As Sunday is their only day of rest, Saturday evenings were the best music nights.īBQing fish the brothers shared with Spirit of Argo. They always found time in the afternoons to entertain us with cooking and skills lessons. Work stops once the mid day heat sets in. They get up well before dawn and use the cooler hours to do the majority of the burning and heavier work. Two weeks in Fakarava and two weeks on family land in Toau. But both decided to abandon the capitol and return to family in Fakarava and a simplier happy life. The brothers went to school and took jobs in Tahiti. What started as a ‘borrowing of well water and a clothes line’ outside what the humans throught was an abandon shack, quickly became a cultural exchange and good friendship. How could anyone not invite these great guys for lunch? James and Wallis said only one other boat had ever invited them aboard. We were lucky enough to meet, and become mates with, two fabulous brothers. They come to Toau to work copra on family owned land. There are a couple guys trying to start a pearl and coconut farm in the south, but the rest of the motu residents are transiants, really living in Fakarava. We introduced you to Gaston and Valentine, living in the north at Anse Amote, earlier. Notice the boat lift ashore? More on that in a minute.Īlthough Toau’s village was abandon, there are a few people still ‘home steading’ on a few motu. While you are up there, how about a few photos. Also a good place to get to those jobs on the mast. But what wonderful calm sandy place to have a swim while the humans work. Repairs never stop aboard our boat.Īll this sun and sea air is hard on the dingy. All in good fun.Ī little work has to be squeezed in with the fun. The gang of OMAHA joining SPIRIT OF ARGO on a night forage. The gang on Spirit of Argo did a little of both. You can be all alone off your own desert island and no one to block your sun set, …. Once inside the protected waters of the lagoon there is a motu anchage to suit everyones taste. Storms and wind make sculptures of the coral. Scoping out the best places to look for lobster at night. ![]() Spirit of Argo anchored just north of the pass near an abandon pearl farm.Įxploring the shallow waters betwen the outer barrier reef and the coral motus by day. The best snorkeling and diving is close to the pass where nutrient rich waters mix and produce beautiful coral and a diversity of fish species. Once inside the lagoon there are a multitude of anchorages to explore. ![]() Once inside a good watch is needed on the front as the lagoon is filled with a multitude of bommies. We hugged the southern shore line at a depth of 6m and had no trouble sailing in or out. ![]() The pass is best transited in calm winds or a slight incoming tide. The atoll has a pass large enough for sailing vessels on the eastern side of the encircling coral reef. TOAU is an atoll, just a short sail northeast of the popular FAKARAVA atoll, in the northern end of the TUAMOTUS ARCHIPELAGO, French Polynesia.
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