Moorea
Simanderal
Michael Hughes and Ger White
Sun 16 May 2010 21:35
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Just when I thought it couldn't get more
beautiful--Moorea. Cooks Bay--named after the great captain--protected by a
coral reef, surrounded by lush green cragged mountains--a deep, calm bay bathed
in sunshine--awesome-- and a small basic hotel ashore with a bar and
restaurant.
We sailed here from Pape-ete, Tahiti, yesterday.
Pape-ete was a good stop for a week for provisioning and a bit of retail
therapy--big shop in Carrefour. But it was good to get away from city life again
and into a beautiful anchorage and a lovely island. We'll stay here until the
weekend--plan to hire scooters to tour the island and explore a
bit.
Sail to Moorea was interesting--only 18
miles--started in no wind under engine--wind got up and we started sailing after
about 5 miles--wind continued to rise --25 to 30 knots and for a time 40 gusting
45!! Unfortunately the genoa UV strip started to unstitch--I noticed it pretty
quick, so rolled it in to avoid more unravelling--but about 2
feet needing sewn which Ger is now doing on the foredeck--I think this is a
temporary repair--we'll have to take it to a sailmaker to renew the whole UV
strip as it's showing general signs of distress! There's a sailmaker in Raiatea
where we will be next week--hopefully he can do it--there's a long way yet to go
before Oz--where I may well get a new Genny made.
Must get back to the awesome
view!
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