We had less than an hour trip to Union Island, dodging all the reefs !

However we have to report that we have a new member of the Reef Club…

‘Roundabout’ went aground in the anchorage and, although they were not in serious trouble, they were immediately surrounded by local boat boys who boarded the yacht all wanting to tie on lines to help tow them off and claim their salvage money.

It was very intimidating for David & Joe and none of the boats were working together, making the situation much worse.

We were ashore but heard the calls on the radio and Mark and Paul (Excelsior Rescue) raced to the dinghy and back to ‘Blue Magic’ ready to offer assistance.

‘Roundabout’ was off the reef before Mark had hoisted the anchor and so Mark and Paul went over to help negotiate with the numerous locals still aboard the yacht.

They told them all to go except one person who they would negotiate with and the final price came down to a fraction of what they were originally asking.

It is so good to have back up around us with the other rally participants !

Tomorrow we are provisioning ashore before heading to the next island which is around 400 miles away, 2 ½ days.

Next stop is especially good for scuba diving so we are looking forward to that.