Pelsaert Island day 2

Pelsaert Island day 2

The day dawned calm and warm with deep blue cloudless skies and turquoise water.  We decided to take a dinghy trip to see the large waves breaking on the reef protecting us from the ocean swells.  After loading up the dingy with a full fuel tank, spare gas, snorkelling gear and fishing gear we set out.  There was a very large shallow coral reef extending into the lagoon from the backside of the ocean reef so we were not able to get close to the ocean waves.  We continued around to the very southern end of Pelsaert Island where we landed on a beautiful looking beach.  It turned out the beach was completely made up of small shells.  I had not brought shoes so we could not walk on the beach.


The beach turned out to be made of small shells

A closeup of the beach

Fran tossed some handfuls of shells into the air for a photo opportunity.




We continued motoring around the shore and came up on a sea lion sunning itself on the beach.



He was not pleased with us disturbing him and headed for the water.  As soon as we left he was back on the beach.


The afternoon and early evening was spent investigating and fixing a “clunk” I heard from one of the dinghy davit motors when launching the dinghy.  The davits are the arms we use to lift the dinghy up out of the water while sailing.  The problem turned out to be a frayed end of the lifting line which was catching between the gears and the housing.  We cleaned up the line end and all is well with the motor again.

For those who have read this far here is a bit of trivia.  Abrolhos means “keep your eyes open” in Dutch.

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