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Raiatea - Carenage
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This picture speaks for itself
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A view of the Carenage as you enter the bay it is nestled in
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The modern 20 ton Travel Lift and slipway
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Looking down the slipway (depth 9ft MAX) I saw a Swan run aground when it was trying to leave at high tide.
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The flatbed car for boats up to 35 tons or over 9 ft draft (sometimes when the tide is forgiving)
This is a local catamaran ferry boat out for a paint job
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Dominique - The Manager
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Hinano checking the regular deliveries from DHL in Tahiti
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Bruno, one of the best fiber glass workers I have ever seen
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Simon - Travel lift operator and all round great worker - been there 9 years and always has a smile on his face
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Frank - a waylaid Frenchman spending his summer working here
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Another of the yards workers - welds custom stands for boats in no time
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Hinano - In the only sail loft we found in the South Pacific
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"La Tortuga" - a French boat getting cleaned up for the season. This couple live in a little bay of Tahiti and work year round in Papeete.
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Jerry in front of a modified plywood trimaran
Fortunately no one was hurt.
They had to wait in an atoll for several weeks for the French Navy to safely escort them to Raiatea Carenage.
They are scrapping the boat in favor of buying a fiberglass monohull.
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