Today was very nice. We stayed put. We all got some work done that we wanted to get done before we were in a marina. The main thing I wanted to do was clean the boat bottom. In marinas there is usually more restricted entry and exit of water and you have boats congested into one area. A lot of these boats discharge their waste into the sea. On marinas you also have the possibility of stray electricity in the water. It is less of a problem in salt water than fresh but most people do not recommend swimming in marinas other than their pool. I have read about it but can not accurately explain it. Salt water is more likely to conduct the stray current to ground. Fresh water is not conductive. The person in the water attracts the current and is paralyzed and drowns is how I remember it. It is no big deal but I would rather swim in more open water. In the early afternoon, Karen and Sam snorkeled and I used my hookah. The coral and fish were nice but we have been spoiled by excellent sites. I attached two photos of boomies which are large coral heads rising from the bottom. Pinnacles are the same sort of thing but much bigger. I wonder if they are called boomies because that is the sound you make when you hit one. All that being said we were away from the boat about 2 hours. After that we had leisure time and then ate leftovers followed by a funny movie called SPY. We are headed to Yalobi Bay on the island of Waya, just south of where we were. The next day is an early departure to Denarau Marina on Vito Levu (means big island). It is interesting to know what the names mean. There's a story about Captain Cook that he wanted to respect the natives in naming an island. He pointed to the ground asking the name of their island. Mistakenly they replied their word for ground to which he was pointing. To this day the island name means ground. I do not know where I got this or how true it is. May fair winds fill your sails with a clean bottom!? Bob
