Sailing Across the Pacific Ocean 2013 (Part 15) - Exploring Tahiti
There is a fairly large storm coming out of the south that is supposed to hit tonight or early tomorrow morning. We had to step up our game at head for land as quick as possible to get a decent anchoring or mooring before sundown.
Land ho! Here is Tahiti from a few miles out. Tahiti Nui is the larger part of the island, right in front. Tahiti Iti is the smaller part that is barely visible on the left in this picture. They are two volcanic eruptions connected by a small isthmus in between.
Our final destination is Papeete, but we decided to drop anchor for the night in a small bay just a few miles east of Papeete as everything was booked solid due to the storm and we were just a few hours from sundown.
Jan is arriving tomorrow morning, so we will weigh anchor and head over to Papeete early in the morning.
Our arrival was blessed by a family of dolphins who were playing in the water right beside our boat as we were anchoring, celebrating our arrival I imagine. I was tying the snubber line to the anchor chain when it happened, so I couldn't get a picture.
All of these pictures are amazing. Im just so happy for you.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on making it to Tahiti on time, and alive!
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