Moorea

Cook’s Bay Moorea

We were elated to finally be on our way from Tahiti. Moorea is only about 10 miles north or 15 miles marina to anchorage and we were excited to have a favorable weather forecast. In the Caribbean we had weather forecasting down really well but here in the Pacific it is proving to be more of a challenge. We motored out of the pass in Tahiti only to find no wind at all and a nice short period swell on the beam…niiiiice. We motored as fast a possible around the north side of Moorea and into Cook’s Bay for the Tahiti Moorea Sailing Rendezvous. Looking south into Cook’s Bay:

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Nice homes and small resorts:

We anchored in front of former Bali Hai Hotel, now Aimeo, for the rendezvous. This was the backdrop:

Looking south into the bay:

Bali Hai Hotel:

We signed up for dinner and a show after the rendezvous presentations. Fun:

Presentations on the windward and leeward islands of French Polynesia, anchoring restrictions, and so on:

Claudia’s photo bomb (lol):

Dea Latis and Quo Vadis:

The show was really nice, Polynesian music, dancers that shake their hips 100mph, and then the fire show:

The next day we moved over to Opunohu Bay to swim with the stingrays, more on that next update. Opunohu Bay, nice anchorage at the base of that mountain: