David went up the mizzen mast and rethreaded the halyard we broke when flying the mizzen staysail (18 months ago I didn't know a stay sail from a garage sale. It's a colourful light nylon sail which you fly when the wind is too light to have any effect on the heavier regular sails, a bit like a kite surfer) on the passage from Galapagos. Rethreading the rope / halyard on the main mast was easy because we could use the line that pulls up the head sail to winch David up on. On the mizzen mast we didn't have this option so I winched him up on a rope that goes 2/3 rds of the way up and then he clipped his safety harness around on to the mast and free climbed like monkey up the final 16', hung on to the top and then rethreaded the rope / halyard. We could then use the refitted line to lower him back down to deck level. Poor guy had cuts on his feet and legs from past the metal wind generator bracket and sore stomach muscles from the exertion the next day.
What I didn't mention was that before he went up our mast we had been out for an hour helping our friend Gary retrieve his stern anchor that had wrapped itself around an under water obstruction. It may only have been in 12' of water but it's a harbour and silty so nil visibility. David dived on it and miraculously located the anchor rope and the anchor. To get both up he had to separate them and then attach a rope so I could haul it back into the dinghy. Gary & Jackie help us in many ways so it was nice to be able to do something for them.
After our busy morning we sail onto the next island, Tahuata, just 10 miles away and dropped anchor in the bay Captain Cook named after his boat, Resolution. The water here is gin and tonic clear, so clear we could see the anchor at 10m
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