12 septembre 2009. HUAHINE.
(English version below)
Je reviens plus vite que prévu pour vous informer que rentrant en France je vais vous délaisser quelques semaines. Rien de grave je vous rassure mais Emma réclamant après sa sœur Louise et sous la pression des grands-parents, ma petite vahiné et moi-même toucherons le sol parisien le 15 septembre.Philippe quant à lui, en digne capitaine sachant se dévouer, reste à bord de Mowgli pour faire quelques aménagements qui commencent à devenir indispensables : un bimini rigide mais surtout étanche! Car depuis 2 semaines sous ces averses abondantes, notre cockpit est inondé en permanence et ne pas pouvoir profiter de cette pièce de vie supplémentaire c’est un peu enrageant …
Et puis pour tout vous dire je suis mandatée également, toujours par mon cher et tendre capitaine, pour récupérer quelques matériels, cartes et guides divers et variés pour la suite de notre programme de navigation dont une partie qui n’est pas la moindre demande une grande préparation. Oh ! Oh ! Je sens que vous vous posez des questions. Bon OK, je me lance et en avant-première, pour la fin de l’année 2010 et début 2011 Mowgli aura quitté les eaux chaudes pour un voyage en Patagonie mais surtout en Antarctique. Philippe et moi vous donnerons plus de précisions dans les mois qui viennent pour vous faire participer à la préparation de ce grand projet. Pour Philippe il y a eu rarement de grande aventure sans aventure humaine et amicale. Vous apprendrez bientôt avec qui et pourquoi nous serons 4 quelque temps sur Mowgli.
Mais bon revenons au moment présent. Après une bonne semaine bloqués à Bora pour cause de front froid, de vents forts Le MARAAMU (rafales à 120 km/h), de houle haute (3 à 4 m), nous décidons tout de même de rallier Tahaa, Philippe m’avait bien prévenu que la mer n’aurait pas encore retrouvée toute sa quiétude !!! Nom d’une pipe et saperlipopette, 5 heures de navigation face aux vagues de 2,5 m rapprochées, trop rapprochées !, je me suis allongée sur la table du cockpit (seul endroit à l’extérieur où les vagues n’éclaboussaient pas trop), j’ai fermement clos mes lèvres, serré mon seau et me suis demandée des centaines de fois « mais mon dieu qu’est ce qui m’a pris de vouloir partir immédiatement ? ». Emma quant à elle faisait sa petite sieste à l’intérieur, la seule de l’équipage à pouvoir supporter de rester enfermée dans ce véritable shaker ! Philippe, imperturbable et fidèle à lui-même, s’est assoupi 1h, s’est fait secouer, s’est fait tremper pour la prise du 3ème ris dans la GV (1ère fois pour Mowgli !) et forcément a trouvé ça très sympa ! Désolée je n’ai pas de photos à vous montrer ça bougeait trop !!!
Quelques jours de quiétude à Tahaa pour recommencer dans les mêmes circonstances et rallier Huahine. Mais bon là j’étais rodée et on avait que 4 heures de navigation, 1 heure en moins ça compte ! Effectivement ce temps perturbé ne nous quitte plus et les quelques accalmies et rayons de soleil sont plutôt rares.
A peine arrivés à Huahine, nous profitons d’une journée plus agréable pour louer une voiture et explorer l’île. Faisant un saut au restaurant/bar/salon de thé/glacier pour acheter des pains au chocolat, Philippe lie connaissance avec un jeune homme attablé seul et regardant la retransmission du match France/ ? 1 partout à la fin. Pendant 2 jours nous nous sommes occupés de ce « Rémi sans famille », jeune surfeur venant tout juste d’arriver de la métropole. Pour son 1er plongeon dans les vagues de Huahine (spots mondialement réputés pour le surf), Jeff nous reviendra à bord sanguinolent, roulé sur le corail, une chance pour lui l’infirmerie Mowgli était de permanence !
Bon maintenant assez parlé, quelques images pour illustrer ces derniers jours.
Pièges à poissons naturels
Marae Anini, dédié au dieu Oro où des sacrifices humains avaient lieu.
Un pandanus
Baie de Bourayne
Au village de Faie, les anguilles sacrées aux yeux bleus.
Répétition générale sur le terrain de basket. 
Merci à ce surfeur fou pour ses photos surf frissons.
Pas mal !!!
Vraiment pas mal !!!
Pas mal du tout !!!Et là ouille, ouille, ouille !!!
Et pour finir sur une note de douceur.
A dans 1 mois pour la suite. Je profiterai de mon séjour en France pour mettre quelques vidéos sur le blog de nos précédentes escales et que je n’avais pu charger faute de bonne connexion. Surtout n’hésitez pas à inonder Philippe de mails, cela lui fera de la compagnie.
A tous, bon courage et à mi-octobre.
Bisous.
Et pour finir sur une note de douceur.A dans 1 mois pour la suite. Je profiterai de mon séjour en France pour mettre quelques vidéos sur le blog de nos précédentes escales et que je n’avais pu charger faute de bonne connexion. Surtout n’hésitez pas à inonder Philippe de mails, cela lui fera de la compagnie.A tous, bon courage et à mi-octobre.
Bisous.
In English now :
Hello !
I come Back to you earlier than usually to inform you that because I am going back to France I won t update the blog for one month. Nothing to worry about but Emma is more and more often asking for her sister Louise and the grand parent s pressure my little vahine and myself will arrive in Paris September 15th.
