COMING FROM THE ISLAND OF MANGAREVA For most cruisers and passage makers the island of Mangareva, and the village of Rikitea, is their first port of call in the Gambier Archepelago. Rikitea is the main village and the only link with ‘civilisation’ this far south in French Polynesia. It is […]
Monthly archives: April 2019
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LEADING UP TO THE FESTIVAL Wow, it has been a mad week for the crew of Spirit of Argo. At the start of the week I was recovering from a pneumothorax aboard s/V Clair de Luna off Tahiti, in the Society Islands. Then I had the madness of a flight […]
One of the greatest fears of cruisers is getting injured or ill far away from any medical help. And that is what happened during our visit to the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia. What do you do when someone aboard gets very sick when you are 1000nm from any medical […]