Huahine

7/1/2015 1020
between Huahine and Tahaha

Aloha Everyone, all is well on the good ship Ho'onanea. To catch up, we went thru the pass eastward Pass into Huahine at 7PM with a full moon. We motored into the lagoon and anchored close in to the inside of north end of Motu Muri Mahora. We had a pleasant dinner and pleasant sleep. Next morning after some breakfast, we went for a snorkel off the boat. Great coral and fish. We love the vivid colors of the large clams and the different box fish and humus. We upped anchor (no windlass, so we hope to mostly do shallow water anchoring) and motored into the Baie Maroe. We then exited the bay and sailed around the north end of the island and on into Fare. I delightful sail in lt to mod trades. I was kicking myself for forgetting the fish line, but not to worry. We dropped hook in 16' and then saw that Gung Ho, out of Lahaina, Gib Black's daughter and son-n-law. The boat is the former Desparado, owned by Skip Winterbottom. We visited with them on our way to town. Their family sailed down straight to bora Bora in about 16 days, mostly lt to mod. breezes. They had also caught a large ahi and were anxious to give us some. We went on to town and enjoyed a cold Hinano at the Huahine YC, a great commercial restaurant. We did some walking and grocery shopping and had dinner at the club. Their MaiTais are dangerous! Back on the boat, under a full moon, we talked music. We were up early and went into pier for some water, still appears we have a leaky tank. A big wind, rain squall came thru so we hung out until it passed. We are half way to Taaha and hope to enjoy dinner at one of Noodle's favorite places, Taaha Maitai. All is well, Aloha, David


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