[password] Tsar12
[position]17 48.89S 149 85.07W
[weather] cloudy in the morning clearing to clear sky , wind S 20-30knots
[status] after deciding to stay another night late afternoon the weather really packed up as a front came through . During our venture around the island it started raining but just before dark the wind had swung to the South and was blowing 25-30 with intermittent rain. 2 local yachts - one moored and one anchored starting banging into each other so Grant and I along with 2 French guys from another boat managed to separate them and one of the French guys initiated enquiries on who the owners were.
I decided to re anchor P?zazz as with the wind shift there wasn?t the same clearance between boats and the anchorage was busy anchored out on the fringe just on dark.
Through the night we had rain on and off- I set up the water collection hoses and we gathered 400 litres by the morning which was well needed with 7 of us aboard! The wind also got up to at least 35 knots so was good to see daylight and that all the boats were ok.
Easy morning today doing chores ( fixing catches , reglueing seals etc) then ashore to the reserve for a swim and back to the garden cafe down the road for another nice lunch and some v slow wifi.
During the afternoon the wind eased to 20-25 and as it forecast to ease more as the night sets in we have decided to make a run for Raiatea tonight so we can get there in time for Alex to get his flight tomorrow afternoon. Seeing the wind is South it should be a quick sail however we will need to deep reef in order to avoid getting there before dawn.

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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