We continue to enjoy meeting other sailors from around the world, mostly Sweden, Denmark, France and a few from the US. We had a rollicking fun time with new Danish and Swedish friends on their boat last evening.
Our current plans are to do the island tour on Tuesday or Wednesday and head south toward Fatu Hiva later in the week.
Last night we had quite a storm with lots of lightning and 6-8 inches of rain. The sailors are all glad to have been here rather than at sea. Lightning seems to be the one common fear than every sailor we've met has. And for good reason. It's of course so random, can either do nothing, or take out all of one's electrical system, or even blow a hole in the bottom of the boat. Fortunately, the latter is rare.
Below are a couple pics of David, one of the view from the anchorage, and the rest of various kinds of fruit. If anyone can help us with fruit ID, we'd welcome it.
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| View from Minimus toward the village |
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Now that our requisite stalk of bananas hangs from the rigging, we're officially in the South Pacific.
In the bucket are papayas, mangos, avocados and pamplemousse |
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| Mangos, one of our favorites |
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| We're clueless. Does anyone know what it is? |
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| Again, we're clueless about what it is |
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| Coconuts of course. |
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| Pamplemousse. These are like grapefruit on steroids. We love them. |
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| Papaya, another favorite |
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| Finally, a picture of David. Minimus is just above and to the left of the catamaran without a mast. |
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| And, a somewhat more revealing picture of David, enjoying the public shower. |
beautiful fruit pictures. I love the bananas on the boat. I think that big fruit is a breadfruit but I'm not sure, or it could be a jackfruit. I recall seeing them in Hawaii but never tried them. As for the second, smaller mystery fruit with the flowers, I really have no idea. Let us know when you find out. I am really enjoying your posts. It's like going on a voyage with you. Be well!
ReplyDeleteJacquie
The pamplemousse on the tree look more like pomelo. Do they have a really thick rind? We are currently at the beach on the Gulf of Thailand...can you sail up this far? :) - Tom
ReplyDeleteThe spiny one, below the mangoes, looks like gaunabana or soursop, Annona muricata.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=604
I'm guessing the fruit below the gauanbana (its name in southern Mexico) is in the same plant family, Annonaceae. A lot of green, lumpy things with white flesh and black seeds are Annona sp. and called custard apple.
ReplyDeleteAnnonaceae is a wonderful family. Instead of fleshy fruits, some of the plants produce "solar systems" of seed pods. The ground, dried pods of this one flavor "cafe sauf" (spiced coffee) in West Africa. http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Xylopia+aethiopica
Thank you for photos of the voyage, and audacious fruits, and your tropical selves!
ReplyDeleteInteresting how long it takes for the human brain/body to "remember" that it is on land again. Burning question: How's the beer?
Deb in Talkeetna
Thanks to all for your fruit id's. You're all correct about the soursop. The one below that is apparently an India Mulberry.
ReplyDeleteAnswer to burning question: Not bad, better than expected, and at $2/can, not as expensive as expected!