Philippe on his side, as a good captain, is volunteer to stay on Mowgli and will do some improvement that start to be really compulsory: a solid waterproof bimini because for 2 weeks now under the very strong showers our cockpit is completely and permanently flood and we get mad not being able to enjoy this outside room.
And to tell you all, I have a mission from my lovely husband to bring back some stuff like maps, guide books for our nest two years program which, for a part of it, need a huge and serious preparation. HO HO! I imagine some of you start questioning themselves about hat! OK I give you the preview: between end of 2010 and beginning of 2011 Mowgli will have left the hot water for trip to Patagonia and Antarctica. Philippe and I will give you some more details during the next few month to help you following the preparation of this great journey. For Philippe usually a great adventure goes with a human and friend adventure too. You will learn soon with whom and why we will be four for a while on Mowgli.
But let’s come back to nowadays. After a week stocked in Bora by a cold front and strong winds “le Maraamu” ( gust up to 120 km/h) and high swell (3 to 4 meters) we decided to head for Tahaa. Philippe had told me that the sea was going to be still a bit rough!! 5 hours sailing facing the waves (2.5 meter and too close from each other!) I lied down outside on the cockpit table, the only outside place not too concerned with sprays, I strongly closed my lips, grabbed my bucket and asked myself a hundred times “why did I decided to leave so soon??” Emma on her side was having a nap, the only one able to stand staying inside locked in this shaker. Philippe imperturbable and behaving as usual, slept one hour, got shacked on the helm, soaked when reefing the main sail (it was the first time we had to get the third reef!) and of course he enjoyed all that! Sorry I don t have pictures but it was too uncomfortable.
A few quiet days in Tahaa and then we started again with the same conditions to reach Huahine. But then I was used to and it was only a four hours trip, one hour less makes a difference.
Actually the bad weather stays with us the sunny spells are very rare.
As soon as we arrived in Huahine, we grabbed the first nice day to rent a car and go exploring the island. We made a quick stop at the restaurant/bar/salon de the/ice cream, to buy some chocolate bread and Philippe met a young man sitting alone at a soccer match at the TV. During two days we took care of this lonely man young surfer, just arrived from France. For his first surfing session in Huahine ( a worldwide well known spot obviously) he came back on board bleeding, scratched by the reef, but lucky he was the Mowgli health center was on duty!
OK now enough talking some pictures to illustrate those days.
See you in one month for the follow up. I will take advantage of my French trip to “broadcast “ some videos of our previous stopovers without good enough internet connections.
Send as many mails as possible to Philippe, he won t feel alone though!
I come Back to you earlier than usually to inform you that because I am going back to France I won t update the blog for one month. Nothing to worry about but Emma is more and more often asking for her sister Louise and the grand parent s pressure my little vahine and myself will arrive in Paris September 15th.
Philippe on his side, as a good captain, is volunteer to stay on Mowgli and will do some improvement that start to be really compulsory: a solid waterproof bimini because for 2 weeks now under the very strong showers our cockpit is completely and permanently flood and we get mad not being able to enjoy this outside room.
And to tell you all, I have a mission from my lovely husband to bring back some stuff like maps, guide books for our nest two years program which, for a part of it, need a huge and serious preparation. HO HO! I imagine some of you start questioning themselves about hat! OK I give you the preview: between end of 2010 and beginning of 2011 Mowgli will have left the hot water for trip to Patagonia and Antarctica. Philippe and I will give you some more details during the next few month to help you following the preparation of this great journey. For Philippe usually a great adventure goes with a human and friend adventure too. You will learn soon with whom and why we will be four for a while on Mowgli.
But let’s come back to nowadays. After a week stocked in Bora by a cold front and strong winds “le Maraamu” ( gust up to 120 km/h) and high swell (3 to 4 meters) we decided to head for Tahaa. Philippe had told me that the sea was going to be still a bit rough!! 5 hours sailing facing the waves (2.5 meter and too close from each other!) I lied down outside on the cockpit table, the only outside place not too concerned with sprays, I strongly closed my lips, grabbed my bucket and asked myself a hundred times “why did I decided to leave so soon??” Emma on her side was having a nap, the only one able to stand staying inside locked in this shaker. Philippe imperturbable and behaving as usual, slept one hour, got shacked on the helm, soaked when reefing the main sail (it was the first time we had to get the third reef!) and of course he enjoyed all that! Sorry I don t have pictures but it was too uncomfortable.
A few quiet days in Tahaa and then we started again with the same conditions to reach Huahine. But then I was used to and it was only a four hours trip, one hour less makes a difference.
Actually the bad weather stays with us the sunny spells are very rare.
As soon as we arrived in Huahine, we grabbed the first nice day to rent a car and go exploring the island. We made a quick stop at the restaurant/bar/salon de the/ice cream, to buy some chocolate bread and Philippe met a young man sitting alone at a soccer match at the TV. During two days we took care of this lonely man young surfer, just arrived from France. For his first surfing session in Huahine ( a worldwide well known spot obviously) he came back on board bleeding, scratched by the reef, but lucky he was the Mowgli health center was on duty!
OK now enough talking some pictures to illustrate those days.
See you in one month for the follow up. I will take advantage of my French trip to “broadcast “ some videos of our previous stopovers without good enough internet connections.
Send as many mails as possible to Philippe, he won t feel alone though!
