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Friday, May 8, 2026 8°54'S 140°6'W

Hanamoenoa - Taiohae

Few hours before sunset we hoisted the anchor and left the beautiful, but crowded anchorage. The distance to Nuku Hiva is enough that you can’t do it during the daylight hours, so we opted for a night sail. The sound between Hiva Oa and Tahuata gave us a fllying start. We had dolphins playing in our bow wave untill we reached the windstill behind Hiva Oa. We motored through it and continued under sail power. The sea was lumpy and wing on wing guaranteed we were thoroughly stirred and shaken.

At sunrise we could see all the leeward islands of Marquesas as we sailed towards our destination, the town of Taiohae. Here we are going to buy groceries before continuing to the more remote anchorages of Nuku Hiva.



From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
01.05. 0:00 Z 10°2'17"S 139°7'44"W 338° 5.7kt 17142.3NM wind 18kt 108° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
01.05. 0:09 Z 10°1'35"S 139°8'6"W 329° 4.9kt 17143.1NM wind 19.5kt 104° baro 1009 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (30% furled). Getting to wind acceleration zone.
01.05. 0:16 Z 10°1'1"S 139°8'18"W 354° 6.1kt 17143.7NM wind 25.6kt 115° baro 1009 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (50% furled)
01.05. 0:21 Z 10°0'30"S 139°8'22"W 4.5kt 17144.2NM wind 17.1kt 96° baro 1009 hPa Stopped watermaker, 194ppm
01.05. 0:28 Z 10°0'0"S 139°8'23"W 349° 4.6kt 17144.7NM wind 20.7kt 71° baro 1009 hPa Autopilot deactivated
01.05. 0:34 Z 9°59'35"S 139°8'25"W 354° 3.7kt 17145.1NM wind 20.7kt 86° baro 1009 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef)
01.05. 0:50 Z 9°58'37"S 139°8'16"W 2.6kt 17146.1NM wind 17kt 78° baro 1009 hPa Sails down, motoring
01.05. 1:00 Z 9°58'1"S 139°7'49"W 53° 4.9kt 17146.9NM wind 9.8kt 142° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
01.05. 1:15 Z 9°57'44"S 139°7'6"W 196° 0kt 17147.8NM wind 9kt 256° baro 1009 hPa Anchored
01.05. 1:27 Z 9°57'45"S 139°7'6"W 263° 1.1kt 17147.8NM wind 7.9kt 347° baro 1009 hPa Anchor up, motoring
01.05. 2:00 Z 9°55'16"S 139°7'2"W 30° 4.5kt 17150.5NM wind 9.3kt 60° baro 1009 hPa Hourly position log
01.05. 2:26 Z 9°54'30"S 139°6'13"W 199° 0.5kt 17152NM wind 3.5kt 81° baro 1010 hPa Anchored
01.05. 2:34 Z 9°54'30"S 139°6'14"W 40° 0.2kt 17152NM wind 4.9kt 75° baro 1010 hPa Stopped main engine
01.05. 2:37 Z 9°54'30"S 139°6'14"W 300° 0.5kt 17152NM wind 8.5kt 80° baro 1010 hPa Started main engine
01.05. 2:40 Z 9°54'30"S 139°6'13"W 69° 0.6kt 17152NM wind 3.3kt 82° baro 1010 hPa Anchor up, motoring
01.05. 2:42 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'13"W 197° 0.4kt 17152NM wind 8.7kt 75° baro 1010 hPa Anchored
01.05. 2:50 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 22° 0.5kt 17152NM wind 8.5kt 77° baro 1010 hPa Stopped main engine
01.05. 17:48 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 357° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 5.1kt 87° baro 1011 hPa Started watermaker
01.05. 18:01 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 50° 0kt 17152NM wind 4.7kt 86° baro 1011 hPa Watermaker 273ppm
01.05. 19:47 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 92° 0.1kt 17152NM wind 6.2kt 58° baro 1011 hPa Watermaker 209ppm
01.05. 21:22 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 176° 0.4kt 17152NM wind 10.8kt 55° baro 1010 hPa Watermaker 200ppm
01.05. 23:06 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 59° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 8.6kt 99° baro 1008 hPa Watermaker 192ppm
02.05. 1:55 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 318° 0kt 17152NM wind 11kt 98° baro 1007 hPa Stopped watermaker
02.05. 3:36 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 241° 0kt 17152NM wind 10kt 82° baro 1009 hPa Made Securite call on an escaped dinghy. Sweet Prophesy going to pick it up
02.05. 19:29 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 151° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 9.4kt 87° baro 1010 hPa Started watermaker
02.05. 19:41 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 213° 0.6kt 17152NM wind 6.3kt 54° baro 1010 hPa Watermaker 252ppm. Changed the LR44 batteries on the TDS meter
02.05. 21:22 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 170° 0.8kt 17152NM wind 7.9kt 75° baro 1009 hPa Replaced the webbing on the topmost FLINsail car
02.05. 21:31 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 33° 0.1kt 17152NM wind 8.7kt 86° baro 1009 hPa Watermaker 201ppm
02.05. 23:16 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 51° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 10.5kt 113° baro 1008 hPa Wstermaker 190ppm
