Captain Scott's Log ~ Sunday, April 27th, 2008

11:46 PM
Subject: Mindoro-Sunday

On sat we had an easy sail to Tara Island and found a perfect anchorage off
a happy village nicely laid out among the coconut palms. Many canoes
arrived packed with the entire family. This is the local hot spot for sat
night. By sunset children played in the surf with chatting adults watching.
A single dish fed a TV set that played a movie after sunset. Today we left
at first light headed for APO reef half way across the Sulu Sea. Its a
national park and looks much like Hogsty Reef in the southern Bahamas. We
felt our way 4 miles deep into this coral maze--anchored and snorkeled for 2
hours. A little disappointing but fun. Then on to the NW tip of Mindoro in
flat calm. We arrived a few minutes before sunset. 13 25n 120 19e After
dark the stars were especially bright. Something from space blazed across
the sky--very large and very bright with colorfull flames. Even as it passed
out of sight behind a mountain ridge, it lit up the sky. Anything in the
news about this? As an aside the autopilot has worked perfectly since
changing the board. Stu Hebs tip on the depth sound is logical and we will
work on it. Heading for a marina on Luzon tomorrow