Avae Bay, Huahine

Where has the week gone? Last Sunday, we looked up in the afternoon and saw this ugly black cloud front moving in so decided to move off the coral shelf we were "anchored" on. Anchored on is a relative term here. The only thing holding us in place was large blocks of coral that the chain had wrapped itself around. It was only about 15 feet deep so unwrapping the chain was not that bad. When we saw those clouds coming though, we decided that we would probably not risk getting dragging or getting dragged into by another boat. We went back into Haavai Bay by Fitii and anchored for the night, safe in deep water and clay bottom. On Monday we motored south inside the reef to the southernmost anchorage in Avae Bay. He channel is well buoyed and the shallowest we saw was around 4 meters. Very nice here but open to south and southeast winds. The winds by this time had of course turned to the S/SE. We had a bit of a potluck onboard with John and Renee from Scarlett O'Hara and David and Linda from Toketie. John and Renee had spent quite a few years in Mexico working and their stories were hilarious. We've not done much else here except walk and snorkel a bit. Yesterday was spent stripping the paint off part of our water generator system. The propeller assembly that we drag behind the boat to generate electricity when we are sailing was painted by the manufacturer. Nice looking when new but it is cast aluminium and paint doesn't work well. It was a mess. It's stripped now and will stay bare as that won't corrode past a dull patina on the finish now. The day ended off with a big potluck on the beach. We spent a couple of hours swapping lies with other cruisers, a great time. Today we will probably head back to the north end and maybe tomorrow go over to Tahaa, 20 miles west.

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