lderamus says:
Nov 11, 2018 07:38 AM

After several lovely months in French Polynesia encountering nothing but friendly people we finally got robbed.

At anchor in Avea Bay in Huahine, someone swam to our boat while we were at dinner ashore, went through the boat and got away with all our cash (around $2000.- total).

Thank God passports, credit cards and electronics were ok. Our bad for leaving the companionway unlocked.

Reported by Hugh Pilsworth, SY BlueFlyer – 1 May, 2018.

I’m sitting on a mooring in Fare, Huahine, and sending this report. Initially, we anchored the boat in a bay on the east coast. I am unable to find a name for it.
The entrance is easy and well marked with greens and reds, so no problems there.

Pushing on into the bay through the narrow entrance opens out into a wide and long bay with depths of 35m plus. On the south side is a small village with a dock and a restaurant with good food. You can anchor there in about 15m behind a marked reef.

After lunch, we motored back towards the entrance, but turned south into a cut sheltered by a sand island. You need to keep an eye on depths here and sand spits stick out. The cut is a pass and is marked with buoys as well. We anchored for a very peaceful night in about 10m in good holding sand.

Next day we sailed round to Fare. Picked up one of about half a dozen moorings belonging to the Huahine Yacht Club, a bar and restaurant with a dinghy dock. Good food and cold beer with a happy hour.

The town is small with a good supermarket, 2 banks, a pharmacy and a range of small shops. Being on the lee side we all found the nights warm and sleep difficult. Also, there are mossies around.

All in all a good stopover on a lovely island.

De passage en polynésie à Huahine, nous gardons un souvenir inoubliable de cette île et notamment de la baie d’Avea :

– vaste mouillage sur fond de sable, sans patates !
– facilité d’accès depuios FARE en suivant le balisage vers le sud.
– accueil chaleureux (canal 68) du Relais Mahana pour les plaisanciers : Monette et Christian les nouveaux propriétaires sauront vous charmer.
– Christian est un navigateur qui comprend nos soucis et peut donner toutes les bonnes adresses.
– location de voiture sur place
– WIFI et possibilité de plongées bouteille avec Mahana Dive
– Déjeuner d’un Ma’a Tahiti chaque dimanche midi chez Tara en terrasse au bord du lagon
et si vous aimez le Palme-Masque-Tuba vous apprécierez les coraux, les anémones et leurs poissons clowns au bord d’une très belle plage de sable blanc.
A ne pas manquer ! *****