WE ARE STILL SAILING AROUND THE TUAMOTU ATOLLS OF FRENCH POLYNESIA The humans truely enjoyed themselves at the uninhabited atoll of Tahanea, but with food supplies, propane and fuel running low, it was time to head northwest towards some of the more populated atolls. Next stop Fakarava. The humans were […]
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WHERE IS MOOREA? Moorea is Tahiti’s neighbour in the Society Islands of French Polynesia in the South Pacific. A naturally beautiful island with tall dramatic volcanic peaks lush with tropical vegitation and fruit. It has a multitude of white sandy beaches, great hiking trails and cascading waterfalls. For […]
Your author You are probably wondering why you have not heard much from the crew of Spirit of Argo for a while. After the family visit, over the holidays, the humans sailed us back to Tahiti to get A FEW boat jobs done. When they suggested a WEE stop over […]
Here we are, anchored off a stunning South Pacific island. You would think we were miles away from problems in the rest of the world, but no. International travel and supply lines mean NO WHERE is truly isolated any more. So along comes the Cordid-19 pandemic to paradise. We were […]
We got locked down anchored off the island of Tahiti during the Corvid-19 scare in French Polynesia. Now the country was free of the virus inter-island travel has resumed and we were anxious to get sailing again. BUT HOLD THE PRESSES! Of course something else had to break on the […]
The humans have been driving me CRAZY! We sailed away from the “perfectly pleasant” rich volcanic Society Islands to the desolate low lying Tuamotu atolls and all they talk about is DIVING. They insist we have to be at the SOUTH PASS of FAKARAVA atoll for the […]