Arrived in Fakarava Atoll - Tuamotu

Posted 18 June 2011

It is always difficult to say good bye when you are having fun in a fantastic place surrounded by fantastic people. We left early Tuesday morning 14 June from the north pass in Apataki Atoll for an overnight sail to Fakarava Atoll. The winds were light between 7 and 12 knots which was great as we were sailing close haul. Later during the night the wind direction changed and we had to motor the rest of the way as now the wind was on the nose.

We entered the northern pass of Fakarava early Wednesday morning 15 June with about 2 to 2.5 knots of current against us. Luckily the pass is wide and easy to navigate and it took us about 30 minutes to get through. We anchor in another beautiful anchorage. This Atoll is the second biggest Atoll and the village is much bigger than the other 2 Atolls we visited so far.

We were in luck as the supply ship arrived the next day, we had nothing left as far as fresh fruit and vegetables. It is very difficult to get fresh produce in the Tuamotu Atolls. We stock up on what fresh produce we could find that will last us for another 2 weeks until we get to Tahiti where
we should have no problem finding fresh produce.

We are also still out of 'internet land' and hopefully will be much more in luck when we reach Tahiti. We made our way towards the south eastern corner of the Atoll, about halfway and dropped anchor in a beautiful little sandy shore. We will stay a few more days here doing some small boat projects and then move to the southern anchorage which are great for snorkeling.