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We left Taiohae fairly early and once outside of the bay found ourselves in northeasterly winds. This enabled us to sail eastwards a little more efficiently but didn’t bode too well for heading up the east side of the island. Around 8am we joined an informal net on the SSB where we talked to Whiskers […] Not a lot to report this time. We went ashore to buy provisions, including fresh vegetables, and had a crepe each by the dinghy dock. We spent the rest of the day wrestling with the local internet connections and finished off by watching the last two episodes of The Fringe. Today we’re out of here […] We left Ou Pou around 6:30 waving goodbye (au revoir) to Dianne and Gerald and motored out into slack wind. The wind remained around 8-10 knots for most of the day resulting in slow progress towards Nuku Hiva. The winds picked up for the last hour or two resulting in 7-8 knot sailing and an […] The previous evening we’d agreed to meet Etienne at 7:30 to take us down the coast to the town of Hakamaii to visit the local Marquesan tatooist who lived in that village. We filled his truck with 5 gallons of diesel which was part payment for the trip as well as required to get us […] We had agreed to meet Gerald and Dianne ashore at 9 O’Clock. We had arrived a little early and were hanging around a map of the area. There were two waterfalls shown on the map. I asked a local sitting in his car, using my pigeon French, which of the falls was best. I was […] |
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