We're off to a fast start. We departed the marina about 11:50am and spent the next 40 minutes or so winding around Tahiti to the pass. As we went out the pass our friend Richard was bringing the Pilot boat back in and we got a big toot of his horn and waves from the crew.
Out of the pass we had light and variable winds for about half an hour, then as we began to get some distance from the island we picked 15kts on the beam. This afternoon we sailed out to Marlon Brando's island (Tetiaroa), roughly 30 miles, then turned north. We averaged over 8 knots all afternoon. Now we expect to be heading due north for at least the next week.
