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Bora Bora
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Sunday 21st. September. An email arrives on the “Puddle Jumpers” web
page for which we have joined for our Pacific crossing, from Bob McDavitt, the
New Zealand weather guru, saying a Tuesday departure from Tahiti to Tonga is
recommended due to a front passing over the Cook Islands and then Tahiti. We
are heading for the Cook Islands, so we will wait a little longer here in Bora
Bora.
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| Bora Bora Yacht Club |
Monday afternoon arrives and Alec is ready to leave. By 1500
we have raised the anchor and are motoring out through the reef. Destination,
Rarotonga, the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands.
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| Leaving Bora Bora |
Once through the reef we raise the sails and are on our way.
Winds are east north east at 15-20kts. Seas 1-1.5mts. All is good. Just on dawn
the following morning, we run into the tail of Bob’s frontal system. The wind
has now gone around to the south east at 25kts with breaking seas. There are
some squalls about. We reef down and spend the next 24 hours with things a
little more uncomfortable than we had hoped for. The following morning the
system has passed and the seas have dropped, so we are able to raise the full ‘main
again.
