Bora Bora
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Sun 16 Aug 2009 03:17
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16.29.435 S 151.45.728 W
We are on a mooring buoy outside the Bora Bora
Yacht Club, a famous spot in the cruising world. We arrived the day before
yesterday after a lively sail from Raiatea/Tahaa. After so many days of little
or no wind we got the wind alright, 35 kts at times and the seas to go with it.
We came through the Bora Bora pass with 28 kts on the beam. It did
mean though that we had a quick passage.
The last few days in Tahaa were interesting. We
stopped at Taotao Motu to do some snorkeling in the "coral river" near a very
smart hotel. We beached the dinghy on the sand, then walked along the water to
the head of the stream, where we entered the water. It was a fantastic
experience to be taken by the current through the coral heads with lots of
colored fish all around you. Duncan did it three times, he enjoyed it so
much.
That evening we took a mooring buoy off Taravana
Yacht Club where we had a super meal with a local dancing group performing,
including fire dancing. We then danced ourselves to the disco music they
provided until later in the evening.
We spent our last day at Apooiti marina on Raiatea
to do the laundry (at great expense), fill up with water and do some
provisioning before setting off for Bora Bora.
We will stay here for a few days until the weather
settles and then go and explore around the island to check out some
anchorages.
  
Getting ready to enter the water to drift down the
stream
Life under water
One of the dancing
girls
The boys doing their fire
dancing
The
dancers and musicians
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