Sorry for the gap in blogging. Don't know what went wrong there. We have been pretty busy and our minds have been very occupied with our 'what next' plans. Anyway, here's what's been happening on Barracuda.

We had a very enjoyable finish to our time in Moorea with Sunday lunch at the Moorea Beach Café with Martin and Cheryl from SV Zan. We are really quite fond of Moorea although we have been told that it is currently very quiet due to the lack of tourists. In normal times it is a very busy place, so we are seeing it at its best. Worth noting that at our last anchorage there we dropped the hook in a perfectly legal spot, quite a way from the shore, but were in no uncertain terms asked to move by a local as we were in front of his garden. OK - so we moved, but...

Next morning it was up early for a sail across to Tahiti. We had another OVNI 395 to sail with on the way over and we know it's not a race but... let's just say we were very pleased with Barracuda's performance. We came across a seagull walking on water - then realised it was hitching a ride on a flip-flop, like a little surf board. Sorry, no photo.

We got into Papeete Marina and found a berth straight away. Someone was smiling down on us because it is usually a total bun-fight to get in there, and it can take a few days before a space comes free. This marina is by any standards very cheap and right in the centre of town - very handy. It's also very sociable, as many of our buddy boats are in here. In fact it's hard now to go anywhere and not find buddy boats. One big family!

We have started working through a list of technical and domestic maintenance stuff for us and the boat. This is just about the only place for hundreds (thousands?) of miles around that you can really get stuff done, and whatever direction we head in next, the prep starts here.

Lots more conversations on 'what next' with ourselves and other boats. So, our decision is now made, but we just need to dot some i's and cross some t's before we go public. Watch this space.