We’ve picked up our pace and are on the move around Taha’a, but anchored in Baie Haamene last night was hot. We had heard from other cruisers that generally anchored deep within the Baie would still be windy because the wind funnels through the channel; however, this was not the case. We had planned to wake up for a morning hike and forge or a photo session with Kalo but we were pretty exhausted from a hot and restless night plus it was kind of cloudy. Wade has been on this French Toast kick after we learned from our new friends, on SV Serenity, that day or two day old baguette makes the best French Toast.
Before taking off to the north west side of Taha’a Wade whipped up French Toast to start the morning. Normally the French Toast comes together with ease; however, we picked up 30 unwashed and unrefrigerated eggs in Bora Bora that are not fairing to well. We purchased Lock & Lock Egg Containers that created a mold around the eggs last week. Since then the eggs continue to break and are almost falling apart. Wade spent half the time going through each egg to find good eggs.
The cruise to the north west side of Taha’a was more scenic than eventful. We paused for a moment and anchored in front of Vahine Island. Anchoring in Taha’a is interesting because the lagoon is very deep and around the edge is a shelf of sand that can go from 90 to 20 feet very abruptly. We dropped anchor in 28 feet and as always we put the engine in reverse up to 3000 RPMs to back down on our anchor and make sure we would not drag. As we were anchored on a cliff basically if we drug in the night we would not know until we hit the other side a couple of miles away. The first time the anchor slipped off the ledge and hung from the boat, the second time the anchor dug in and was the only thing holding the boat. We realized we didn’t want to put out more chain scope to hold our position because if the wind would shift out of the west then the boat could potentially swing into 5 feet of water.
While checking on our anchor we snorkeled in front of Vahine Island we found these neat, slender, and almost white fish that whenever they got scared would bury themselves in the sand. As the sun was about to go down we pulled up the anchor and headed south and found good holding in a little spot that reminded us of Penrhyn with bombies surrounding us.
Cheers!
Wade and Sara
Position at noon: 16 degrees 53.968 South and 151 degrees 25.852 West
