Tues. March 23, Enroute to Pitcairn Island (hopefully!)

S27deg20min;W109deg40min. We spent two rolly nights at the Hotuiti anchorage at Easter Island. The scenery was unsurpassed, and 15 moai are erected by the water's edge; quite beautiful. However, the weather was changing and the Armada actually shut down all ports due to impending bad weather, so it was time to go. We were disappointed we didn't see the quarry where the moai were carved out of rock, but we've got such wonderful memories of the island and the people we met, with special kudos and regards for the Armada. They were incredibly sensitive to the needs of mariners and responsive to all requests and, in our case, went over usual expectations in response to our "dinghy flipping" episode. So, three boats are leaving for the Gambiers, somewhat together. Ourselves, Soggy Paws, with our friends Dave & Sherry aboard their CSY 44, and Visions of Johanna, a 62' custom Chuck Paine design with Bill, Johanna and Gram aboard (they're waay ahead of us!). We've set a SSB radio contact twice a day amongst our three boats, and our collective goal is to stop at Pitcairn Island if weather permits. If not, we'll continue on to Mangareva in the Gambier Islands, which would be our first stop in French Polynesia. All's well aboard Infini, and we'll continue to attempt to post daily blog updates. We're also celebrating our son-in-law Sean's return to home, family and safety after a long overseas deployment. Cheers, well done and God bless!

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