We can smell land
09 April 2008 | La Cruz Mexico
Joel Thornton
We are within 24 hours of where ever; Hiva Oa or Fatu Hiva. The issue we face now is which? Hiva Oa is now with in about 16 hours, Fatu Hiva is 24 hours. Since it is nine in the evening local time now, I'm leaning toward a Hiva Oa arrival during daylight hours! It is never any fun anchoring at night in a strange location, for that matter even if you know where you are. We seem to be screaming right along, no major issues or any that money can't fix. Today the hydrolic ram for our back stay ruptured a seal, add that to spinnaker pole track, bow light, and a few other items and this trip is not going to be cheap. But heck this is why we worked at one time, right? Ciao JOel