Our total time in French Polynesia (Marquesas, Tuamotus, and Society Islands) was 70 days. We ended up spending 16 days in Bora Bora vs our planned 9! Seeing part of the Heiva festival made it worth it, but now we need to move faster through some of the island groups west of here so that we reach Australia by early September.

We’re setting sail tomorrow morning with less than optimum conditions. We know that we will be passing through a front in a few days that will bring stronger winds and higher seas. As the front, which will be moving east, passes through us, the winds will veer to the west and it will be squally. We expect to make landfall on Rarotonga in about 5 days. Till then, we’ll update the blog from sea using the SSB.