21st May, Hakatea (Tai Oa) Bay, Nuku Hiva

We woke this morning and hauled anchor to head around to the next bay 3.5 miles away. This is the only bay on the island where you can get drinking water so after arriving and anchoring (we found where the other English boats have been hiding!) we borrowed Sunchasers water containers and along with ours went to get water. We had 7 containers each 20 - 25 litres and it took 2 runs to fill our tanks and another run to leave the containers full as a back-up. The whole process took a couple of hours and left us very tired! After lunch Kate read her book while Jonny went to help solve computer problems on Christine Anne. We went ashore for sundowners on the beach with the other boats from the anchorage and met some new people (including someone from Morecambe - what a small world!)and to collect mangos from the trees ashore before heading back to Newt for stir fry with fresh veggies and a dvd.