SO WHAT IS LIKE TO HAVE CHRISTMAS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC? That is a difficult question to answer??? It is certainly a lot warmer from where we started out, England. But a lot further from family and friends. It seems most things in life are a compromise, and the ‘cruisers […]
Yearly archives: 2018
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OFF TO THE BIG CITY OF PAPEETE We have just arrived in Tahiti and the humans are already off abandoning me aboard. At least a friend promised to stop by and keep me company. The humans headed off in the dingy to visit the ‘big’ city of Papeete. They are […]
NO, IT DID NOT TAKE THE HUMANS 4 DAYS TO GET TO TAHITI It just took them 4 days of ‘fluffing about’ to find the spot they wanted to anchor. The first mistake they made was ‘erroring on the side of caught’. Worried they would not make it through to […]
WE CAN SEE THE ISLAND IN THE CLOUDS Tahiti is a big high volcanic island and we could make her out in the clouds even though we were a good 60nm away. Very impressive. ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT IN TIME? The winds were gentle last night and we […]
FAKARAVA ATOLL, IN THE TUAMOTUS, TO TAHITI, IN THE SOCIETY ISLANDS – 250NM My humans need to get some stuff done in the capitol of French Polynesia, Tahiti. We all thought it would be fun also to be at a larger island for the Christmas Holidays. Internet connections have been […]
THE SAIL OVER It is summer time in the South Pacific. Light winds, most of the time, interspersed with violent thunder storms. It has been a very dry winter, so all the local inhabitants of the atolls get real excited when there is enough rain to fill their reservoir tanks […]