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Summer Cruising
Words Kylie Ayson
What better way to end the summer holiday than going
away on the boat for a week? Although many of you may
think that Alluna is some kind of floating footpath—part of
the never-goes-anywhere flotilla—you are totally wrong!
sheltered bay on the southern end of Double Island, but the
proliferation of fish farms was not really what we had in mind.
Instead we crossed to the other side of the channel to check
out the tiny island called Wu Zhou on our chart.
After the outrageous frivolity of the end-of-series Typhoon
party, getting away from it all seemed like a great plan.
So, with the boat overflowing with supplies we headed
out late Sunday afternoon, aiming to arrive at Millionaires
just as the last of the day-junkers were leaving.
While it would definitely be possible to sneak in behind the
island, especially if Alluna were a catamaran, we decided to
stay out in the channel to take advantage of some of the light
sea breeze that was now developing and being funnelled
down the channel.
This is one of my favourite light weather anchorages,
but you have to be there when no ۙH[