Tahiti Bound

Bonjour. We are currently underway from the Tuamotu Islands to Tahiti. Total travel time - 2 nights. Seems like a piece of cake now. This is our final crossing with Doug and Shelby as our able crew. It's also the least exciting, since we have motor sailed for almost 24 hours. We have virtually zero wind, flat calm seas with just a hint of a gentle and soothing two foot swell.

The moon is just beginning to wane, so it is still almost full to bursting and provided lots of brightness on the night crossing. After dinner in the cockpit last night, which we ate during sunset, we were treated to a brilliant moonrise less than a half an hour later. I've always said that I could live outside, and now I'm so immensely grateful that I do!

We expect to motorsail the rest of the way, using our autopilot to get us to Tahiti. The good thing about it though is that it is nice and calm, so we've managed to get some of our boat chores out of the way rather than having to wait until we make landfall. We also turned off the engine to go for a mid-ocean swim in this beautiful 85 degree weather.

We will be arriving at the marina just after sunrise tomorrow and will spend two nights there - only two more sleeps till Kylie flies in. We can't wait!

I'll do a blog update tomorrow once we are settled in so that you know we arrived safe and sound. If all goes well, I'll also be able to hook in to the internet and upload some photos from the past 10 days or so.

Until next time...have a joyful weekend.