Hi everyone,
We've had a brief but wonderful stay at Makemo atoll. Later today we'll be departing towards Fakarava to join an EBBYC get-together.
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Gday!
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After arriving on Friday afternoon we met up with the crews of OCC yachts Nimue and Dovka. We knew the Nimues from the UK where we'd met them at the Cruising Association in London. And we had met the parents of the Dovkas in Deltaville, USA. We all had pizza in town. The town is very neat and tidy, and the locals super friendly.
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| Exploring Pouheva |
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Departing Pouheva anchorage
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On Saturday we motored the 18nm W from Pouheva to Punaruku anchorage. Like most passages through atoll lagoons this was a case of steering around the bombies, some of which are small reefs. Most of them show up on satellite imagery. That's why all yachts carry satellite imagery 'charts' in the South Pacific (and elsewhere). Here's our track...
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| Track |
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| OpenCPN showing chart and satellite image |
During the passage we arranged the boats to take photos. Always fun!
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| Line abreast - Dovka and Nimue |
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| Line abreast - Dovka and Zen Again (sv Nimue photo) |
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| Line astern - Dovka and Zen Again (sv Nimue photo) |
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| Nimue takes the lead (as big boats feel the need to do) |
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| Zen Again from Dovka |
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| Manson Supreme dug in |
The Punaruku anchorage has large sand patches which remove the need to float one's chain (as we did in Pouheva). The NoForeignLand anchor symbol is right over one such sand patch. On Saturday night we had a great sundowner on Zen Again with the Nimues and Dovkas. Sadly no photos.
On Sunday we had a day of 'rest'. Caught up on cleaning below, reorganising provisions etc. Then in the afternoon we went for a snorkel around the reef which extends out from the point. Lots of clams, some nice coral but poor visibility. When we got back to the boat we found several baby sharks cruising around under Zen Again.
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| Baby sharks |
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| Bombies in the shallows |
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| Zen Again anchored at Punaruku |
Our first atoll visit was great. Such nice folks ashore, such amazing sea life, such wonderful scenery.
Trust all's well where you are!
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