TOPtoTOP expedition reports

"Kura Ora, iaorana Makemo!" (Hello, welcome to Makemo!)

We arrived last Sunday (the 28th of May) in Makemo, an atoll in the Tuamotu's archipelago composed by 600 inhabitants.
We were very surprised at the infrastructure in the island. People work in the pearls farm, in the copra (coconuts) or fish crayfish by night. This island could be another example for the rest of the world. Yes, there is some garbage on the floor but the most important is the initiatives people take here. Michel, the school director, explains us that:

• Wind power will supply the actual generator


• Cans are burn & put in the soil because coconuts trees need iron to grow


• Pupils & some others people in the island, pick up the organic rubbish to do compost and plant vegetables


• The children take part to the " 13
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Tuamotus to Tahiti

happy to be on land!

clean up

sailing to Tahiti:

our work at the moment in Tahiti: formalities and washing.

Here the report by Elise & Jonathan:

You can only go to Tahanea by boat. This island is part of the Tuamotu

Arrived in Tahiti

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NAVIGATION:
Elise and Jonathan were a big help, as well as Salina:

Often we have had no wind on the crossing from Patagonia to Polynesia.

Happy to be on anchor! Pachamama take a rest infront a wonderful island:

There are sharks and a lot of fisch:

So we enjoyed the diving very much ... and thanks to Harald for this pictures!

The PEOPLE in Polynesia are very friendly and there are a lot of kids to join our activities:

They make their living with perls.

In the SCHOOL in Papetee:

TOPtoTOP team-1
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By the way 1: Elise and Jonathan left yesterday and we made a nice goodby party, togehter with Edith, Beat, Claudia, Harald, Ada und Ako - wonderful sailors we met on the way. We are looking forward to see Elise and Jonathan soon on the expedition. Thanks again for everything :-)

By the way 2: A Swiss journalist from Basel, Werner Bringold from Basel, made a report in the local newspaper "Les Nouvelles". We have had 2 pages in colour!

Many thanks to Matthieu Fleury for the free internet access to make this report posible. He make wireless possible on sailsboats. Contact: iaoranet@mail.pf

Pachamama on land

Salina shows how to do it in the school of Papetee:

... and here the result:

After nice anchorages we are now on land by Technimarine.
The view is a little bit different then usual:

Now we try to fix the rudder. We worked hard for 2 days to take it out!

Fortunately we met Marc, Coco, Thomas, Remi and Louis.

They life on Tahiti and they help us a lot. Also other sailors like Burger are always there to give us a hand.

You can always call us on 689 24 47 40 :-)