Hey, how 'bout a ride...
05 February 2017 | Raiatea Lagoon, French Polynesia
Bill
I saw these guys as we came up toward a mark just inside the pass. They were surfing the wave in their Va'a... as we motored up to leave the mark to starboard, one of them crossed in front of us and stopped, just out our track... "what the heck"
He gave me a surfers wave, so I held my course, suddenly realizing what he was up to.
We had seen the Va'a do it with other boats...
As we came by they slid into position. We were doing 6 knots and they still had to pull to stay with us. The one on the left had the sweet spot, right in our draft. The other is trying to stay on our stern wave, which is not very big. They grinned at us a couple times, and turned down a drink of water... they were training.
As we passed the Va'a Club in Uturoa, they pulled away from us, waved and sat back for a drink from their water bottles