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Dave and Lesley are homeward bound
10 July 2020 | Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Graham Walker
This blog comes to you directly from Dave and Lesley as they leave Barracuda after nearly 4 months and about 4200 sea miles.
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This trip has been everything and nothing like we thought it would be. We’ve seen and done things we had never dreamed of and made many new friends along the way - both in the cruising community and on the islands we visited.
Our top three highlights of the trip have been;
• Starry nights on passage
• Making landfall in Nuku Hiva after 21 days at sea
• The best and most varied snorkelling ever
We learned a lot and Graham and Kate are fantastic hosts - they really know how to make crew feel welcome! We’ll definitely use the skills we learned as we plan, provision and welcome crew to our boat.
After an inauspicious start - 6 weeks at anchor in Santa Cruz when Covid restrictions began - we ended up with 6 weeks and 800 miles more than we had planned.
People say that crossing an ocean changes you - we’ll need to ponder that, at least until we get home. We’ll get back to you.
Fair winds and following seas to Barracuda as she makes west towards New Zealand!