The
trip started with plenty of good wind and some rain falling from the
sky.
We
sailed around this white squall. Water dumping heavily into the sea.
That
is the nice part about the ocean, you don't have to stay between
white and yellow lines. Sail where the wind is that you want and
avoid the nasty stuff if possible. Tack! The dark cloud is now behind
us.
This
eerie UFO looking cloud was just ahead of that big black cloud.
The
wind was good for sailing, but the squalls kept coming.
A
big thunderhead off in the distance.
Then
suddenly, the skys cleared except for this wild looking spiral cloud.
Reminds me of the movie Moana (which means Ocean, by the way)
The
winds were getting light and fluky, but the sunsets were still a show
in themselves. I love the little color topped finger tip clouds.
And
just like that the clouds went away and took the wind with it.
I
just can't help myself, when the clouds glow this orange color, I
must photograph them.
You
would think a sailor would get tired of looking at nothing but sea,
sky and clouds, but the amazing thing is, that it is always changing.
Not
sure how the sun refracted to make this one crazy little spot turn so
orange.
Rain
dumping out of a cloud in the distance.
Sail
on, sail on, this is what we do.........
Still
another amazing sunset. The low clouds over the horizon look like
they might be islands, but not this time.
These
clouds looked like Mr and Mrs Santa riding their sleigh across the
sky.
The
next day was glassy calm again. Not a ripple of a breeze! But still
that incredible blue!
There
are still bumpy swell waves rolling under the water, but no wind
waves.
Can
you see the cloud reflected in the glassy water? Like a painted ship
upon a painted ocean......
There
is the cloud that was being reflected.
When
we started to get a puff of a breeze, it was the perfect time to
hoist the spinnaker!
The
spinnaker reflected in the Pacific Blue.
The
refraction of the sunlight in the sea, along with some spinnaker
glow.
Hangin
loose baby, waiting for that next puff! We had very little diesel,
so sailing was the order of the trip.
March
25th, Land Ho! Mahetia, a volcanic cone island due West
of Tahiti.
The
wind finally has come back! Yea! The sea looks quite different now.
Little
shinny wind waves on top of the rollers.
Every
once in a while a growler rolls up behind us now.
Mahetia,
are you getting closer yet??
She
has steep greenery on this side.
Which
turns into blank black lava rock on the other side.
There
are cracks in the rocks, like the lava slowed, then came again later.
We
disturbed some Boobie birds swimming on the sea surface and they flew
off.
Brown
Boobie was circling us for a while. Please leave our lure alone!!
Probably
a masked Boobie with a mostly white chest and underbelly.
What
is that thrashing in the water?!?!
Yellowfin
Tuna, that's what! Nice work Miguel!! Must have been what those
Birds were watching!
The
night of the 26th we were hit with a squall that brought
the boat speed up to 10.2 knots!! That is a bit fast for us!! But
the morning of the 27th we see Tahiti getting pelted with
some rain in the early morning light.
The
city of Papeete is coming into view and the deep crevasses of Tahiti
show in the sunlight.
The
perfect way to end a 10 day passage, sailing right into the end of
the rainbow!
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