Fai Tira in Moorea 17:29.92S 149:49.12W

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Thu 20 May 2010 16:58

Fai Tira Blog Wednesday 19th May

Fai Tira in Moorea 17:29.92S 149:49.12W

 

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We left Papeete to upload fuel from the local marina.  This meant we had to pass by the end of the Papeete airport runway which required Permission

from the port authority.  A plane landed just after we had transited the threshold.  We then went past the Hilton Hotel which looked very nice.

 

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We sailed past a floating bar anchored on the reef and then a group of Jet Skiers having a BBQ.  The BBQ was standing in the sea.

What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

 

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We had a rock and rolley trip across to Moorea with confused seas and the wind on the nose. So the good old Vetus had to perform for 4 hours.

As we approached the Island landscape just got more spectacular.

 

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Cooks bay is a most stunning setting.  We were greeted by some passing canoeists. 

 

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The panorama from inside Cooks Bay was very impressive.

 

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Most of the BWR fleet was already there and anchored up in 20 metres of water.

 

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We arrived and anchored just in time for Happy Hour.  On the left is me and my Tee Shirt Buddy Bill from Camomile.

On the right is me with the lovely soon to have a birthday Susan from Enchantress.

 

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Monday morning saw five of us going off for a dive hence the wet suit.  John and Jeremy (J) went for a walk to the next village.

The morning vista was even more beautiful than the evening before.

 

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We set off for the dive site.  There was Hans, Mark, Brian, Ami and myself the following rib whilst Paul took the lead through the coral heads on his rib.

 

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Some really friendly fish greeted us not to mention more sharks.

 

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We met a really friendly Turtle and another large Black Tip.

 

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Paul and Me

 

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Hans and Mark.  We don’t seem to have a picture of Brian.

 

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Our shark encounters were numerous.  We saw a couple of massive Lemon sharks 2 meters long and half a meter wide and when we got back to the

boat we were surrounded by 9 large black tips.

 

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In the afternoon we all went snorkelling.  On the right is our new crew member “J”

 

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