New Anchorage
Luceyblue
Ina&Buc&Simon&Amanda
Wed 1 Jul 2009 23:54
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15:48.168S 146:09.068W
Another anchorage, but a first for us. We managed
to sail from Fakarava to here, with just Ina & I aboard!! I must say thay it
was a very pleasant sail! Sunny skies, 20?25 kts of breeze, unfortunately from
directly astern, and no spinaker aboard (that works!) but we did our best, and
managed to keep up with VAgabond Heart, and their much larger sail.
Ina did a fantastic job of holding down the
cushions in the cockpit for almost the entire way, I did manage to wake her to
jibe once, and again as we sailed down the side of the reef, with the surf
breaking about 100 mtrs away, azure blue seas. Quite stunning
really.
So after a sundowner aboard Pegasus the Vagabond
crew kindly offered Simon diner and a bed, so Ina & I were fed an excelent
meal aboard Pegasus, and forced to sit and have adult conversation until, late
in the evening. Altogether very pleasant.
This morning was a slow starter, Pegasus
decided to leave for Tahiti, so as to arrive with some wind, the forecast
is for it to drop from the current 25kts. The VH crew, Simon & I wnet
sahore to scout out a suitable location for an afternoon bonfire,
leaveing the ladies of leisure to lie abed for a while longer.
There are a couple of very picturesque motus, not
much sand, but laods of fish and coral, we headed over to the "main"
settlement, where the three famlies live. As you step ashore there is a large
ice box full of water, with a 4 month old sea turtle in, found on the beach
heading inshore just after hatching. The kids have just spent an hour changing
the water, and letting the small turtle swim in the shallow water, feeding a
tame/wild frigate bird, watching manta rays swim past under their feet as they
sit on the wooden dock, playing with the two dogs, pigs, or just climbing
on the coconut trees.
Not a bad life!
Rain squall arriving, got to
go!
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