Graptolite - Island Hop, Skip and Jump
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Tue 27 May 2008 09:14
Aitutaki had to be missed as the winds were not all that keen on taking us
there so we sailed for the island of Atiu instead. After timing our arrival
to first light on Saturday we found a fairly impenetrable fortress of cliffs
and surf with no obvious landing place. Atiu is supposed to be one of the
last bastions of the old Polynesian way of life which is not all that
surprising given how difficult it is to get on or off.
Giving up on Atiu we continued on towards Avarua, Rarotonga. We should
arrive there at first light in the morning. As it will be another Sunday in
Polynesia, it means that everything will be closed. The practice of eating
missionaries should be revived.
M