PASSAGE MAKING: SOCIETY ISLANDS TO THE COOK ISLANDS: 500NM

FAIR WINDS, CONFUSED SEAS, LUMPY START, 4 QUEEZY BELLIES

4 HOURS ON, 8 HOURS OFF, 3 HOURS ON 6 HOURS OFF

AWAKE, ASLEEP, DARK, LIGHT

RICE BROTH, 2 MINUTE NOODLES, DARK CHOCOLATE & LOTS OF TEAS

LOG BOOK EVERY HOUR – LAT, LONG, WIND, SPEED, DIRECTION, NM PER HOUR

FLYING FISH, FLOATING COCONUTS, COUPLE OF BIRDS

DARK NIGHTS, NO MOON, SHOOTING STARS

…………. REPEAT FOR 4 DAYS, OR 96 HOURS. DELIRIUM SETS IN

LAST NIGHT BIG STORM, STRONG WINDS, NO WIND, START MOTORING

WAITING FOR THE SUN TO RISE TO NAVIGATE NARROW PASS INTO ATUAKI LAGOON

STRONG CURRENT, NARROW CHANNEL, SHALLOW WATER, HEARTS THUMPING

SMALL HARBOUR, STRONG WINDS, 3 ANCHOR POINTS,

BREATH, SLEEP, RELAX

1000 NM DOWN, 3000 TO GO

 

 Nico & Dan raise the Brittany Flag

 Nico the master guitar player

 Maela has found the Brittany butter

 Delirium has set in.... 4 days in!

 Aituaki, Cooks Islands

 Log Book

 Everyone loves a good meal after a crossing

Finally arrived a the anchorage