We had a boisterous sail from Tahuata Island to Fatu-Hiva Island with head winds 15 to 22 knots, which caused us to sail slightly south east of the island, took us 11 hours to finally reached the island. This was well worth it, as the anchorage was the most spectacular and beautiful.
The following day we met up with Mary and John from s/v Kittywake and Gary and Sue from s/v Yaringa to explore the village and also make the 1 and 1/2 hours walk to the beautiful waterfall and natural pool. Dinis negotiated with Christian (local resident) for fruit for us and we also bought a small tapa drawing from Christian for the boat.
Our trek up to the waterfall were fun with lots of laughter and jokes, so it took no time to get there. When we reached the waterfall and pool, we were surprise how cold the water was. Needless to say took us awhile before we were all in the water. It was refreshing and we were enjoying the swimming and just relaxing in the water. We saw fresh water shrimp and a eel. The eel was quite tame and not scared of people.
Our trek back was much easier and back in the village we got our fruit from Christian. We said our good buys to John and Mary as they were leaving the next day. We spend another day at anchor preparing for our overnight trip to Nuku-Hiva which is 128 nm north east of the island.
S/V Yaringa and ourselves left on Sunday 8 May. S/V Yaringa headed towards Tahuata Island which is on-route to Nuku-Hiva. We tried to make a phone patch via the ham radio to South Africa to wish my mom a happy Mothersday, but unfortunately my mom could not hear us, although her voice came load and clear over the radio. "Ma, hoop ma het 'n lekker Moedersdag gehad". We are struggling with internet services here in French Polynesia.
We arrived Monday 9 May midday in Baie Taiohae (capital of Marquises) Nuku-Hiva Island.
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