The sailing from Moorea to Hauhine was great,with good winds on the
beam,full sails including the mizzen stay sail,and several other yachts
visible all night long in a moonlit ocean.VHF contact with S/Y Imagine in
the morning,and they decided to go to Maroe Bay on the east coast,while we
headed for Avae Bay on the southwest corner of Huahine.To reach Avae
Bay,one enters Avemoa pass,just outside Fare,the main settlement on
Huahine.We could then proceed inside the barrier reef for 1.5 hours,before
reaching Avae Bay.The anchorage here was beautiful,with a long beach,a small
resort ,and a bay protected by a mighty ringreef good for snorkeling.The
first day was very nice,but our grib files showed bad weather
approaching,and in the night we had a gale hauling with windspeed of 30-35
knots.This has kept on for 2 days,allthough it seems to settle down now when
reaching the evening of day 2(consistent with our recent grib-files).Since
the reef protects us from the ocean swell,this has been no problem,but the
heavy windgusts have been hard on our anchor,and we have had to keep
anchorwatch 24 hrs.At the moment there´s a heavy rain outside,but the wind
has settled.This is a picture of paradise,that you will never find in the
advertisements.
The plan is to remain here tomorrow,and then proceed to Raiatea.Since our
WiFi connection in Moorea was unreliable,we could not send any pictures,but
when we have a better internet connection,we will revert.
