Bora Bora island
We got up early in the morning for the sail from Taha’a to Bora Bora — not a very long passage, about twenty nautical miles . Even though it’s a short one, I was a bit tense since we hadn’t sailed under canvas for quite a few months (all the recent passages were on the engine, inside the lagoon ), and the mainsail still had that issue I mentioned earlier. In the morning we stopped by the main town in Raiatea so Ayelet could get a haircut and we could pick up a few things, and then we headed out of the lagoon for a real sail. The boat was rolling a bit, but it felt great to have the sails up again, to shut off the engine, and enjoy the blessed quiet as we made good progress. By the time we approached in the afternoon, the sky had turned gray and rainy. We entered the lagoon and tied up to a mooring buoy — it went smoothly, and soon we were secure and could rest. Just to keep things interesting, we realized there was a problem with the charging system — the batteries weren’t gett...