The notion that you’re free to go wherever you want, whenever you want in a sailboat is a myth. Well you can as long as the wind and weather lets you. We set sail this morning at first light assuming the winds would be similar to yesterday. They’ve turned out quite light so we don’t have enough time to make Ua-Pou before sunset. We’ve changed course to Baie de Vaipaee, Ua-Huka which is a slight shorter distance but puts the wind more on our beam enabling us to travel faster. Even now our ETA is after sunset and we’re relying on the usual pickup of winds in the afternoon to get us there in time. We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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