July 15, 2012 Sunday
Tonight was the final wrap up of the "Heiva" dancing/singing contest between the many villages located on the island of Huahine. Each participating village sends their group to Fare to perform and be judged by a dedicated panel. I believe that they practice and rehearse throughout the year. The quality of the dancing and costumes are very good. We were lucky to have been in French Polynesia during this special time of festivities. In France they celebrate Bastille Day on July 14th. Here in French Polynesia they start a few weeks in advance and have a continuous celebration of various activities. In Papeete we saw the canoe outrigger races to Moorea. Huahine gave us the most beautiful experience of seeing the exciting "Tamure" dance. We would have liked to sail to more anchorages on this beautiful island but the wind has been non-stop blowing "seven bells of shit". The positive side of this has been that we are dug in and not dragging. I dove on the anchor and it is buried in sand. Even with the 45 kt gusts we are holding.
We will sail over to Raiatea on Tuesday 16 July 2012. The distance is only 25 nm so it won't take more that 5 hours to get there.
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