Taking the Lemberger’s to see sacred sites, visit sacred eels and made sacred memories. We took John, Missy and Carl on 4 passages to get from Tahiti to Bora Bora.  We sailed from Tahiti to Mo’orea to Huahine to Raiatea/Taha’a and then to Bora Bora.  Three of the four passages are about 20-25nm or 5 hours.  However, Mo’orea to Huahine is an overnight passage at about 90nm or 16 hours.

Overnight passages can be challenging for anyone.  You don’t have a point of reference, like the horizon.  You are rocking and rolling in all sorts of directions and you are tired.  Our guests held up well and slept through most of the passage, which was good news.  We only had a sliver of a moon and a few phosphorescence playing with us.  Nothing but smiles the next morning.

Early in the morning, we were surprised to see 3 whales.  A mamma, baby and companion.  Unfortunately, we were not able to get our cameras out fast enough to share with you.  But, take my word for it – it was amaze balls! As a consolation, here are a few photos of the pretty sunrise.

Our first stop was off Point Teapaa near Motu Vaiorea.  We anchored fairly close to the beach in 3.5 meters of water.  The boys enjoyed a little SUP time.  As you can see from the photos, we had this little motu to ourselves for a short while.

John and Carl took the SUPs to the beach while Matt drove the ladies in Sweetie.  We had the beach to ourselves and enjoyed an awesome lazy afternoon.

FARE, HUAHINE

After jollying around at the beach, we headed to Fare, the main village on Huahine.  We hopped in a rental car and made our way to Pote’e Museum which is one of the largest and most sacred Mare’s collections on the island.

Matt and I goofed around the grounds while waiting for them.

Just past the museum is a small hiking trail to another mare.  The trail is called Chemin de Randonnee and was a really nice stroll through the forest and trees.

There were some enormous trees and alluring vista views at the top.

Anguilles Sacres de Faie

Missy and Carl are extremely brave and have an uncanny way with all animals.  We stood on the wall overlooking the river when we visited the eels last time.  This time, we got in the water and got up close and personal.

We worked up an appetite after our explorations and headed to Izzy’s Burgers and More.

RAIATEA AND TAHA’A

It was a short 23 nm trip to Raiatea.  Unfortunately, we had no wind and ended up motoring the entire way.  We took John, Missy, and Carl on a big hike to the top of Tapioi.  It was a particularly hot day and there were not many places to hide from the sun.  But, the reward at the top of the mountain was worth it.  The top right photo shows our friends at the bottom and they hiked to the top of the radio tower.  5 miles and 11,323 steps.

It is easy to take lovely photos with vistas like these.

We had a little fun with some jumping shots.

And can’t forget Matt’s “screaming tree” pose.