Faafaite Crew Status

Aloha Hikianalia

We noticed that you kindly include us in your daily reports, which we are enjoying, and would like to throw in the true status of our va'a:

We are fine and very well fed over here. Today we had homemade shortbread with Nutella on top, and our captain is currently making a cake from scratch. Our mornings are highlighted by the zoo watch: the tiger (Cat), panda (Fati) and wolf (Herve). Lately, they've been auditioning for a fourth member. The choices currently are a sloth (J-B, who is anything but a sloth), gorilla (Rainui) and a vet (Brenda). We'll see what else we get. The midday is characterized by the mynah bird snack bandits (Matani aand Rainui)...today they raided the Tim-Tam stash, thus touching off the Great Snack Wars. Funny, considering their third member, Brenda is allergic to wheat and can't eat many of the snacks anyway.  They chatter and giggle through the hours, and I'm sure Brenda is getting a quick lesson in French and Tahitian! The Froid-Chaud (cold-hot) watch (Tamati, Moeata and J-B), from 2-6, always thaws out from the morning in time for a musical afternoon. Tamati, our Maori, is always dresed in more layers than anyone else, while J-B comes on deck in his shorts, acting like it's a sunny day back home in Tahiti, then goes to his bunk and shivers! The star of the show is Rafiki, otherwise known as our captain, Titaua. As you can see, we're having wayyyy more fun than we should! Faafaite is clean and loving the swells we've been riding for the last few days. The four-sail theory is working well, and giving us a good lift. Everyone is healthy and relatively clean, given the temperature of the water! We sing often and are attempting to speak Reo Maohi as often as possible. It seems to be a chop suey of Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tahitian, with a little Ra'ivavae for flavor. Seriously, though, with a crew of 11, all activities require all hands, and we all pitch in to help each other, even if we're off watch. We are all working very hard. When someone is thanked for their help, invariably they reply with "One Team". We send our ka'oha, aloha and iaorana out to our families and friends at home. Big Hugs!!!

Faafaite's Poisson Crew