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2019 Flag Day fautasi race

The Aeto from Pago Pago was partially submerged under water prior to the start of last Saturday's Flag Day 2019 Fautasi Race.
AETO IS SUBMERGED — VILLAGE SUPPORT IS STRONG AS EVER: The Aeto from Pago Pago was partially submerged under water prior to the start of last Saturday's Flag Day 2019 Fautasi Race. Skipper Mageo Patolo was able to calm the rowers who sang church songs while they were being towed back to shore by...
Life Jackets for the MATASAUA II
LIFE JACKETS FOR THE MATASAUA II CREWMEMBERS — Crew members of the Matasaua II being thrown life jackets from the Manu'atele after their fautasi took on water during the 2019 Flag Day Fautasi Race. More Fautasi Fiva 2019 photos in slideshow. [photo: Dr. Michaela Howells]
The God is Great a.k.a. Fono fautasi, broke in half during the 2019 Flag Day Fautasi Race
The God is Great a.k.a. Fono fautasi, broke in half during the 2019 Flag Day Fautasi Race this past Saturday. The crew members — mostly kids from the east side — were all safe; and nobody was hurt. Later that day, local captains Mike Pulu and Rudy Su'a found one-half of the boat about 300 feet off...
 Paepaeulupo’o II
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Paepaeulupo'o from Aua village are officially the 2019 Flag Day fautasi champions. And the east side couldn't be more excited. After years of placing in the Top 5 — consistently — Captain Leonard Liufau Sonoma has finally given Aua village what it never had: a...
After 10 weeks of training, the crew of the Paepaeulupoo from Aua village propelled their long boat to victory in the 2019 Flag Day Fautasi Race.   However, at the meeting where Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga made the results final, many captains voiced the usual yearly opinion that the start was...
Teama II crew from Leone Village
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Leone Taema II fautasi crewmembers have been training for weeks and from the looks of things, the rowers are anxious to get in the water and glide into First Place this Saturday, April 13th during the 2019 Flag Day fautasi race. Samoa News has been unable to obtain a...
Fagaalu's Fetu ole Afiafi crew in the water with the boat
The list of this year's fautasi competitors went down by one Tuesday, after Fagaalu's Fetu ole Afiafi broke during practice.  Fortunately, nobody was hurt. Samoa News understands that the auva'a for the Matasaua helped the Fetu crew members secure the boat. Other fautasi crews who were nearby also...
Fautasi practice in Pago Pago Harbor, late last month.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It's official: one race, one day, eleven fautasi. The 2019 Flag Day fautasi race will go on as planned this Saturday morning, Apr. 13th. The 5-mile race will start outside the harbor entrance and nothing has changed, as of press time, although there is a cruise ship...