Aitutaki to Niue day 2
05 September 2008 | enroute, Pacific
David
Friday 11am Friday morning finds us out from under the trough in sunny skies again. The ride is smooth with the wind and waves from astern. Removed one reef in the main this morning, so now sailing with two reefs in the main and full jib. Last night I tried to sneak some jib out but Nathalie noticed right away and came up from her bed to tell me no surfing tonight. So I rolled the jib all the way in for the second night in a row. It sure made for good sleeping and still fast enough that no boats would be able to overtake us during the night. Yes, some places are crowded such as Niue where there are only 20 mooring buoys and it's best to have one as it's very deep to anchor and a good chance to lose your anchor in a deep chasm. Last 24 hours 195miles, 187 miles to go.