03.05. 0:47 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 269° 0kt 17152NM wind 7.3kt 69° baro 1007 hPa Watermaker 186ppm
03.05. 2:30 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 15° 0.2kt 17152NM wind 9.7kt 62° baro 1008 hPa Stopped watermaker, 189ppm
03.05. 20:55 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 279° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 9.8kt 113° baro 1010 hPa Started watermaker
03.05. 21:07 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 257° 0.7kt 17152NM wind 6.5kt 91° baro 1010 hPa Watermaker 242ppm
03.05. 22:50 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 149° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 5.7kt 61° baro 1008 hPa Watermaker 199ppm
04.05. 0:30 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 134° 0.5kt 17152NM wind 5kt 68° baro 1008 hPa Watermaker 191ppm
04.05. 2:20 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 195° 0.5kt 17152NM wind 3.7kt 73° baro 1009 hPa Stopped watermaker, 189ppm
04.05. 19:41 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 299° 0.2kt 17152NM wind 5.8kt 76° baro 1012 hPa Started watermaker
04.05. 19:53 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 311° 0.1kt 17152NM wind 8.9kt 86° baro 1012 hPa Watermaker 273ppm
04.05. 21:31 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 297° 0.2kt 17152NM wind 6.6kt 126° baro 1011 hPa Watermaker 200ppm
04.05. 23:17 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 199° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 15.1kt 86° baro 1010 hPa Watermaker 193ppm
05.05. 0:54 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 346° 0.4kt 17152NM wind 14.2kt 89° baro 1009 hPa Stopped watermaker, 187ppm
05.05. 20:45 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 301° 1.1kt 17152NM wind 8.4kt 120° baro 1012 hPa Genoa sun cover stripe patched up. Threads basically dead. Needs to be exchanged in New Zealand.
05.05. 21:12 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 126° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 10.9kt 59° baro 1011 hPa Started watermaker
05.05. 21:26 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 148° 0.5kt 17152NM wind 7.5kt 97° baro 1011 hPa Watermaker 236ppm
05.05. 23:11 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 356° 0.2kt 17152NM wind 7kt 101° baro 1010 hPa Watermaker 198ppm
06.05. 0:51 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 140° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 6.8kt 67° baro 1009 hPa Watermaker 184ppm
06.05. 2:28 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 96° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 6kt 2° baro 1009 hPa Stopped watermaker, 189ppm
06.05. 20:46 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 306° 0.4kt 17152NM wind 10.5kt 71° baro 1011 hPa Started watermaker
06.05. 21:01 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 50° 0.4kt 17152NM wind 9.4kt 81° baro 1011 hPa Watermaker 215ppm
06.05. 22:44 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 202° 0.3kt 17152NM wind 11.8kt 46° baro 1009 hPa Stopped Watermaker, 194ppm
07.05. 17:43 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 122° 0.2kt 17152NM wind 3.5kt 26° baro 1013 hPa Tightened head sink faucet connections
07.05. 18:36 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 229° 0.6kt 17152NM wind 2.7kt 99° baro 1013 hPa Started watermaker
07.05. 18:50 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 161° 0kt 17152NM wind 3.7kt 69° baro 1013 hPa Watermaker 221ppm
07.05. 23:52 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 148° 0kt 17152NM wind 8.6kt 53° baro 1010 hPa Stopped watermaker, 190ppm
08.05. 0:12 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'14"W 302° 0.5kt 17152NM wind 9kt 124° baro 1009 hPa Started main engine
08.05. 0:16 Z 9°54'31"S 139°6'13"W 73° 0kt 17152NM wind 5.7kt 74° baro 1009 hPa Anchor up, motoring
08.05. 0:24 Z 9°54'22"S 139°6'27"W 325° 2.8kt 17152.4NM wind 6.2kt 75° baro 1009 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef)
08.05. 0:29 Z 9°54'11"S 139°6'36"W 327° 3.4kt 17152.6NM wind 10.9kt 86° baro 1009 hPa Autopilot activated
08.05. 0:41 Z 9°53'32"S 139°7'6"W 321° 6.2kt 17153.4NM wind 19.2kt 95° baro 1009 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (40% furled)
08.05. 1:00 Z 9°52'3"S 139°8'21"W 323° 6.8kt 17155.4NM wind 21.2kt 103° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 1:20 Z 9°50'36"S 139°9'47"W 317° 5.4kt 17157.4NM wind 18.3kt 108° baro 1009 hPa Wing on wing
08.05. 1:30 Z 9°49'53"S 139°10'34"W 309° 6.1kt 17158.5NM wind 23.3kt 112° baro 1009 hPa Dolphins!
