Huahine

There is about 80 miles to do to go to Huahine from the Opunohu Bay.
We left at noon, and got caught in a thunderstorm, we had to tack to exit the pass. The wind came back from the East after that, but pretty strong, force 6 to 7. We were doing a good steady 8 knots... Too fast! Otherwise we would have to wait for daylight to enter the pass in Huahine...
So we dropped the main, keeping only the yankee and the staysail, still doing very good speed.
We had a nice night - no squall - and we entered the pass at 6:30am, and anchored in Fare. 9 boats are anchored with us.

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Il y a environ 80 milles a faire pour aller a Huahine, a partir de la Baie d'Opunohu.
On a derape a midi, et on s'est fait choper par un orage, il a fallu tirer des bords pour sortir de la passe. Le vent est revenu de l'est ensuite, mais assez fort, entre 6 et 7 Beaufort. On marchait a un bon 8 noeuds... C'est trop rapide! Autrement, il va falloir attendre le jour pour entrer dans la passe a Huahine...
On a affale la grand'voile, en route sous yankee et trinquette, on faisait encore une tres bonne vitesse.
On a passe une bonne nuit - pas de grain - et on est entre dans la passe a 6:30 le matin, pour mouiller a Fare. 9 bateaux avec nous au mouillage.

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