Yeah!…what a crossing from Raroia, record time with arrival
early, average speed 6.8 knots. Basically an overnighter and Marion didn’t even
need to have breakfast at sea. I finally worked it out while I was doing my dog
watch; when a squall comes, I head downwind and pull in some sail, when Marion
is on watch and a squall comes….she holds on tight, on account that she doesn’t
have the strength to pull the sail in. So, Marion gets to sail the boat faster
than I!
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| toils of cruising, preparing 8 lobsters |
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| Tahanea sunset, the first yachties we have seen for 3 weeks |
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| Where to put the lobster pot..... |
Tahanea…. Not a lot to say really except that the weather kept us on our toes, having to move the boat to the other side of the motu (a 2-3 hour trip) no less than 5 times when the wind changed direction. This did have the plus side of letting us get to snorkel the atoll passes, amazing, at the change of tide. It was jumping in holding onto a line to the dinghy and drifting along with the current just above the coral gardens, fantastic!
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| What is this prehistoric dead thing.......... |
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| Marions first caught and LANDED fish, an African Pompano, delicious! |
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| Smalltooth Jobfish (Snapper), caught in lagoon pass |
Other than that is was more snorkelling, swimming, fishing, crabbing (well, a fisherman gave us a coconut crab, absolutely excellent!!), lobstering (okay, so we weren’t going to go out at night and walk the reef…..so a fisherman gave us 8 for 3 beers and a flask of rum), coconut collecting, dinners & sunsets.
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| wild sand structures on the motu's |
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| Camouflage Grouper, 2 caught that afternoon |
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| Tahanea sunset, no more yachties around |
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| coconut collecting |
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| Tahanea sunset, Mark taking Marion out for a Friday night sundowner |
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| Coral Grouper,.......before breakfast, first cast! |
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| Now, THIS is a coconut crab......one a fisherman gave us! |
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