We had a good trip back to California and then to Portland for Sean and Amila's wedding. It was a lovely wedding. (Steve says all weddings are lovely, but this one really was). We also did a beer can race in Zazen, our Alerion 20. and caught up with friends, thanks to AJ and her hospitality. Of course there were boat parts and other miscellaneous items to procure, so our departure featured a duffle bag and two boxes, one of which (the inverter) weighed over 50 pounds. We paid the overage for the Southwest flight, and departed for LA. Steve and I got on an earlier flight, but the baggage was on our ticketed flight, which was then late into LAX. Some moments of anxiety, but it arrived and we got checked into the flight to Papeete. The TSA had inspected the duffle and the inverter on the OAK to LAX leg, and managed to leave the duffle unzipped, but nothing went missing. After a nice flight to Papeete we arrived and claimed our luggage. One is always suspect when traveling with boxes and this was no exception. As we headed out the "nothing to declare: line I saw the chief inspector signal to his minion, who pulled us over. When asked what was in the boxes we said: les pieces pour le voillier. When confronted with the inverter he turned us over to his chief, who asked the value. Steve said $900, which of course prompted the response that this item really needed a set of customs forms, and a broker. We assured him that the inverter was a replacement, would be installed in the boat, and would leave French Polynesia. He asked who would install it, and when Steve pointed to himself the inspector was really flummoxed. But either he believed us, or he didn't want to deal with the paperwork--or both, and we were waved on. Steve did the inverter installation the next day, and it went smoothly. Nice to have the microwave and other AC devices back in working order. Of course that meant something else had to go wrong, and the head pump is now demanding attention. I chased resin and bottom paint and made two trips to the Carrefour to reprovision. Nothing like a refrigerated case of foie gras to capture your attention! No, I didn't buy any. So we plan on leaving mid-day Saturday to resume our interrupted circumnavigation of Tahiti. Weather is very sultry and calm. South of us a storm is pressuring the Australs, but hopefully it won't make it north this far.