Day 3 - 14 18.590S 143 58.086W
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Mike and Liz Downing
Fri 18 Jun 2010 02:05
We saw our first sign of life yesterday afternoon when a boat appeared on the horizon and headed for us. We thought it was a French Navy patrol boat, as one had intercepted us when sailing along the coast of Nuku-Hiva a few days back. They just wanted to know who we were and where we were going, and had we seen any fishing boats - illegal industrial style fishing goes on in French Polynesian waters. However, it wasn't a Navy boat and it stopped 2 miles away. It ignored our calls on the VHF and just stayed there as we sailed off over the horizon. We think it must have been a fishing boat. It couldn't have been much else out here and it did have lots of lights on when it got dark, but we will never know.
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