Dragging anchor without our captain

After hearing about a storm heading this we way we left Tahaa and decided to see the coral gardens later. We are  now here in Bora Bora enjoying this magical island with Omi. This was her dream island and she is in heaven to finally be here. There is a big storm blowing outside right now and it has been a bit stressful for her. At one point this morning dad left in the dingy to drop Frederick off at the motu islet where the airport is located and we began to drag anchor. I hate it when this happens when dad and Jaeden are not here. Dailin did an awesome job of piloting us out of the bay in 35 knot winds. Alyssa and Orin pulled up the anchor and we were in the next bay by the time Norm caught up with us. We checked a few more bays and even tried anchoring again in the same bay but our anchor did not hold. It was a deep bay and a mud bottom. Several other boats trying to find safe anchorage from the storm came into the same bay and tried to anchor but all of them had the same problem as us and soon left. As the storm was raging Omi invited us to dinner at a famous restaurant here called “Bloody Mary’s”. The perks of making a dinner reservation there is that there are free mooring buoys for those that eat there. I know it is pretty expensive because we ate there last time we were here but she really wants to treat everyone.

We are now tied to a mooring buoy and hopefully this block under us that we are now tied on to will hold fast. I fell asleep with Zack and Norm and the kids and Omi were all gone when I awoke. I keep watching and praying we will be safe. It is way calmer inside this protected bay but I can still see huge waves breaking over the reef and the winds are howling through the mountains above.  I know we all need storms in different forms to teach us sailing skills or life skills but today I am grateful there are always calm bays and safe harbors to come for rest and safety.