Enterprising locals in the Society islands have tamed fish so that the tourists can get up real close. On Moorea, just west of Tahiti, there is shallow area in the lagoon behind the reef where you can stand waist high in water, while the sting rays push past to check you out looking for food. […]

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The Tuamotus are the largest group of coral atolls in the world. (Atoll – a low-lying ring –shaped coral reef enclosing a lagoon). There are seventy eight in the group, thirty one have passes. We arrive at one Fakarava, love it so much we spend all our time there! Entering one pass and leaving by […]

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We are delighted to announce the safe arrival of Kirsty our daughter, and David is also delighted of the safe arrival of her bags, with all the spares for Giselle. The addition of extra crew is very welcome, and another female means we can outvote David! She will be with us now until New Zealand, […]

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Photos in the gallery. Big Fish, Celebrations, Deserted Motus, Sailing Mouse Link to photos The crests of the breaking waves are the highest thing around when you look out over the reef! Waves on Reef Video from one of the festival competitions Coconut Shelling (links load videos – suggest right click and open in new […]

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At anchor, Cooks Anchorage, Tautira on the north coast of Tahiti iti. Wind came up and we had water all over the decks for a while last night. Quieter second half of the night. Then the wind went back into the SSW so we came to the north coast of Tahiti Iti. Probably going around […]

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Wind died last night at 19:00 and came up this morning from the west in a light force 3. All predicted but a little irritating. Position: 17°18.6’S 147° 2.8’W [-17.309,-147.046] at 16:00 local, 02:00 Wed 5th August GMT 24hr run: 89 miles by GPS, 93 miles through water. miles to 179 Tahiti. ETA at 6 […]

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We are on route to Tahiti in a reflective mood. We have said our good byes to Scott and Cindy on Beach House and Steve, Kathleen and Emmett on Uliad. We expect to have to wait until they visit Scotland before our paths cross again. We have a few days in hand before Kirsty arrives […]

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