{"id":6558,"date":"2019-04-25T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T08:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svslowflight.com\/?p=6558"},"modified":"2020-02-03T18:51:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T18:51:41","slug":"mantas-and-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svslowflight.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/25\/mantas-and-male\/","title":{"rendered":"Mantas?! and Male…."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rise and Shine…it’s 1:30 am on April 18th and we are getting ready to lift anchor. We have about 60 miles to go and want to ensure we arrive at our next anchorage with lots of sunlight directly overhead (preferable between 10am-2pm) to have the best visibility to see coral heads going through the pass to the lagoon. We follow our path out (also at low tide) and get into deeper water with no hiccups!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SV Starry Horizons is literally right behind us (they go much faster than we do) and we navigate into open waters around Goidhoo Atoll and a few lighted (thank goodness) fishing boats. We are soon to approach North Male Atoll but of course are welcomed with a “welcome squall”! We slow down and hove to to let it pass and let the clouds clear as much as possible before attempting the lagoon pass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SV Starry Horizons go ahead of us through the pass and report back there is plenty of depth to enter the lagoon (15 feet at high-tide and full moon) and so Kimi on the bow and Trevor navigating with Google images, we drop anchor in 40 feet of water, 200 feet of chain in mostly a sand bottom with some coral bommies around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boduhithi Island: Waypoint – 04 24.4710 N, 073 21.7263 E<\/h4>\n\n\n\n