Tahiti - Huahine
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Fri 31 Jul 2009 23:03
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16.48.699 S 150.59.553 W
Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to Ewan and his
crew on Questionable Logic. They left a few days ago and should have
arrived in Raratonga about now.
Our last day together was spent driving around
Tahiti in a 4WD hire car. We had hoped to go across the mountains, but the road
was blocked so we could only go so far. The weather was not good, it rained very
heavily the higher we got. We had to cross a few fords on the way, which made me
very nervous as there was plenty of water going over it. We got back to the
coast road safely and continued to drive around the island.
After Logic had gone we did our final
shopping and preparations and left Papeete just as it was getting dark. There
was no wind so we motored all through the night and arrived in Fare, Huahine
just after lunch time. The next day we found ourselves anchored in a big swell
(we had outrigger canoes surfing next to us), so after a brief stop on shore to
get some bread we moved to the southern end of the island, inside the reef to
anchor in Baie Avea. It is a perfect anchorage, hills on one side, the reef on
the other side with blue water and about 11 m under the keel. We hired a car and
drove around the island. This island is interesting in that there are hundreds
of marea (ruins of ancient sites) of which we saw plenty. Today it is raining
and windy so an ideal day to do internet things. We skyped both our mothers and
Kirsten and Denise, which was great. We will stay here for a few days to catch
up with admin, etc and hope that the weather will improve, Duncan is talking
about windsurfing..
 
This is one of the fords we
crossed by car
Last team photo for a while
Questionable Logic
on its way from Papeete
 Sea Topaz in the swell at Fare,
Huahine Sticks
representing offerings on a marea
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