Things are never what they seem. Here we sit in Tahaa, our
third day on our fourth anchorage refusing to move. It has not stopped
drizzling with rain since last night so we are sitting tight and having a rest
day in.
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Off from Raiatea we set with a beautiful sail / drift to
Tahaa in lovely conditions. We anchored at the coral gardens only to watch most
of the other cruisers leave. Aha! The winds picked up and we had a bouncy
uncomfortable night with little if any sleep. So, first thing in the morning we
headed north to get protection and anchored off a motu on the drop off and
rested. It wasn’t until our snorkel late in the arvo that we realised we
couldn’t stay there as the anchor was on the slope and would pull out if the
wind picked up. So off we went to another spot, arriving in failing light (not
what you do with coral around) and dropping the anchor over coral heads…..not
looking forward to tomorrow! A relatively calm night weather wise but a lot of
coral ‘growls’ so after doing some washing the anchor came up without incident surprisingly
and off we went back to the coral gardens. We arrived as a squall hit resulting
in the anchor being dropped over coal heads again! The winds abated, the sun
came out, so the washing was hung up and then the rain came back, the washing
brought in………and while the weather is calm, it has been wet ever since. Love
this cruising life!....but we do need the rest after our bouncy first night.
Late in the afternoon the rain stopped. So come what may we
got the dingy down and headed off to the coral gardens. We were not leaving
without seeing what everyone was talking about…..and we were not disappointed.
So much so we did a second snorkel the following morning. Better when the sun
is out!
Bora Bora next.....
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