Passage to Papeete
12 June 2010 | 170 miles from Tahiti
Don
Had the best time in Rangiroa, diving with shark, dolphin, and mega fish...left this morning for Papeete, expect to arrive in the middle of the night 6/13 or early 6/14, winds light, still sailing, will probably have to lay off the harbor until daylight...Airport is on strike...Jay stressed as they have already canceled his flight...head plugged up bad...Irv and I spent most of yesterday roto-rooting out the calcium deposits...all the zincs needed changing as well, really deteriorated in this warm water or possibly from having to use the genset a lot...a huge black sailboat came in yesterday "Kokomo", among the toys they have are 2 small day sail boats, 2 runabouts and a large inflatable...so big they have a bridge deck where a bunch of them had dinner...also crew wears matching uniforms...opulence...they even have blue lights all night under the boat and 5 sets of spreaders all lit up at night...Jay got a pic