BORA-BORA
The next stop was an island called Tahaa, just a few miles northwest. From this place we could already see the steep Bora-Bora main island, some 25 miles distant. Another really light wind day for sailing, we mainly used the engine again. Entering the pass in Bora-Bora, we were surprised to see nice waves breaking on the reef – normally the locals will tell you there is no surf here. The left was short and nice and hollow on the take off whilst the right was a longer, smaller proposition that wrapped its way around the pass. It was great fun to surf and we spent over a week in Bora-Bora; I guess we were lucky to get some big southwest swells that helped build some waves on the west facing pass.
After a great week in Bora-Bora we decided to officially depart French Polynesia there as it was the last port with customs. We knew there wouldn’t be much chance to gather supplies after this for the long crossing so we stocked up on food and fuel. We pulled anchor and sailed 150 miles to Mopihaa atoll, the most westerly island in French Polynesia.