08.05. 2:00 Z 9°47'55"S 139°12'43"W 325° 5.7kt 17161.5NM wind 20.8kt 112° baro 1009 hPa Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
08.05. 2:00 Z 9°47'52"S 139°12'45"W 313° 6.3kt 17161.6NM wind 22.2kt 121° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 2:36 Z 9°45'24"S 139°14'49"W 332° 5.4kt 17164.8NM wind 14.6kt 132° baro 1010 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (20% furled)
08.05. 3:00 Z 9°43'56"S 139°15'39"W 320° 2.9kt 17166.5NM wind 7.8kt 151° baro 1010 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 3:01 Z 9°43'55"S 139°15'39"W 325° 2.1kt 17166.5NM wind 8.1kt 127° baro 1010 hPa Autopilot activated
08.05. 3:02 Z 9°43'54"S 139°15'40"W 319° 2.3kt 17166.5NM wind 8.6kt 127° baro 1010 hPa Sails down, motoring
08.05. 4:00 Z 9°40'0"S 139°19'5"W 344° 4.4kt 17171.7NM wind 7.5kt 117° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 5:00 Z 9°36'23"S 139°22'42"W 311° 5.4kt 17176.8NM wind 10.6kt 88° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 5:05 Z 9°36'10"S 139°22'58"W 326° 3.8kt 17177.1NM wind 10.6kt 90° baro 1012 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (20% furled)
08.05. 6:00 Z 9°34'10"S 139°26'39"W 322° 6kt 17181.3NM wind 16.1kt 97° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 6:16 Z 9°33'30"S 139°27'51"W 279° 5.9kt 17182.7NM wind 16.7kt 91° baro 1012 hPa Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
08.05. 7:00 Z 9°32'0"S 139°31'38"W 284° 6.3kt 17186.7NM wind 18kt 85° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 8:00 Z 9°29'33"S 139°36'7"W 325° 5.2kt 17191.8NM wind 14.7kt 99° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 9:00 Z 9°26'19"S 139°40'16"W 294° 5kt 17197NM wind 14.8kt 95° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 10:00 Z 9°23'12"S 139°44'40"W 297° 5kt 17202.4NM wind 17.2kt 92° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 10:59 Z 9°20'57"S 139°48'51"W 262° 3.7kt 17207.2NM wind 12.2kt 94° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 12:00 Z 9°17'34"S 139°52'7"W 343° 3.6kt 17212NM wind 17.3kt 103° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 13:00 Z 9°13'24"S 139°54'13"W 331° 5.7kt 17216.7NM wind 14.1kt 115° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 14:00 Z 9°9'14"S 139°56'20"W 329° 7.2kt 17221.4NM wind 15.1kt 115° baro 1011 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 15:00 Z 9°4'43"S 139°58'23"W 356° 4.5kt 17226.4NM wind 18.7kt 110° baro 1012 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 15:21 Z 9°3'4"S 139°59'8"W 320° 5.7kt 17228.2NM wind 17.6kt 113° baro 1012 hPa Dolphins!
08.05. 15:44 Z 9°1'31"S 140°0'7"W 324° 4.3kt 17230NM wind 10.9kt 116° sea state 4/10 clouds 2/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1012 hPa Wing on wing
08.05. 16:00 Z 9°0'40"S 140°1'6"W 314° 6.1kt 17231.3NM wind 15.3kt 115° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 17:00 Z 8°57'48"S 140°5'0"W 320° 4.6kt 17236.2NM wind 14.7kt 104° baro 1013 hPa Hourly position log
08.05. 17:07 Z 8°57'25"S 140°5'23"W 344° 3.9kt 17236.7NM wind 17.2kt 112° baro 1014 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef)
08.05. 17:12 Z 8°57'9"S 140°5'32"W 327° 6kt 17237NM wind 17.3kt 122° baro 1014 hPa Autopilot activated
08.05. 17:29 Z 8°56'14"S 140°5'59"W 333° 2kt 17238.1NM wind 7.1kt 137° baro 1014 hPa Sails down, motoring
08.05. 17:39 Z 8°55'37"S 140°5'56"W 5kt 17238.7NM wind 7kt 161° baro 1014 hPa Autopilot deactivated
08.05. 17:56 Z 8°54'53"S 140°6'2"W 173° 0.2kt 17239.7NM wind 10.3kt 207° baro 1014 hPa Anchored
08.05. 18:03 Z 8°54'53"S 140°6'1"W 67° 0.3kt 17239.7NM wind 6.4kt 157° baro 1014 hPa Stopped main engine