We are now safely anchored within the lagoon of a tiny coral atoll 145 miles west of Raiatea. The lagoon entrance through the coral reef is just 20 metres wide and it has a swift current perpetually flowing towards the ocean. Jagged coral on either side of the channel threatens the unwary. Not a place for the faint hearted.
As we surged through the gap we were welcomed by the squawks of terns and other seabirds who have chosen to make this tropical paradise their home.
It looks like we are going to be here on Maupihaa for a while as the weather windows for our next hop west don’t look promising.
Today was the perfect day for baking with our solar oven. The light wind meant that the boat wasn’t veering too much enabling us keep the oven pointing at the midday sun.
With fresh solar oven baked baguettes every 2 days and a good supply of coffee beans it doesn’t really matter how long we have to wait for that weather window to sail 359 miles west to the next speck in the big blue Pacific Ocean.
We just need to select our desert island discs and pick a few Kindle downloads.
