In Marquises
Aurelia
Shirley and Michael Webb-Speight
Fri 8 Jun 2007 21:22
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Hi to all
Well we have all arrived in the Marquises safe and
sound. We made land fall at 4.00am and was great to see the massive peaks of
Hiva oa towering out of the sea on a very intence last night as we had heavy
rain and alot of breeze as we closed in on the land.
Am at present arranging all the official side of
things and Wade and May working away on the boat we have reprovisioned (bloody
expencive) and bought some more fishing gear to replace the one's donated on the
passage across.
Since arriving there have been alot of boats come
in each day and it seems that the only boat to have done the trip in 16 days (
Thanks to Michael giving me regular Grid file updates) is a
110ft Wally the rest of the fleet taking anywhere between 17 - 20 days
with most of them taking a rum line course or just north of.
We will be leaving here tomorrow and heading out to
one of the other islands to meet up with some friends for the night and then
keep pressing on to the Tuamoto's for a quick stop and then straight to Tahiti
hoping to be there in 8 - 10 days.
Hope alls well with everyone and will wright again
once on passage
Regards to all
Hamish Wade and May.
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