June 29, 2015 1430
25nm off Huahine
Aloha Everyone, Ho'onanea is back at sea again, heading Northward again. Yesterday morning, after breakfast, Karin and I took a quick run to shore for a fe errands and a garbage deposit. We then visited "Iolani", a S&S 48 that will be visiting KYC sometime in the next six months. A very nice couple. We then weent to hoist 250 feet of chain to an unpleasant surprise, the windlass quite. The motor turns internally, but not externally. Very difficult to remove, even if fixable. We then motored out Cooks Bay and into Opunohu Bay, a stunning backdrop. We anchored in about 8' of water, easy! I cleaned the bottom and did some snorkeling. Coral not looking great, but lots of fish. We had a delightful evening, dinner, and another movie. We decided it was time to head North as Fred and his wife wil be leaving from Raiatea on July 4th, and there is still plenty for them to see. Moorea was hard to leave, we could easily have spent a month there! We left our anchorage at 4:30 am thinking we could get to Huahine before dark. The gribs had said 10-15 kts off the starboard quarter, wrong! Wind was light and dead astern for first30 nm, we did then see the 10-13kt for a few hours, but it is now on our stern again and we have engine back on. the pass on east side should be easy to negotiate with the ipad. Crew all doing well, good food, good fun. All for now, Aloha, David
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Sounds like all is going well!
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