Position  17:34.97S 149:37.12W   Anchored near Marina Taina, Tahiti

It has ben some time since the last post. Sea Monkey has been safely anchored in Marina Taina in Tahiti. Connolly has arrived and joined the crew, while Sheila has been staying in luxury on the mainland taking in the sights. We have spent many days in ‘downtown’ Papeete, exploring the city and getting final errands done before we set sail (most likely on Monday).

 

While anchored, we are constantly seeing out-rigger canoes racing by. – They seem to take it very serious here!

 

The four of us (Phil, Tyler, Connolly and Sheila) saw a traditional Tahitian dance and drum show the other night in town and thoroughly enjoyed it. Phil was able to sell his spare dive tank to a Swedish couple we met on the bus for $30 and a bottle of rum (what a deal eh!!).  We have started getting about 40 days worth of previsions and we are not sure when we will get another chance to stock up before we get to Samoa. 

 

Our plan is to set sail on Monday and spend a few nights in Mo’orea then spend our final nights in French Polynesia in Huahine, before our 600 mile passage to the Cook Islands. We have been eating a lot of ‘poisson cru’ (a French Polynesian raw tuna dish, which we plan on eating lots of during our passages, as we plan on catching lots of fresh tuna).

 

We will continue to post updates as we continue through the south Pacific. Thanks so much for following and please feel free to share this blog with anyone who you think may find it interesting.

 

Cheers!

Connolly