We are back at our favorite anchorage here in the Ha'apai. Not because of the shelter, but the beautiful "beach islands". I will try to send some photos in a couple of days.
After picking up Shannon and Cassidy we were heading off to do some shopping with Lil' Explorers. I was up front finishing pulling up the anchor as we started to leave the anchorage. Unfortunately, we had only attached the lifting ropes to the dingy, and not actually pulled the dingy up. So as we started moving the dingy was being dragged sideways between the hulls. I felt the whole boat shudder as if we had hit a soft sandbar! Then there was yelling from the cockpit. The dingy had capsized and was dragging between the hulls upside-down!
Fortunately Cassidy and Shannon were able to pull the dingy up far enough to get the motor out of the water. This falls under the not-so-good. But all turned out well for the dingy in the end, but not good for the stuff in the dingy. It was 60 feet deep where the dingy flipped, and I Scuba dove three times without any luck. So unfortunately we are in the market for a dingy anchor. We loved that dingy anchor with the red X's!
Until next time!
Courage
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