Sailing west of Tahuata was not a pleasure at all !<\/p>\n
I expected a strong wind effect at Cape Tehopeotekeho, the most southern corner of Tahuata, and put and reefed the genoa by 25 %.<\/p>\n
This was good because the wind went up to 23 KN.<\/p>\n
From that point on, the distance to the island increased steadily but the turbulences at the lee side of the island were incredibly strong. Wind shifts, no wind, strong wind….<\/p>\n
At the end we put all sails down and just motored. In between some desperate attempts to sail until I finally gave up. I didn’t like the wind game anymore: “Wind up, sail up, wind down, sail down…”<\/p>\n
I don’t know if it was Mr Wind-ows or the monkey with the tin tool who had there fun with us.<\/p>\n
We motored in NW direction towards our final WPT outside of Taiohae Bay, Nuku-Hiva.<\/p>\n
I just looked N to see if there is more wind at the western end of the Canal du Bordelais, and there was the wind I was looking for. Pretty suddenly we got solid 5 Bft with peaks of 6 Bft. We set sails. Main with reef 1 and genoa again reduced by 25 % to be on the safe side. MaRe loves this wind and she runs with more than 7 and sometimes more than 9 KN towards her destination.<\/p>\n
If possible I’ll keep the configuration until it’s getting dark. Then we’ll put on MaRe’s pyjamas for a safe sailing during the night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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