This is the last full day of our passage to Kauehi in the Tuamotus. One could say we’re already in the Tuamotus as around sunset we were no more than 13nm away from Tikei. This is a tiny splash of an island which was impossible to see at that distance. Our expected arrival time at the passage between Kauehi and Raraka to the south is still around 7am in the morning. That’s about as good as it gets for us.
We managed to catch another skipjack tuna today. It was the biggest we’ve caught so far but I was disappointed it wasn’t something else. As stated before we probably have more skipjack in the freezer than we’ll ever eat.
I also started shopping in my Defender catalog. If Ben does in fact join us in July then it will be a great opportunity to have some gear brought in.
Not a lot else. When I get bored enough on passage I usually end up fixing something minor or whipping the ends of lines (look it up). Today I did both.
I ran the morning net for the second time today. Turns out about half of the boats are on their way to the same place as we are heading. The ones we are talking to are all behind us so we should get a day or two to ourselves unless there are others there ahead of us. We may be in a remote part of the world but this is the time that cruisers head on through and quite a lot of us are converging on Tahiti for the puddle jump party on the 18-20th of June.
One new milestone passed today. Today marks the first time I’ve managed to send and receive emails via short wave stations in New Zealand.
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