https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Terikah/ Here’s the link to our Predict Wind tracking page that will update our location as we travel.
Ua Pou is sheer craggy basalt rock coalesced into various patterns and formations that we could not take our eyes off, as we rounded the southern tip up the western side of the island to our destination of Hakahetuau. Into the anchorage, huge basalt pillars jut up out of the valley reaching into the clouds. …
Moving to our new anchorage, a gust of 47 knots hit us; one of the top gusts we have ever experienced! Tucked happily into Hanatefau anchorage on Tahuata island, anchor buried in sand, steep green-covered cliff walls blocking much of the wind. Into the water we went, clearly seeing our anchor dug and hidden…
We continue to explore the Marquesas islands, planning to spend about 4 weeks here before our next passage to the Tuamotus, about 500 miles away. Our trip across the Pacific Ocean is only about 1/3 complete and the next 6 months will be passage-making between island groups, each passage with its own challenges. Thankfully, we…