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FEATURES Features 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[