Back in Opanahu Bay
Questionable Logic
Ewan Briggs
Thu 23 Jul 2009 19:11
Position: 17:29.47S
149:51.13W
Having spent just
over a week in Marina Taina, and with just over another week to kill until we
have our full complement of crew for the next leg, we've decided to head back to
the swimming pool anchorage to have some chill out time and get some jobs done
on the boat.
Mairi (long time and
now most persistent Logic crew member) has rejoined!! Which is great news,
great to have her back onboard. I think she's managing to cope with the change
from superyacht style accommodation and lifestyle to the slightly less
comfortable racing yacht. But she's allowed to come down below in dripping wet
clothes though, so it's not all bad.
Mao has joined us in
Moorea, which is also great news. He's from northern Italy and has been working
his way around the world by sea. With Jeremy who is joining us this coming
weekend that will bring us up to four for our legs to the Cook Islands and
onwards to Tonga, where we will pick up Kirsten and Mark for our leg to
Fiji.
It's been pretty
windy these last few days, which has been great for the windsurfing, but not so
great for getting through the jobs list. Having said that we've still managed to
take out, clean and replace the fresh water system (tastes good again
thankfully), and given the whole hull below the waterline a good clean (was
getting a bit hairy after our time in Tahiti).
Other than jobs
we've been socialising with family and old(ish) friends on Sea Topaz and Long
White Cloud, and making new friends with cruisers our age (so there are others -
sorry Jem and Tuck, we found them just too late for you guys...) on Banyan from
Calafornia and Toufleur (sp?) from Norway.
Tomorrow we head
back over to Tahiti, making use of a light wind day before the trades come back
strongly on friday. This will give us a chance to get some more jobs done, pick
up Jeremy on saturday, chill out on sunday and then check out and leave on
Monday.
Pacific
freestyle
Ariel view of the swimming pool
anchorage
Mao and Mairi