Swell dropping off considerably= 2 foot
Bintangs and HT's. skiff in the morning to Lances Left.
Day 5 began much like the one before. we rolled out from our night anchor and went to Bingtangs. Amazing to see the difference when the swell drops and it almost becomes more livelier. I still didn't want to paddle like a mad man for what it was offering in hopes of saving my shoulder some wear and tear and hopefully having another afternoon at lances left... plus the weather was a bit crappy so i took time to eat, properly stretch and catch up on the blog. I was kinda late to the skiff boat leaving and heading over to Lances Left and they had a pretty full load...so i figured i'd catch it later on a return trip. But that never happened as the skiff understandably stayed with the surfers for safety reasons and by the time they got back we already had lunch and were heading back to HT's or lances right for the afternoon.
i was bummed about that because i finally started getting in a groove there and wanted to progress from that point however the extra rest did some massive good...along with a solid sleep and no back spasms i haven't felt this good since days before the trip started. As we pull up to HT's it is also much more tame than yesterday but set waves would produce an occasional comparison. Regardless the sun was shining and it was beautiful out so i made the best of it and to get some paddling in and hopefully a solid ride. It really didn't manifest itself as it just kept getting more and more crowded which makes it that much harder to maneuver for waves and stay out of harm's way in another. So i didn't want to push my luck either as Hobby had recently been washed up on the dry reef and just came away with a couple serious board dings. I headed back in with my shoulder feeling good and ready to enjoy the rest of the day with the others.
It was magnificent weather and scenery...spirits were high and as we pulled away from Lances we caught a GT tuna cruising along...so the second fish snagged and spirits even higher.
held kangaroo court a bit more earlier so puss boots could be used more in fetching everyone beers when requested. so even more evolution of the award has happened and no way to tell where it might end.
Dom got puss boots dick of the day for dropping in on everyone and their mother at every spot... for each one he would give some solstice to the receiver of a reef meeting with "sorry mate i owe you one" effectively admitting his guiltiness.
Wave of the day was Hobby as he got a sweet barrel at HT's and didn't seem to mind his board getting wrecked for the second straight day. Yesterday his complete leash plug popped out while fighting lances white wash.
Wipe out of the day was Glen for exploding lip and sit down at HT's with some good photographic evidence by Joey.
We headed south and will be motoring into Macaronis sometime tonight. we'll anchor up behind the island and wander out super early. ok cheers !
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