Fatu Hiva
Wayward Adventure
Sat 11 Apr 2009 19:19
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Decided to head to Fatu Hiva and see the famous bay
of Virgins as it is called. Arrived yesterday afternoon amid rain and
fog. The visibility is not good but good enough to see some of the rock
formations that make this place so special. It really is hard to
describe. One issue with the anchorage here is that there are about 5
catamarans anchored here (I assume that they are all together)and I had to
anchor outside of them in 110 ft of water. A little too deep to feel
comfortable, especially when around 8p.m. ferocious winds came barreling
down the canyon into the bay. They reminded me of the williwaws in the
Aleutian islands on the lee side bays where you anchored and had
tremendous gusts coming down the mountains. One of the catamarans was
dragging really badly and was re-anchoring half the night,but we held strong and
so did our new canopy(barely). At about 6p.m. Richard on the
Abrazo pulled in just having made landfall from Cabo san Lucas. I am
sure they are glad to see land finally. We are going to cook them dinner
tonight after they are all rested up. As far as pictures go we cannot post
any until we have a wi-fi connect that can handle big attachments so until
then (maybe Nuka Hiva) Google earth has good pictures. So
long,
AP
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