![]() Took the opportunity to go for a swim in the deep blue – what an experience!! The water was perfectly clear, but 3,000m deep so of course no bottom to be seen. Monday, 13th April: We need to kill some time so we don’t arrive to Toau in the middle of the night (definitley not interested in a tricky atoll arrival in the dark!!), so decide to just turn of the engine and float in the glassy sea for a few hours. Two days straight of this left our nerves frayed from the constant condition changes.Īfter only one bite, this is all that was left! Under the clouds, we get up to 20kts and are flying along while scrambling to reef sails, but then, as the squall passes, the wind will usually die and sharply veer. ![]() They come through about once an hour and last maybe 15-20 minutes. Until next time, Marquesas – we will be back! Lovely sailing day helped us feel a bit better, with a glorious 15kts on the beam.įri 10th – Sat 11th April: Wait, where did our lovely beam reach go? Squally conditions have set in, which makes for hard work sailing. Thursday, 9th April: Way sooner than we wanted to… time to leave Nuku Hiva. Weeks 109-112: Mamanucas to Vuda (93nm)Ī week of two very distinct halves: started with a tricky and frustrating passage down from Nuku Hiva, having been forced to leave before we were ready and well before we wanted to, followed by four exceptional days in true paradise exploring Toau (one of the atolls of the Tuamotus) and befriending the other boats there.Week 104: Blue Lagoon to Musket Cove (68nm). ![]() Week 103: Denerau to Blue Lagoon (84nm). ![]()
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