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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]