[password] Tsar12
[position]16 48.22S 151 91.03W
[weather]clear sky 1 m swell wind E 12 knots
[status]we ended up spending 3 nights off Bora Bora Yacht Club as it was such a great situation - as much as I hate paying for moorings- to be 50 m off the dock in a totally sheltered position plus being able to offload rubbish ,get wifi etc was a nice change . However I did get bit of a shock when I asked about water - even after paying for a mooring and eating in there twice if you want water it is charged out at a rate of 20c NZ a litre ! Around $100 just to fill one tank .
Last night we had Daryl and Annie from the Catana ? No Rehearsal ? and their daughter Lisa over for sundowners ( repaying for the night before)then went ashore to the yacht club for dinner and caught a taxi into town to see a Dance/cultural show.
The taxi who they had used during the day and charged $15 US ( for less than 5 km)
Told us as we got out that because it was night the rates go up and is now $50 US - we queried the change for him to say - ? welcome to Bora Bora ?! Needles to say we weren?t impressed and after the show we saw him waiting hoping to give us another ride we told him politely no thanks - put our thumbs out and got a ride right in front of him.
The show was only average as it was a bit repetitive but overall an ok experience.
This morning we dropped mooring early 6.30am and set sail for Maupiti which is an island 28nm to the east which we have heard good things about although the pass is one of the trickiest ones.
Have a 12 knot Easterly behind us with just the main up so should be there by midday.
Looking at the long range forecast it is likely we will spend up to a week there and wait for the wind to hopefully swing next weekend so we can lay back to Bora Bora

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