Yesterday, we shopped downtown Papeete. We tied to a concrete wall with big truck tires and surge. That was the bad part. Our yacht services fellow, Laurent, had us dock at the quay, I think because it was conveniently near the offices where he had to take our papers. To get duty-free fuel in the Marquesas, we had to work through an agent. The good news is that we have avoided most of the paperwork cha cha. We are now anchored a few miles south off Marina Taina, along with 45 sailboats and one other Nordhavn, a 47 named Bacchus, with owners Mark and Dan Johnson of Las Vegas. Several cruisers stopped by our boat while on the quay to say that they had heard our ham reports on Seafarer's Net. Our back is to Tahiti, and looking west through the pilot house windows is large surf breaking on the barrier reef and ten miles beyond, the island of Moorea. It is quite a sight. Dick and Gail Barnes Aboard Ice Dancer Nordhavn 50 #22