Many of you must have wondered what it’s like to spend the night on a boat in a new and unusual anchorage.

It turns out that not only can you read a newspaper in the light of a desert full moon, you can also take weird pictures.

Its nice to look out a port and see all the rocks around as the wind and tide swing the boat through a disorienting nighttime waltz.

While we did not identify any lunacy effects (admittedly difficult with a normally high baseline), it was light enough to go for a stroll on deck without losing a toe to the fixtures, and perhaps carry out some light maintenance and cleaning. 

In fact the moon was so bright it stayed up all day, lighting up the dark side of every cactus in the land.