[password] Tsar12
[position] 15 11.53S 148 22.81W
[weather] wind E 10 knots
[status] we spent 2 nights at Avatoru pass doing a dive and catching up with our friends before setting sail for Tikehau which was a nice gennaker run in 12-14 knots of wind which had us doing up to 10 knots - it was just the third time the gennaker has been up since leaving NZ and the longest at just 25 nm - the wind faded towards the end and we motored the last bit to the village just inside the pass where we spent a night on the way up.
Next morning the intention was to sail for Moorea however on getting outside the pass the seas were flat calm so we went to plan B and moored not far from the pass and did a dive on the drop off then motored back inside the atoll to the other side near the village hooking a barracuda and nice trevally on the way..
pulling up to probably the nicest beach we have seen in the Tuomotus with a resort nearby I reflected on how different these atolls can be from one side to the other - the village on the other side was very uninspiring and now we were in paradise r having drinks ashore at the resort where the bar overlooks an inlet teaming with fish including 4 nice blacktips we decided that Moorea can wait and we will spend a few more days here and go straight to Papeete from here.
Today we are going to go into the village which apparently does have some fresh supplies ( not holding our breathe) and also look into a site inside the lagoon where Mantas congregate so will dive that .

Note: Sending a brief description of the weather you are experiencing is a great help to David and Patricia (Gulf Harbour Radio) for monitoring the weather.

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