Sunday 12 September American Samoa to Samoa

Finally we can leave Pago Pago. We were able to collect our final packages from the post office yesterday and after 2 weeks in the often malodorous anchorage we are clear to go. It's 70 miles to Apia in Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa) so an overnight passage to ensure arrival in daylight. It took David 45 minutes to clean to anchor chain of the crud that had grown in 14 days. Goodness knows what state the propeller and hull are in. After an early dinner we left just as the sun was going down. American Samoa would be a good place to visit if only you didn't have to anchor downwind of the tuna processing plant and they dredged the rubbish that litters the floor of the anchorage.