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Iaorana!
from Raiatea,
French Polynesia We're floating again!
We returned to Raiatea three weeks ago, a LIFETIME! What a siege this has been. After a week of furious cleaning, reorganizing and generally reclaiming Entr'acte from the clutches of the tropical summer we were BOTH stricken with Dengue Fever. Those two infected mosquitoes must have hit us just as we came off the plane in Papeete. To have Dengue is bad enough. Living aboard a small boat with it is worse but to both be down with fever on a sailboat that is in such disarray is truly a test of one's commitment to this wonderful life style.
Despite this set back, we completed all of the projects and launched Entr'acte June 3, 2009.
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After dancing the Tamure
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Vairea Mahitihe of Raiatea Carenage Services
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Raiatea Carenage
Our stay in Polynesia was suddenly cut short when we were called home to help care for Ellen's mother after a lengthy hospital stay.
We left Entr'acte in the care of the Raiatea Carenage(boat yard) in Uturoa, Raiatea FP. It is a very small yard but staffed with wonderful caring people. They took exceptional care of Entr'acte in our absence. She was out of the water and safe from the hurricanes.
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The island of Tahaa is ony three miles from Raiatea. We made this epic voyage as a shake down cruise after launching. There is only one road and no stop signs on this island as there are few cars.
We returned at exactly the right time because once again it is festival time. Every day and night we listen to the singing and drumming as everyone prepares for the Heiva Nui(Big Party).
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Bora Bora as seen from Tahaa
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Tahitian Fire dance
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Taravana YC
Every Tuesday there is a Polynesian buffet and dancing at the Taravana Yacht Club on
Tahaa.
Yes, Scott, We are diligently practicing the Tamure. It looks easy but it is a very demanding dance, indeed!
Stay tuned, More to follow!
Iaorana!
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Ship Track Position Reporter
You easily can follow Entr'acte's progress through the Ship Track position reporter. This is a free service of the Maritime Mobile Service Network, a dedicated group of HAM Radio enthusiasts that maintain a radio network for ships at sea. Through MMSN we have world-wideaccess to emergency communication, daily weather reports, and daily position reports or we can just take the opportunity to pass the time at sea by calling Net Control to just say "hello!"
When on a passage we file daily position reports over the high frequency radio to MMSN which they post on the Ship Track web site. Just click on the link above and you will be automatically connected to Entr'acte's personañal Ship Track page. There you can see our daily progress, or lack thereof! If you play with the zoom tool on that page, as you zoom in you will see a series of red dots which represent each individual position report(be careful, a little zoom gets you a lot). Place your cursor on a dot to see the time, date, our latitude, longitude and a brief description of the conditions on that day. You can also adjust the page to view specific lengths of time from one week, one month or all positions filed.
If there is no updated position report, it should not be viewed as a disaster. It could mean that we had very bad radio propagation that day, low battery power, laziness or bad weather. It might also mean that we are in a harbour and off the boat exploring or we are very busy having a grand time and just plain forgot!
You can track any vessel that files position reports. All you need is their radio call sign---Entr'acte's is KC2JBX--just go to the Ship Track home page, enter the appropriate radio call sign and off you go!
It's easy! Check it out!
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