# 25d Bora Bora, Society Islands

On 18th August we sailed the 25nm trip Bora Bora. We anchored in 4m above sand at the SW end of the main island.

We leave for Tonga this afternoon and will have no internet access for 10 - 14 days. Sorry we couldn't add more info and photos but the internet access here is very bad.

# 25c Tahaa, Society Islands

On Tuesday 17th August we motored to the NW anchorage of Tahaa and anchored in 2.5m sand. Just beautiful!

# 25b Raiatea, Society Islands

We left Fare, Huahine, for Raiatea early Saturday morning (14th) in the rain. We had a brisk sail across to Raiatea in about 15 - 20 knots SE winds. By midway the rain had cleared and we entered the pass into the fringing reef at Raiatea about 1100hrs in bright sunshine. We motored to the town quay and tied up alonside.

I had cracked a tooth on our way into Huahine so our priority was to get that fixed on Monday. We found a dentist and he fixed the tooth so we were able to leave for Tahaa Tuesday. We also did a final stock up of supplies as we'll soon be on passage to the Cook Islands and Tonga (about 14 days passage).

# 25a Huahine Socitey Islands

Tuesday 10th August we set sail for the ovenight passage to Huahine. Initially conditions were good with 13 - 16kn E as forecasted. By midnight winds were around 20 knots and we were getting increasing numbers of squalls to 30 knots! As daylight broke we sailed i nto the lee of the island with rain and squalls. We were pleased to enter the pass into flat waters at 0730. We then motored south behind the fringing reef to the SW corner of the island and Baie D'Avea.

We enjoyed a lovely couple of days in the sheltered bay. On Friday we motored to Fare the main town (near the pass) ready for our passage to Raiatea.

#25 Moorea, Society Islands

We finally managed to get the our course computer (with new PCB) returned from Raymarine and refitted on 5th August.

We set sail for Moorea on 7th August after commissioning the new unit and it performed well on the passage. The seas were very uncomfortable and from time to time Joule rolled violently before reaching the lee of Moorea. We anchored in just over 3m of crystal clear water behind the fringing reef near Opunohu. A truly beautiful anchorage.

Whilst in Tahiti we managed to get a new laptop PC bought in from UK by Kathy (Legend II), so we are now able again to send and receive emails etc.

For the last two days we have had strong winds. We hope to be able to head for Huahine tomorrow night (Tues/Weds).