It's a 5ish day passage for a little over 500 miles and we wanted to hit good weather: good wind and small swell.
For almost a week we decided to leave tomorrow. After awhile it just got funny when Osprey called us in the morning on the VHF to say "We've changed our minds. We're not leaving."
One morning while having coffee on Wizard (running out of coffee and I've only found instant here ick), John and Sue told us about a couple from Montana looking for a ride to the Tuamotus. Ben chatted with them and offered a ride so it'd be a little safer passage since I'm still a serious landlubber.
Our crew, Rob and Bri, have a blog: onthehorizonline.com. Ben and I made a couple of the posts.
We decided tomorrow to leave the main bay in Nuku Hiva and head over to the north end of the island, Anaho Bay, for a couple days before making the jump to the Tuamotus. It was almost two weeks at the main anchorage so we're ready for a change of scenery and some clear water!!
The last day in the main bay we did get out for a little hike that turned into all out bush whacking to see how far we could get. When the rock went vertical we had to call it a day and turn around. That was probably good timing since the sun was setting.
On the way down from the peak it was really hard not to run back and forth ahead of our group like a puppy. With a 5 day passage ahead of us I want all the land time I can get to run around! Not a lot of room to run on a 40 foot boat.
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