Tahuata, Îles Marquises

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Hana Tefau, Tahuata

25 April 2003, Friday - Tahuata is a small little island with very few people. We anchored in two different bays

Anchored at Hana Tefau, thousands of thriving coconut trees on the shoreline

while there. First we went to Hana Tefau. There is a town in this bay, but getting ashore was next to impossible, so we opted for the water life. The water there was quite clear and it was fun to swim with the fishes! This was the first anchorage where we had enough rain to get our water-maker working well - that is, our blue tarp with a hose connected to it. In about an hour, we were able to collect 5 gallons of water this way. And it took NO battery power... some of our friends with "real" water-makers were thinking that this was pretty cool! It tasted great too! :)

Anchorage
Hana Tefau, Tahuata
09^o57.76' S
139^o07.12' W

Hana Moe Noa, Tahuata

From there, we went around the corner to a bay called Hana Moe Noa. There was nothing there except a beautiful bay with a long white sandy beach encompassing it and rock cliffs on either side. No village or

Rocky and steep cliffs on the southwest side of Tahuata

people, only a small copra shack with nobody in it. The water was SO clear that we were able to watch our anchor travel down through the water column and hit the sand below. It was excellent.

27 April 2003, Sunday - Our first night there, Eric went hunting, with Noah from the boat "Shannon", and caught us our dinner. We had some small fish that they caught with Hawaiian slings and scallops (which were easier to "catch").

28 April 2003, Monday - The next day, I (Ang) took a stab at some gathering so that we would really fit the hunter/gatherer cliché. On shore, there were tons of coconut trees and an orchard (planted solely by nature) of lemon trees. We brought a large bag ashore, ran the gauntlet of no-see-ums and mosquitoes while fully decked out in bug spray and long sleeves and pants (in HOT weather) - the only downfall, and gathered as many lemons as we could carry. We made it offshore without a single bug bite (amazingly!) and WITH enough lemons to keep us in a fresh supply of lemonade for weeks! There is no better beverage on a hot day! Our forearms are getting to be of Gold's Gym quality from all of our lemon-squeezing! :)

Anchorage
Hana Moe Noa, Tahuata
09^o54.44' S
139^o06.30' W

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