Sunday, June 29, 2008

Raiatea

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Saturday we sailed the 20 mile passage to Raiatea Island. This is the second largest and most populated, next to Tahiti, in French Polynesi...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Huahine

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local colour

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Huahine

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Moorea was nice but Huahine is very nice! Maybe it was the head cold or the strong winds that kept us boatbound but we were ready to leave ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

On the reef!

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No, not literally....well not quite anyway! Today we moved out of Cooks Bay to a spot just inside the pass through the reef; just off to th...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Prisoners of the wind!

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Other than the couple of hours when we went ashore to see the Tahitian dancers, we have been boat-bound due to the wind! A fairly steady 30...
Thursday, June 12, 2008

Surf's Up!

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There is an area on the SW side of the big Island of Tahiti that is said to be where the world champion surfing competitions are held! It i...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Moorea

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Anchored in Cooks Bay after a short but 'spirited' sail from Tahiti, hitting 8.5 knots at times! This is a very peaceful and beauti...
Thursday, June 05, 2008

black pearl farming

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RiriFatu

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atoll

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Papeete, Tahiti

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Anchored around the NE side of the Island, past the airport and away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Looking out to the sunset, hug...
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Monday, June 02, 2008

Tradewinds

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This is what it is supposed to be like! A steady 15-20 knot breeze from the same direction, in this case ESE, with occasional gusts to 25 t...
Sunday, June 01, 2008

Goodbye 'Tomatoes', Hello Societies!

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In spite of the painfully slow passage getting to the Tuomotus and the bumpy ride entering our first one, we are sure glad we took the time ...
Saturday, May 31, 2008

Anchoring in coral

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We lifted the anchor today, after watching several boats that have been here over a week unwind their anchor chains from the coral heads on ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Fakarava

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We are glad we stopped! Each atoll has its own charms. This one, being second in size only to Rangiroa, is quite large, 32 miles long by 1...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Pearl farming!

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Turns out the owner of the only operational pearl farm left on Kauehi, also the owner of the local 'magazin', and the town's new...
Monday, May 26, 2008

Fun in the sun

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We had a day of snorkelling! First around the bay we were anchored in. Found some live coral and lots of little fish but not much else. S...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

RiriFatu!

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RiriFatu is the name of the fisherman we met yesterday. Today we returned to visit him and I gave him my grinding wheel from my disc grinde...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Finally arrived!

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That is what it feels like anyway....we have finally arrived at the kind of place you read about and imagine when you set out on a journey l...