Good questions! We chose not to stop off in Aitutaki due to the narrow channel entrance which is hard for us to navigate as we’re a trimaran with a 12m beam. Rarotonga because it’s south of the rhumb line and the angles don’t work that great. A lot of where we go is very dependent upon ease and safety. As Bruce Lee said be like water choose the path of least resistance 😁

And yep we have a desalinator/water-maker that runs off the onboard 24 volt system. This systems mainly charged by solar and can produce around 70 litres of fresh water an hour.