Boat Bound in Fiti

We woke up to wind and rain and it really hasn't stopped all day. I put the rain catcher up but it got too windy. Not much else happening. I changed out the display unit on the Navman Wind instrument to the old one as the new replacement I got in San Francisco last year has died already. The old one works a bit better but not great. I am extraordinarily disappointed in Navman products. So far we have had both the Depth/Log and Wind display units replaced and both the replacements have failed as well. The LCD screens stop displaying. I will contact Navman again and see what if anything they can or will do about this. If they can't supply instruments that will work, I will junk them and replace them in NZ with something with a bit of quality. We wanted to get to shore today to check in but we are reluctant to leave the boat in these winds. You never know. Luckily there is only one other boat in the anchorage, an NZ boat that we met up with in Papeete. They have been circumnavigating for 14 years and are on their way back to NZ. Maybe tomorrow we will get to shore…….

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