Graptolite - Meets Jaws
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Mon 19 May 2008 06:52
Another trip to Raiatea on Thursday to finally get some fuel and oil filters
and get our Heike back onboard. Had a beer with 'Wizard' crew then onward
and upward again to Bora Bora. We anchored off 'Bloody Mary's' in water that
was a bit too deep for our chain but it seemed to hold and we went to
'Kealoha 8' for some late night drinks.
On Friday we motored around the lagoon to the Bora Bora Yacht Club where the
World Cruising Club had set up shop. Jean also rejoined Grapto from her
little flirt with 'Island Prism'. The impressively named, although quite
modest, Bora Bora Yacht Club had barely reopened after a change of ownership
but they managed to put on a good buffet for the fleet. I made the mistake
of turning up to the WARC do in native blue pareo and black pearl neckware.
Hey, I'm a cool dude with a good tan! There were lots of ladies who thought
a bit of touchy-feely was acceptable but it degenerated into some of the
more excitable women (you know who you are) running off with my pareo as a
trophy. Fortunately for me I needed pockets to hold enormous amounts of
local currency so I had shorts on underneath. Ha.
On Saturday morning we had two excellent dives outside the Bora Bora reef
with loads of nasty looking sharks. Look forward to seeing Colin's excellent
scary underwater video when I get good internet links. There is a bit where
I kick a 10 foot shark to the surprise of both of us. Saturday afternoon was
a bit of a waste with a lot of siesta time and we ended up missing the YC
dinghy race. I'm sure others will write about it.
Today (Sunday) there was a bit of a blow coming in and some boats left for
more sheltered spots or dragged their anchors. We are on one of the few
mooring buoys so we could be reasonably smug about it. Nick and Rosie from
K8 turned up in the afternoon and we ended up drinking all our wine supplies
bought in for the next leg. More provisioning for us tomorrow. The start for
the next leg has been delayed until Tuesday. We have opted to go to the
Southern Cook Islands and Rarotonga rather than to the delightful but
near-deserted Suworrow in the north as we wimpishly appreciate fresh food
and other things to be had from civilization after a long sail.
M