Day 67 Chores and Surfing

Moving one more time
Mark had rented a car to explore the island with Molly and Kendall. He stopped by the boat to see how everything was going and we had him supervise moving the boat one more time to the Northeast corner of Opunohu Bay where everyone took turns checking their e-mail.
After Mark left, we took Kurt and his surfboard to shore so he could hitchhike to the waves at Hapiti point on the other side of Mo'orea. It might seem that hitchhiking with a surfboard would be difficult but here in one of the surfing capitals of the world it is easier to catch a ride with a board than without one. Go figure.
Once on shore, we discovered a water tap with lots of fresh water. Since we were a bit behind in doing laundry, this made a convenient place to catch up. The process is quite straightforward although somewhat awkward. We take the dirty laundry, soap and a large bucket ashore in the dinghy. The bucket is the wash basin and our feet are the impeller of our washing machine. In a motion much like stomping grapes we agitate the soapy water for exactly the right amount of time. After multiple rinse cycles using the same technique, we load the wet clothes back into the bucket and head for the boat. Boating lines (ropes) are strung for our clothes line and we are back to looking like a gypsy caravan with clothes drying from all sides. It's not a pretty sight.
The rest of the day was spent preparing meals and as usual when we are not in a marina, we turned in not long after dark. This is partly a result of the need to save the batteries so without many lights there is not much to do after dark.
This is the kind of boring stuff that everyone does every day but somehow when it is on a boat sitting in the warm water next to a tropical island, it is really quite pleasant.