Kyanos: Moorea with Set Me Free

Some boats who make the "Big Crossing" (from North/Central America to French Poly) sign up for something called the PuddleJump. I'm not quite sure if it's free or any of the details, but all the boats get to check in every morning of the passage on the SSB (single side band, which we don't have). There's a big meetup in Tahiti, which bleeds over to Moorea for a day or so.

Ben didn't sign up for the PuddleJump so we weren't really interested in any of the goings-on (going-ons?) but we thought it would be entertaining to watch the race from Tahiti to Moorea. The folks on Set Me Free did us one better: they invited us to sail over and stay with them!

Joe and Liz were really thoughtful to offer this. Having folks on your boat can be a huge infringement of privacy so we took camping gear just in case we got the vibe that they wanted some space. That didn't turn out to be an issue though, we had an absolute blast with them and every day were blown away by their generosity. The first day we were there we joined them for the PuddleJump activities: outrigger canoe races, rock lifting competitions, coconut opening contests, etc.

Joe and Liz are divers and they had made friends with some instructors/owners of the company Top Dive so Nicky and Jen also hitched a ride to Moorea. They had never sailed before, so they were excited to see what it was about. Their plan was to take a ferry back to Tahiti that night but missed it...typical for sailing! So they stayed overnight and caught a ferry the next day.

That extra day gave Joe a chance to arrange a last minute dive--which included us! We were a little concerned since Ben and I have never dove, but Nicky assured us that the guides were really helpful and if there was an issue would take us back to the surface. I'm also worried about my ears, since I have issues popping them free diving.

Tomorrow we'll get up nice and early for our first diving experience! Wish us luck!