| From the Galapagos we left to cross the South Pacific Ocean |
| We got some high waves we hadn't bargained for! |
| Breaking waves astern look ominous from the cockpit... |
| ...as they build and peak... |
| ...and threaten to break on us... |
| ..before we shoot down the face fast and scoot out of the way! |
| Bob did some fishing... |
| ...but unfortunately a shark did his fishing first |
| We've been adopted by a pet gecko we've named Li'l Buddy |
| Most of the rest of the 25 day passage was a down wind, lightwind, downwave run much of the time under spinnaker |
| Sundowns at sea were unparallelled |
| After 25 days and nights--Land Ho!--we sight the Marquesan island of Fatu Hiva |
| The entrance to Hanavave Bay, the Bay of the Virgins, our first Polynesian landfall, Fatu Hiva |
| The southernmost Marquesan island, Fatu Hiva is steep and lush |
| There's a well protected anchorage on Fatu Hiva's west coast |
