Hurepiti x 2
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 13 Sep 2013 22:57
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Our Second Stop in Hurepiti
Bay, Tahaa
 No sooner than we got back to Beez
from our tour yesterday than the clouds dropped and
did it rain. Overnight the wind was a steady twenty four knots. This morning
Bear got up and surveyed his kingdom. Let’s move to the
next big bay and if it’s still blowing a Hooley we’ll go round to the leeward
side of the island. Aye, aye captain. Off we went at eleven, well
not quite as easy as it sounds. I had to power forward and try to keep Beez nose
in the direction of the anchor chain. Gusts to thirty knots made this a bit of a
challenge to say the least. Bear always washes the mud off the chain as it comes
up and the wind happily lifted his spray over me, mud and all.
Mmmm.
  As we rounded the corner at the exit
of the bay, things did brighten up a little and the wind settled to around
eighteen knots. More clouds appeared and I did not approve of where the skipper
had hoisted Baby Beez. I wont do it again, it was just a
test. Thank you. You’re most
welcome........
 We head out to the
motus. Hopefully to snorkel if the sun comes
out.
We attempted to anchor by a very pretty motu, only to find the wind is a bashing twenty six knots.
We went through the skinny bit.
Coral clearly visible but the channel was well marked.
We snuck out toward the hotel on stilts and found the wind to be just as bad.
We
tried out by Tehotu Island, the last in a line of
beautiful motus. Sand three feet below us.
The wind gusts were in excess of thirty knots now, nothing for it but to weave our way out between the coral heads and on our way once again.
Then we tried the bay beside Patio. Deep and windy, nothing for it but to head further round to Hurepiti. OK.
Along the top coast things got quite rough.
Very lovely, though.
Back to what we recognise. Hurepiti Bay  Back in this particular cul-de-sac, I’m very pleased to announce
that Bear has now completed his circum-what-sit of
Tahaa. Well thank you.
 ALL IN ALL STILL SO VERY,
VERY
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