Pushing Pause in Fakarava and the 2022 Wrap Up
Some fellow sailors took our picture on the way to Rotoava After the boatyard, we provisioned and hustled the boat back to our favorite "off the grid" playground, Fakarava. Fakarava is the ideal staging area for a trip East, say to the Gambiers or a closer eastern Tuamotus island. But after some research, the Gambiers trip fell through owing to the fact that Polynesians stop delivering supplies to the Gambiers for a two month period (December and January). We subsequently discovered that Fakarava has no deliveries via boat for a month in this period - tramp steamer workers deserve a vacation too! Given that we'd be battling into the wind and probably using some fuel motoring, there was the very real prospect of arriving in the Gambiers needing fuel and provisions with none to be had. We also had a very tight timeframe to sail the 900 miles there and the longer distance back to Tahiti before mid January. A deal killer. So, with plans changed, Kirstin has shifted into sewi