Leaving Aitutaki

Position 18 degrees 49 mins S, 160 degrees mins W.
En route from Aitutaki atoll to Palmerston Atoll Cook Islands - 148 miles to go.
Managed to break away from Aitutaki - had been waiting for a storm to pass and the tide to be high enough to leave. 4 boats left today - 2 of us bound for Palmerston.
This next place is quite fascinating. Its a tiny atoll that was populated solely by one man who took 3 wives. The man was John Marsters and was originally from Lancashire England (the county that we are both from). Anyway all the people are his descendants - I think there are about 70 people.
When we arrive we will radio in and one of the owners of the moorings will come out and show us which mooring to take; from then on that family will "adopt" us for our stay. They will show us around and possibly ask us to help them work on something or help in the small hospital. They will also want to trade with us - food, grog, tools etc. They do this to make it fair as this is one of the few ways they can get income. Boy, I bet they hate it when 2 scruffy Brits turn up in a beaten up old boat. I bet they pray for big Catamaran owners!!