Ann in front of the Bora Bora Yacht Club. Sounds bigger than it really is 😉
Kickin' back with a cold one
Our Berkeley Yacht Club burgee is now hanging in the Bora Bora Yacht Club (all the old ones blew away in a hurricane so they are looking for new ones and gave us a free Bora Bora burgee in return)
With a couple of the staff. Really, really, nice people.
The grand view. Yep, this is the club, with our burgee of course.
We relocated back North from where we were anchored and are now moored in front of the Bora Bora Yacht Club. Got some swag already as well. Turns out their roof blew off in a hurricane so they lost all their world yacht club flags and are giving free Bora Bora Yacht Club flags in exchange for ours. We “donated” our Berkeley YC flag and now have a lovely Bora Bora one to fly.
This place is truly amazing and beautiful. The architecture is very simple. Just some tall thatched roof huts for the bar, and dinning room and an expansive deck that leads seamlessly to a deep water dock where you can bring your boat to get water or supplies.
We sat on the dock and had Mai Tai’s watching the sun set over the water and a distant motu and reef off Bora Bora. I can’t even describe how lovely, picturesque (we forgot the camera though, so this description will have to do for now) and peaceful it was looking out toward the sunset with a dozen sailboats moored in front of us.
This morning was fun. We were sitting in the cockpit having coffee when the folks from Ladybug came rowing over in their dinghy. We invited them aboard for a coffee and next thing we knew, Buena Vista also came by and we invited them on board as well. All six of us were enjoying some coffee and talking about how fun the Great Dinghy Raft was the night before when we heard Orcinius hauling up their anchor. They got it up and motored over by us where we could shout our good-byes while I blew my conch shell horn. They are leaving French Polynesia for the Cooks. Their first intended stop is Rarotonga. That’s where we’re hoping to go so we’ve arranged to talk each night on the shortwave at 0600 Z (that’s 2000 local Bora Bora time) on channel 8B (6227.0 MHz).
Tomorrow’s big event is going to be (drum roll please)….a hike to the top of the Bora Bora mountain. Look it up on Google-it’s steep. We’ll see how we do and report back.
See you all after the climb, I mean hike!
Here I thought you guys had gone to an island paradise far away from civilization. But it’s yacht clubs, Mai Tai’s, coffee klatches, sunset gazing from docks, Hilton bungalows, and dingy drinking games. Not quite like what I remember seeing in my old National Geo’s.
Another business idea to add to your list: Sunset Dingy Raft Cocktail Float. Charge those bungalow people $50 a head to float in your dingy raft and give ’em a couple drinks and some salty snacks. And a free picture of the experience. It’ll become a mandatory activity for the Hilton guests.
wikipedia says that the highest point on Bora bora is 727 meters (2,385 ft), so that’s how far you guys climbed!