21st July, Niue Yacht Club, Niue

A rolly night on the mooring buoy as the swell started coming from the south. In the morning we headed ashore to book a car for tomorrow, get a Niue driving licence from the Police Station and then go on a round the island tour with the locals. We had been told by the Immigration lady that one of the villages was having a drive round the island as part of a festival and we would be welcome to join them - we tried to find the meeting place at 12 when we were told they would be leaving but could no sign of any cars. After a while we gave up and headed back to the boat. About 1.30 we heard cars tooting their horns at setting off - it was obviously 12 local time!! I spent the afternoon in bed - still trying to catch up on some sleep from the passage and Jonny did some jobs.
When we had come back from lunch we picked up another buoy with a stern line to pull the bow into the swell and make the motion better but got a call from the yacht club to say that we couldnt do that as it would be putting strain on their buoys.
Whales - i keep forgetting to mention the whales. On Sun night as we were entering the bay Jonny briefly saw a whale then that night we coiuld hear them around the boat in the dark but couldnt see them. When we arrived back at the boat on Mon afternoon we could see a whale in the distance jumping out of the water and doing huge slaps - even from a distance it was spectacular. That night again we could her the whales - one even woke me up!! On Tue night the whales were even closer (less than 10m from the boat) but because there is no moon at the mo you couldnt see them just hear them.