Still Sailing to Papeete

We were able to shut the motor off Friday morning after 25 hours under power. We have been making a steady 3.5-4.5 knots which means an extra night underway but better than burning diesel! We changed out our headsail this morning for the bigger genoa that Derek and Anthea gave us almost two years ago before they left Victoria on their boat Sukanuk. It doesn't seem real that it was that long ago. Time just slips on by. We have now been in French Polynesia for over a month and in some ways it seems like a long time and in some ways it seems like we just got here. We have been keeping in contact with various boats via the HF radio which his great and are now pretty much ahead of the pack with our earlier than anticipated run to Papeete. We have been looking at the cruising in and around Tahiti and it looks pretty inviting. We heard on the radio the other day that they ran out of butane on Nuku Hiva and that a lot of boats were basically stuck there waiting for a delivery as here is none available until Papeete and most boats were planning to spend time in the Tuamotus. I'm glad we filled up as soon as we got to Nuku Hiva and didn't wait. I like my coffee in the morning!

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