THE TOPIC OF SELF SUFFICIENCY My humans finally made some headway into the avenue of self sufficiency. But I will tell you more on this later. THE SAIL TO MAKEMO ATOLL The humans managed to get themselves out of Raroia Atoll and through the pass without incident. They used the […]
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THE RIGHT WEATHER FOR A VISIT TO NGARUMOAVA There is only one village in the atoll of Raroia. It is nestled among coral heads just south of the entrance pass on the west side of the lagoon. The winds usually come out of the east. We had to wait for […]
CONTRASTING THE MARQUESAS TO THE TUAMOTUS (Info) Our first islands in the South Pacific were the Marquesas. Steep volcanic mountains with deep fertile valleys. The anchorages on these islands were deep inset bays and, although they offered protection from the prevailing winds, the ocean swell would often sneak in making […]
WE MADE IT Despite the fact my humans are usually totally useless at this sailing thing, they actually got me here safe and sound. So you need not worry about me…..for now. TIMING THE PASS Of course the winds have been light so, as expected, we were going to be […]
WE ARE THERE Well almost. We are about 12nm north of the passage entrance for Raroia. Our first atoll in the Tuamotus. But all is not good. A SQUALL IS CHASING US It has been a wet and blustery night. The seas have not stirred up much, but ‘boy oh […]
GETTING INTO THE TUAMOTU ATOLLS Yesterday I was telling you humans about atolls. How coral and small islands (motu) form a ring around a central lagoon. Of course, no one wants to anchor outside the atolls when they can get inside and find protected sailing and anchoring. Luckily, many of […]