Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Nearing Aitutaki (08/08/09)

Position 18 degrees 30S, 158 degrees 04W.
Distance from Bora Bora 387 nm.
Distance to Aitutaki 100 nm.
Wind sough 10 - 15 knots.
Sailing 5 knots upwind.
Bumpy rough night with squalls and big seas all night.
Now need to slow the boat down so that we arrive daylight tomorrow morning to go through he pass into the lagoon.
We need to get the tide just right as its very shallow going in, hopefully some people we know will still be there to advise us and help us. The lagoon is VERY small and shallow - we will need to tie the stern off to a tree, and anchor the bow so we don't hardly mo ve at all. Eek!!

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