much to see. He recommended Baulailai Bay, 7 miles further up the coast, as a better alternative. So we changed our plan and decided to head for Baulailai.
That's one of the great aspects of a cruising without a tight schedule. Plans can be fluid and subject to change. It 's easy when transportation, lodging, and everything we want or need is contained in our little ship.
We headed west past Bua Bay under power and then unrolled the genoa to sail the rest of the way to Baulailai.
We hooked and landed a nice 20 pound Spanish mackerel at the half way point. We don't have Spanish mackerel in Hawaii. Too bad. Clay and I have decided that It is the best eating fish we have ever had.
It was a cloudy day as we entered Baulailai, and we anchored in 15 feet of water near the head of the bay. We thought we were in a pretty good spot until Clay dove the anchor and found a coral head 6 feet below the surface that we would have bumped if we swung at all. Yikes! The water was a bit murky at the head end of the bay and the coral head wasn't visible from the deck with the overcast sky. So we moved away into a deeper area further offshore and reanchored.
This is a beautiful spot and we have it all to ourselves except for some cows and horses we've seen on the beach and some goats in the hills. We've decided to stay here at least 2 nights so we'll have time to do some snorkling, hiking and exploring.
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