We sailed into Hanavave Bay on the Island of Fatu Hiva in Marquesas around 3am Monday morning. We're safe and well and didn't break anything along the way. It was a very frustrating and tiring passage (weather wasn't on our side much of it) but it's done now and we feel quite a sense of achievement.

We had a little sleep in this morning before doing some cleaning and chilling in the afternoon. We were amazed to see how dirty the hull was, a foot above the waterline all along the hull was covered in green and brown slime. It took us a few hours to get Whippersnapper white again!

We can tell you firsthand now that Hanavave Bay is very beautiful, I think most beautiful in the world is a big call but the combination of black volcanic rock cliffs, lush green vegetation, rolling mist in the valley and glimpses of blue sky make it all quite dramatic. We were too lazy today but tomorrow we'll go ashore for a bit of a hike. Interestingly some locals came by to sell us a whole dead goat, we politely refused.

Still using our sat phone to send emails but we plan of sailing to Hiva Oa in a couple days which should have wifi for us.