Current Position: 16 04.284’S 142 21.989W; Local Timezone: UTC-10; HDG: N/A; COG: N/A; SOG: N/A; Distance to Waypoint (Raroia): At Anchor; Total Miles Sailed: 3892 nm;
Comments: I woke up this morning with the intention of moving the boat, but the wind is blowing hard (15-20 kt) and the surface of the water in the lagoon is not smooth, making it difficult to spot coral heads. I will get ready with the hopes that the water settles down later. I weighed anchor at 10:30. It was challenging because it the wind. Even though the wind continued to blow, it was easy to spot the coral heads with the sun high overhead. I arrived at the Kon Tiki site about 1:00, after carefully navigating through the coral heads, and dropped the anchor in about 30’ of water in front of a small motus. There is not much shelter here from the wind and in places the surf crashed over the reef, so the boat is rocking a bit. I worked on the wind vane a bit, then went snorkeling in a beautiful spot, and finally visited the memorial for the Kon Tiki. Even though there are three other boats here, they are spread out even more so than the boats at the north anchorage, so it seems more isolated here. I even have my own motus. I will ready the boat for the passage to Tahiti tomorrow. A small shower arrived at 16:50.
Comments: I woke up this morning with the intention of moving the boat, but the wind is blowing hard (15-20 kt) and the surface of the water in the lagoon is not smooth, making it difficult to spot coral heads. I will get ready with the hopes that the water settles down later. I weighed anchor at 10:30. It was challenging because it the wind. Even though the wind continued to blow, it was easy to spot the coral heads with the sun high overhead. I arrived at the Kon Tiki site about 1:00, after carefully navigating through the coral heads, and dropped the anchor in about 30’ of water in front of a small motus. There is not much shelter here from the wind and in places the surf crashed over the reef, so the boat is rocking a bit. I worked on the wind vane a bit, then went snorkeling in a beautiful spot, and finally visited the memorial for the Kon Tiki. Even though there are three other boats here, they are spread out even more so than the boats at the north anchorage, so it seems more isolated here. I even have my own motus. I will ready the boat for the passage to Tahiti tomorrow. A small shower arrived at 16:50.