Plans chage again.
05 June 2011 | Anse Amyot, Toau
Bill Hudson
We have changed our plans again. We decided late yesterday that we would stay one extra day here in Anse Amyot and take off tomorrow for Tahiti instead. The Puddle Jump get together is coming up and we don't want to miss it. With today being the 12th and the party set for the 24 and it takes two days to get to Tahiti, we felt that it would be better to leave the Tuomotus now. So tomorrow about 1100, we will cast off the lines from the mooring buoy we have been attached to for the last 8 days and get the heck out of here. It's still blowing in the high teens but we need some wind to get there and now is the time. Another boat took off today for Tahiti and fours boats came into the anchorage. So as of tonight, we are back up to seven boats.
One boat--a catamaran named Yolo ("you only live once") came into the anchorage with 30 loaves of French bread. Dave on Soggy Paws had told them in a earlier radio call to bring as many as they could. At that time, the anchorage had 17 boats in it. When they pulled in today, there were only 4 left. I greeted them at 0600 as they entered the anchorage. They made a general call through the anchorage about the loaves and within an hour, three of the four boats had pulled along side to stock up. What ever is left, Valentine and Gaston will buy as the supply ship only gets here once a month and their only other option is to go over to Rotoava on Fakarava and get supplies there. I'm sure they were happy to get what ever they could from Yolo. We snatched up three loaves our selves. Yolo had picked them up on another island right off the plane that flew them in from Papeete (the capital) on Tahiti. If they had gotten here a day earlier, they would have been swamped with other boaters.
We spent the day cleaning and getting ready for leaving tomorrow. Stowing and tying down everything that isn't nailed down. Tracy made chili for the trip so there will not be any big cooking along the way and did a Pad Thai Red Curry dish for tonights dinner. It's about 220 miles or about a day and a half to get there so it's not a big trip. We'll keep you posted as to how it goes along the way. At least we will have the better part of a full moon to keep us company along the way.