After twenty days at sea we were delighted to see the rocky island of Fatu-Hiva in the early morning light. Though we had spoken to other yachts on the Rally everyday our only visitor had been the yellow footed Booby who rested on our bow at night in-between fishing trips.
The bay is called Bay of Virgins and the story behind the name is that it was originally named Bay des Verges (Bay of Phalli ) by early explorers because of the shape of the rocky pillars. Missionaries later inserted an " i " making it Bay des Vierges which translates as Bay of Virgins.
We went ashore to explore the village which is home to 500 French Polynesians to walk to the 200' waterfall. At about midnight, after supper on another boat in the bay, a gusty wind of  about 40 knots came sweeping down the mountainside and caused our anchor to drag, So night watch was replaced with anchor watch and we had to wait for another 2 days before we had a full night's uninterrupted sleep.