It turns out Seb and Lise were able to make the waterfall. They were only just able to cross the rivers on the way as they were running high due to all the rain. They ran into a nice Marquesan couple on the way back who wanted to trade for fruit. Turns out ¾ of one of the tunas did the trick for as much as they could carry. It has been so rough they had not been able to get out fishing for a while. In the morning we left for Manihi in the Tuamotu's a 480 mile passage. I choose Manihi as it lies directly in the path to Tahiti and with one rudder it would not be prudent to go zigzagging though the Atolls as originally planned. It has been blowing for a week and the gribs showed it would be decreasing. Well this morning it has decreased to 20 knots which sounds like silence after yesterday. 30 knots with waves on the beam to match made for a nervous ride with just the one rudder. I had to adjust the quadrant every 15 minutes at the worse part. But we sailed with just the jib rolled out a little bit and conditions slowly improved throughout the night and I am now adjusting every 1 ½ hour. Free Spirit is less than 10 miles behind and willing to lend assistance if we lose the remaining rudder.