Quick trip

Tuesday evening I took a quick trip to Raiatea to help another cruiser. The trip was mostly uneventful. We encountered a large rain squall between Tahiti and Moorea, and another as we approached Raitea, but during the night we had almost completely clear skies. There was no wind, the calm before the storm, so we motored the entire 120 miles.

While I was away, Fay was able to do a "wreck" dive in the lagoon at the end of the runway in Papeete and got this great shot of an Anemone fish, aka Clown fish.

I was glad we departed Tuesday as the forecast for deteriorating weather on Wednesday was quite accurate. It was cloudy and actually felt cold in Raiatea. There was cloud cover for the entire flight back and it was blowing 25-35kts in the marina when I returned to New Morning. The wind was right on the beam and while New Morning had no problems, the mega-yachts behind us (120' - 150') were not only heeling (as were we), they were pulled far to leeward and looked a bit precarious. Sunny skies and light winds when I awoke this morning.

We plan to depart for Moorea tomorrow morning.