SOCIETY ISLANDS to TONGA
- VERSE
23rd. June 2013
Now at last Impulsive is ready to go
The jobs are finally done
The provisioning`s in and the fridges work
We`re back for some tropical fun
The helm is taken by Ian and Ruth
As we chart a figure of eight
Around Raiatea and Tahaa`s lagoon
Whose numerous pleasures await
There`s the Nao nao anchorage
There’s Alain`s vanilla tour
The coral gardens snorkeling
The Vahine resort island lure
We eat local fruits and the winds are fair
And ignoring some trivial faults
When the test is done by Ian and
Ruth
They discover that they are old
salts
The new prop arrives and we`re off
again
To a special, familiar bay
Of the Bora Bora yacht club
It`s one of our favorite stays
Maupiti`s pass can have breaking
waves
To guard this tropical gem
We get in early and hire some
bikes
And ride and walk and swim
(Note the Kiwi influence here)
There are pretty light winds to
Palmerston
And we manage to break a pole
So it`s fun at the end when we
just miss the trough
To scurry home fast to our goal
We tie to a buoy in an easterly
breeze
And Simon takes us ashore
For the tour of the island, a
wonderful lunch
And back to Impulsive once more
It’s a calm, unhurried existence
here
But what if the family falls out
With Marsters descendents at
loggerheads?
There`s not much escape space
about
We have plenty of good wind to
Niue
20 knots ensures well filled sails
We`re welcomed by Keith at the
Niue yacht club
Ira`s gentle charm there prevails
In fact gentle charm prevails
everywhere here
Each meeting and chat is a
pleasure
If you wander in to the Office of
Lands
The Registrar there is at leisure
We set off for Tonga before the
big swell
Makes sleeping and landing too
tough
The sea is quite smooth and the
moon is full
With a south wind that`s just
enough
For a day and a half of sailing
pleasure.
June 23 2013
