PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW It is time to say farewell to the lovely group of islands and reef motus that make up the Gambier Archipelago. It is time for us to spread our winds (sails in our case) and move onto new adventures. There are still many places […]
French Polynesia
HOW NOT TO GET TO HOA FIRST I have to apologies. You have not gotten many blog updates from us because of communication problems. The available internet in this part of French Polynesia has been slow, intermittent or out of commission in many of the areas we have visited. I […]
Did someone say there is a party!?!? My humans are terrible! No sooner do we arrive in Hao, and they are off partying. No self control these two. I am left behind on the boat with a mess from the passage, […]
Some times I worry, when I write blogs, what am I trying to accomplish? My primary aim was to share the human’s experiences with family and friends. To kind of take you guys along with us through adventures and all our silly mistakes. But then I worried I was ‘glory […]
The humans posted all my pictures of the Heiva celebrations in the last blog. Now here are some videos. Some of the activities in the first week of Heiva had to be rescheduled as a strong Mara’amu blew through French Polynesia. Everyone raced for shelter, the village in Raiora […]
Who says you can not teach an old sailor new tricks?!?! We have had to do just that, to enjoy anchoring in the Tuamotu Atolls of French Polynesian. Not sure if any of you guys will get out this way, but I thought I would share some ANCHORING tips for the […]