Bora Bora

After seeing Judi off at Raiatea, Bill and Mary arrived the next day. After a pleasant evening the rain began. The next morning we sailed for Bora Bora with the weather not looking too good. We ended up with a downwind sail in 10-20 kt winds with a 2 meter south swell rolling us around quite a bit. Mary succumbed to "mal de mer" but then recovered for our arrival after 5 hours. We proceeded through the lagoon to the Bloody Marys restaurant anchorage. In rainy weather we went ashore for dinner but then found out reservations were required. So we went down the street a ways to another very nice restaurant where they could get us in since it was early. We had a great seafood dinner then headed back to the boat. Soon after it really started pouring rain and continued all night. In the morning we moved the the Bora Bora Yacht Club anchorage. We have the required dinner reservations for tonight. The anchoring here is challenging in the 90 foot deep water. Swinging room from your neighbors needs to be considered. Also bringing 300 feet of chain and anchor up with my manual windlass is a workout. Bill had his turn at that this morning. After this trip I can really see the advantage of a larger boat, powered windlass, and a larger more powerful dinghy. The rain has cleared, so after shopping today, we will head out to the reefs for some snorkling tomorrow.