August 14, 2012
After returning to Legacy, our plan was to relax awhile and then head into the resort for a drink, but plans can change abruptly out here. When we got back to the boat, the tide had gone out so we decided to dive down and re-check the bombie depth. Unfortunately, if Legacy now swung the wrong way, she’d hit the tallest bombie. We needed to get out of there fast. We didn’t even change out of our snorkel suits; we just got the anchor up and headed out.
We headed across the channel and back to Taha’a to an anchorage on the west side called Hurepiti. It looks big, but it has a coral shelf that reaches halfway into the bay; so we had to be careful making our way in. We got our anchor set in a good spot and settled in for our final night in the Taha’a/Raiatea area. We could happily have spent more time here, but the wind was due to pick up in a couple of days and we wanted to be tucked in at our final destination in French Polynesia: Bora Bora. -Cyndi
