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Tahanea, changing anchorage and making coconut cakes
11 de enero de 2025 · 16 min · 738 visitas · Tahanea
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Ivo and Dajana move Silkap from the southeast anchorage to the northwest anchorage at Tahanea atoll in French Polynesia, navigating coral heads throughout.Watch They use satellite charts in MB-Tiles format loaded on PNCPN to spot coral heads — called patates de corail — while sailing slowly enough to plot a course around them.0:14 Crossing the Tahanea pass at slack water still produces inflow current and eddies that push the boat toward the lagoon interior, requiring constant heading corrections.1:06 At the new anchorage in four meters of water, they deploy a floating-chain system using two buoys to keep the chain suspended off the coral bottom, preventing damage and avoiding the chain wrapping around a coral head.2:22 Silkap draws 1.75 meters, allowing access to shallow zones.3:47 A snorkel along the pass edge stays close to the bank to avoid being swept away by current.4:47 Dajana then bakes two coconut cakes — one plain coconut with mango, one coconut-cacao — using fresh coconuts given by a local named Nico, grated dry coconut, and a solar oven, with reusable Teflon-style paper lining the tubes.5:40 Floating the anchor chain on buoys is the standard technique for anchoring in coral-heavy atolls to protect the reef and prevent the chain from fouling.4:10
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