Moorea Pictorial

Nowornot Web Diary
Robert (Bob) Parry and Ann Parry
Mon 19 Sep 2011 22:17
While we were on the slip painting the bottom of the boat, big seas rolled into the anchorage where we had been, causing mahem among the boats..
 
 
Joel on "Balena" is concerned about his anchor.
 
 
He had to stow gear as though he was going to sea. We had been in the position occupied by the yacht with the cameraman. We were not sorry that we missed this.
 
The day that we left Pepeete to go to Moorea was quite windy and we opted to go out of the main channel. This involved the trip around the ends of the airport runway. Once you cross the western end of the runway, the channel curves around to the right and we came up to four paraboarders? taking advantage of the windy conditions. This was obviously not their first day out as they zipped back and forth between the reef and the land. They barely stopped as we went past, changing course to miss us.
 
 
 
 
The wind dropped off as we came around the northern end of Moorea and approached the pass into Opunohu Bay. The pass is very easy as it is wide and deep and has little current. The bay is also very deep and flanked by magnificent hills. We turned left after we enterd the pass and anchored with about a dozen other boats on sand behind the reef. We had originally intended to anchor at the head of the bay but the herd mentality is hard to resist, plus this anchorage looked most picturesque.
 
 
Clouds gave it a "Lord of the Rings" look.
 
 
The anchorage behind the reef.
 
 
Now the hard work begins.
 
 
It's a hard life but somebody has to do it!
 
 
Evening sun gave the shore a golden glow.
 
 
 
The next day was cloudless.
 
 
Hobies set up on shore for the kid's sailing school.
 
 
Conditions were calm enough for them to head out of the pass to the outside of the reef.
 
 
Looking down into Opunohu Bay.
 
 
Looking down into Opunohu Bay.
 
 
More kids fooling around in boats.