[password]Tusi2284
[position]16 03.809S 145 37.160W
[speed]0kn
[heading]000T
[weather]ESE 5kn, seas 0m, cloud cover 5%, baro 1016 steady
[status] We're now anchored by the village of Rotoava in Fakarava the second largest of the Tuamotus. We left Rangiroa by the eastern Tiputa pass at 0700 yesterday morning with 3-4 knots of outgoing current and not much wind. The pass is deep so apart from getting pushed around by the current there was no drama. We figured that it must have been about 1-2 hours after high tide because the full outgoing current is about 8kns and also because the standing waves that form with the outgoing tide were still relatively small. We motored the 125nm to Fakarava and hove to off the northern pass at 0200 this morning. We entered the pass at 0700 with 3knots of outgoing current. So despite all my best guesstimates I had the tides wrong at both Rangiroa and Fakarava by 1-2 hours. We'll have a look onshore tomorrow then make our way down the eastern side of the lagoon to the southern pass. If the weather is OK we'll leave by that pass to visit Tahanea, the southern-most island on my visiting list.

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