[password] Tsar12
[position]16 52.51S 151 77.2W
[weather]mainly fine with some could build up wind NW 12-15 knots temp 29
[status] after the days around the east side of Bora Bora we came back to town to get a few supplies taking a mooring off the mArina ( if you can call it that!) while we went into town in the inflatable. Anchored off town was a massive 44 M blue Cat that we had seen in Papeete and Maupiti - the volume in this boat is unbelievable and it is probably one of the biggest sailing Cats in the world - I would imagine there are probably 3 levels in each hull the volume is so big - it is rumoured to be owned by Stephen Spielberg - anyway it certainly makes you feel small when you go past it !
After reprovisioning we motored around to Motu Toopua and Baie Tehou in front of the workers village for the resort of the Hilton and where we stayed earlier . This is one of the better anchorages as it is sheltered in winds from SE to NW plus is only 7 m deep so can anchor easily . The main problem here is the resort ferries that bring the workers in come in at speed of up to 25 knots literally within 15 metres of any anchored yachts where they could easily detour around on the perimeter and come in safely - I am thinking of lodging a complaint to the gendarmes in town next time I am there plus email the resort as there will be an accident if they don?t change . 2 nights ago when one came in at speed in the dark it narrowly missed one of the resort boats moored in the bay ( with no lights ) - they had to swerve at speed at the last moment to avoid the collision so was a close call - we certainly make sure the boat is well light up at night!
Anyway we do have the benefit of a weak wifi from the workers village ( unsecured) intermittently which is a huge bonus as well.
We are also joined here by Daryl and Annie ( No Rehearsal - Catana) and Spanish Paul (Sayaou) who has picked up his Uncle and Auntie and girlfriend since we saw him a day ago and gone from being by himself to 4 people on a 10 m mono !
Sundowners aboard P?zazz with the crew of Sayaou and lots of Spanish talking / laughing /dancing and some games of Rummikub which they are very good at - 2 of them beating Zuny just after she had showed them how to play!
The last 2 days here there has been a squashed convergence zone squeezing this area with winds from N to NW up to 30 knots and it seems most nights a rain band ( short and sharp ) going through. The first night the wind went right around the compass within 2 hours with one of these fronts - not great weather to be out on a passage in . The forecast has the wind staying in the same direction but getting lighter for the next week which has resulted in a few frustrated yachts that are waiting to head west having cleared needing to stay put . Will be good to see the wind revert to the trades E/SE by the end of the week so that our departure after the crew has arrived won?t be affected .
Yesterday all 3 boats went out to the banks on the inner reef in our inflatables to see the shark / ray feeding - some quite friendly black tips where in attendance.
Hopefully as the wind backs off we can get some diving in over the next few days.

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