Latitude: 17 29.448 S
Longitude: 149 51.093 W
Update:
We left Tahiti yesterday, July 23, 2010, one week after we returned from the states. During that week, we finished up a lot of fix-it projects. We stained and mounted our new spice and wine glass racks, installed replacement parts for the refrigerator, installed the new lid for the freezer, installed the repaired autopilot computer, fixed the gooseneck,
made new pillow covers and table cloths from some Tahitian fabric, scraped the waterline of sea gunk, washed down the boat, provisioned, stowed stuff for passage, and refueled.
We load about 200 gallons of diesel into the tanks
Russ getting fuel
and 30 gallons of gasoline in our jerry cans, about $600 US, as we left yesterday. Gene and Gloria on Pincoya were right in front of us on the fuel dock headed to Moorea as well. We said a sad farewell to Betty and Herb on SV Sula. Their boat has had transmission/V drive problems since leaving Mexico. They have been in Papeete nearly 8 weeks. The mechanics might be able to do a temporary fix by tooling a part to keep the oil from mixing, but the real problem is the incompatibility of the two components. They are ultimately going to have to have V drive or both replaced in New Zealand or big boat yard. In the meantime their visa is going to run out here in a couple of weeks. It's a sour pickle. Wish we could have brought the parts back to them from the states when we were there.
Our sail to Moorea was wonderful. We left the Papeete channel at 1:30 and arrived in Oponohu at 4:30. When we left Tahiti we had some large waves, but not a lot of wind. Eventually, the wind kicked up to 8 knots then 15, then 20+, and Worrall Wind was coursing over ground at 7-8 knots. The swell was 6-8 feet from the stern quarter. It was nice to be on the move again, but oh how quickly we forget how everything is in motion while we are sailing. We'll have to get our sea legs back again. We arrived and anchored to Pincoya, enjoying an evening with Gene and Gloria.
Today, we plan to snorkel, find a geocache on the beach, rest, and leave for Huahine around 4:00 this afternoon. It's 90 miles to the harbor. It will take us 18 hours at 5 knots, 15 hours at 6 knots, and 13 hours at 7 knots. The wind forecast is for winds 15 plus knots. By leaving in the afternoon, we will get there sometime tomorrow morning. If the winds are really fast, we'll slow the boat down or heave too outside the harbor if it is still dark. We should have almost a full moon tonight. We'll turn Worrall Wind Spot on so if you are interested in tracking us you can. Hopefully Spot is working.
All is well on Worrall Wind.
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