Bora Bora

Aug 9, 2014, Tahaa to Bora Bora

It is so still the next morning that Alan decides to go up the mast after breakfast.  There are several things that need to be taken care of up there that he has been putting off until we were in a calm spot or at a dock so this is the chance.  When he comes down an hour later we set off once again the rest of the way around Taha’a and out of the pass to Bora Bora.  The last stop and supposedly the most beautiful island in the Pacific.  Spray is flying and breakers crash against the reef as we exit but once outside the wind drops.  Another motor sail, luckily it is not far.

There is only one pass into Bora Bora and it is on the west side.  As we skirt the bottom of the island we see huge waves breaking ahead of us, apparently out in the middle of the ocean where it should be several hundred feet deep.  I think it is clouds or boats or something.  Alan is convinced that it is surf and steers a wide course.  Eventually we get close enough to see that he is right.  The reef here is almost 2 miles from the island and it is scary to see such huge waves out here.   A lighthouse at the corner of the reef seems to stand in the middle of the ocean.  We sail along the reef with it’s huge crashing waves and eventually enter a wide pass into a smooth lagoon and pick up a mooring at the Bora Bora Yacht Club. 

This is the end of the dream, something Alan has been looking forward to for years.  It is lovely.  We greet other boats and get the lay of the land.  The Bora Bora Yacht Club is not so much a yacht club as a very upscale restaurant but there is free fast wifi and, best of all, free hot showers.  We have not had showers since we left Mexico and for the next several days I take at least one and sometimes two a day, just for the joy of it.  In the evening we sit on the deck of the club with a glass of wine and watch the beautiful sunsets.  After dark we watch the fish in the glow of the underwater lights. We walk up the road tot he grocery store and buy baguettes and cheese.. 

After several days we move to a mooring off of Bloody Mary’s and treat ourselves to a magnificent dinner.  The mooring there is unfortunately windy and their wifi is not working so then next morning we move back up to the yacht club mooring and several days later it is time to leave.

There is no time to really finish this.  We are leaving for Tonga