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Farr Gone Blog
Stuart Cannon
Tue 26 Apr 2011 21:26
Finally got the computer to send mail so the blog is back up. Thank heavens as I was enjoying my daily ritual of writing. The Marqueses are hundreds of miles behind now and we are closing in on Rangiroa, a beautiful atoll in the middle of the pacific and the idea of anchoring in a quite lagoon is very appealing especially after the very rolly anchorages of the Marquesas. We left Nuku Hiva without water as it was so badly contaminated there and went to Ua Pou to fill tanks. We ended up overnighting there in the beautiful harbour with amazing volcanic spires rising thousands of feet above us.
The sail from there has been a broad reach with consistently high speeds although the boats bum badly needs a clean which would be slowing us down a lot. Looking forward to being able to do that in Rangiroa. The anchorage at Nuku Hiva was way to rolly to do it and the sharks were a little off putting. They were about six foot. The locals would swim in the middle of the day but not at morning or night. I didn't share their confidence as I saw them in the middle of the day.
The boat is going well with only some minor issues to attend to in Tahiti. We should arrive in Rangiroa tomorrow morning and plan to spend one or two nights there. Will continue blogging then.