Bora Bora
Jackamy
Paul & Derry Harper
Sat 5 Jun 2010 06:27
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16:29.323S 151:45.626W
It was a shame to leave Huahine as we loved
the island and would have loved to have moved down to the idyllic anchorage
where Miss Tippy were on the south of the island but we are very concious of our
schedule so we sailed 50 miles over to Bora Bora today. It was a beautiful sail,
no one was ill, every one was happy, music was played and it couldn't have been
much better. Although we did break the spinnaker pole! Paul normally has his
eyes on the sails at all times but people have been telling him he needs to
relax more so today for a change he was reading a magazine, I don't think he
will ever read again whilst sailing now. Suddenly there was a large bang! It's a
bit difficult to explain how it happened but anyway the end snapped off so we're
now looking to get spare parts sent out to Tonga or Fiji. But other than that
the sail was great!
Bora Bora looked lovely as we approached
with its high mountains and palm fringed motu's marking the edge of the lagoon.
We're yet again another step further, we've progressed from talking about the
island for months and even years and we're not just looking at it from the next
island, we're actually within the lagoon at Bora Bora!
 We're on a mooring buoy at the
Bora Bora Yacht Club and will make our way around the rest of the island over
the next couple of days. We're not too sure what to expect though as the island
is struggling from a lack of tourism and it is also trying to recover from a
cyclone that hit the island in February of this year. The yacht club were hit
the worst and they're having to rebuild a lot of it's buildings. It was damaged
so much that they still aren't able to serve food in the
restaurant!
 The yacht club with the
mountain in the background and a monstrosity of a power boat moored in
front
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