Position report

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2018-10

FAULE HAUT

still stuck at

TAHITI

French Polynesia.

I would love to place some pictures, but the internet connection here on Polynesia is to weak.

Faule Haut is still stuck at Tahiti, French Polynesia. Due to waiting for the spare parts to fix the genoa furling system, Faule Haut is getting problems with the cyclone season which is to beginn in a few days here in the Southern Pacific. Tahiti is considered relatively safe. But the area northwest of it is considered unsafe (with about 7 to 11 cyclones average per season).

The needed spare parts arrived yesterday on Nov. 4th. Repair is scheduled on Nov. 7. And after that, Faule Haut Skipper Ingo was gonna leave Tahiti to sail to Tonga, Fiji and Newzealand.

A charter guest who arrived on the 5th of November is scared now, because we would cross a part of the cyclone prone area when the cyclone season is at its peak. She was not willing to take that risk and stepped back from this planned cruise.

The cyclone area is between French Polynesia and Australia north of the Latitude of Sydney. Time: Nov. till March.

Finally we found a solution and adapted our cruise according to the cyclone season/area anew.

We agreed to sail back (from where I came from) to the Archipel of Tuamotus and even further to the Marquesas Islands. This is considered to be a cyclone free area. November till January we gonna sail in that region, visiting numerous beautiful islands. In February my guest will leave the boat again, flying to the US. and I will sail back again to Tahiti alone. After the cyclone season in March, my guest has planned to come back on the boat at Tahiti and we gonna sail to Southern Cook Islands, Tonga, Fidji, Newzealand, Australia.

There is a saying among the sailors which goes:

“Nothing is worse on a sailboat than having a schedule.“

This means, depending on weather/climate/wind or boat conditions you always have to adapt your plan to face/suit reality. This is what I have done so far and will keep on doing it that way.

It can be deadly to stick to a schedule and ignore changes in time or weather just to be at a certain spot at a certain time just because you want to stay within your planned timetable.

So – this is Faule Haut’s planned cruise for the next year – time will tell how much of it works out.

After sailing in the Tuamotus and Marquesas Faule Haut will come back to Tahiti with this plan: