Made it to Tahiti

From an email sent by David to Darrell: 

We are about 20 miles away from Papeete after a 2 1/2 day crossing from Fakarava, but we are going to heave to for the night because we don't want to enter in the dark: not a good idea if you can avoid it since the channel heading up to the marina we will be anchored in front of is littered with coral heads. They are marked, but not with lighted posts, and navigating with GPS and radar isn't all that much fun. Our charts are spot on, but in tight quarters it still gets hairy calling positions back and forth from the nav station to the helm. Wish we had one of those big chart plotters at the helm but that will have to wait for Christmas. 

Our time in the Tuamotos was great but the last four days we were hunkered down with 20-30 knt. winds blasting us pretty much full time. So the first break we got we headed for Tahiti as we have to be in Moorea by the 10th to meet up with some friends. Hey I have to go: there is a huge squall heading our way, and I have to get the spinnaker pole down. Tell everyone Hi and maybe we will get some internet here so we can send some photos.