Tuesday 11 June 2019

Next stop Kauehi in Tuamotus

Three weeks ago we arrived at stunning Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas after a 3 week Pacific crossing. We spent that time sailing around the island, meeting new kid boats and finishing school. (I am in denial that I will have a high school kid as of September.)

We are now on the move again, sailing 500nm to the Tuamotu Islands. This should take us around 4 days to get there so hoping for an arrival on Saturday afternoon, which is supposedly a good time to enter the pass into Kauehi. We have been told that the pass at Kauehi is not too scary, unlike some of the other islands in the archipelago. So why we thought we would start off easy. We haven't had to think about currents since basically we took sailing lessons in Vancouver in 2014. I suppose I should do some reading up on ebbs and flows and how not to get caught going the wrong way with the current. Here's hoping for the best because everyone knows I am not going to do that reading that is why I brought D along.

We have been fortunate to meet some lovely families and have been spending time with Vega (who we first met back in Guatemala), Ubi and Knot Home. We are all generally heading in the same direction so hope to spend a bit more time together in the Tuamotus before everyone starts heading in different directions.

I will keep this short as it has been three weeks since trying to connect to the SSB, so fingers crossed we can get a decent connection.
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At 2019-06-11 01:30 (utc) our position was 09°23.09'S 140°21.81'W

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