32. Curving Dunes after wave pushes us back, th cheers as we pass the living reef. Now the tour boat line up to watch as th raft, filled with water refuses to move at any speed, while the intrepid crew paddles in an extravagant waste of energy. The tourists must be laughing as th raft hits the current & our paddling only induces the stubborn raft to move around & around in circles. Finally ready correctly again, they cannot help but ~~not~~ notice the drum containing our clothes (hopefully dry) bobs about in the water-laden raft hitting our smelly knees well each swell. As we reach our island we jump out to swim to shore — this time we remember the anchor & the tourist with binoculars must be no little amused as we are rolled up over the rocks, looking startled but happy to find once again land under our feet. We are at last ready to put rings on our birds, finally ending their long painful life in th burrows, legalizing for all to see th relationship th priests birds had lived ~~to~~ in their burrows before our arrival. Buriers - 2 doing young (0-10 days) Wedge tails - 300± 16g nest, 14.5-banded - all on eggs Frigate (1), Red-footed booby (5), Noddy a saltie abundant.