In the twilight hours, with the stunsails set, cruising through tropical waters at a leisurely 5 knots, the South Pacific seems t o o good to be true. This morning, the first whale. It’s...
Good day POS: 17°02'S 154°11'W SOG: 4.7 kn COG: 258° BT: 2030 UTC-10 The pace we are sailing at is not quite "smoke and...
At approximately 1pm on July 11, 2024, a small island appeared on the horizon off the port bow . After consulting with the First Mate, it was determined to be Maupihaa (or Mopelia ) island . ...
Volunteered for another night watch with very little wind allowed me for the first time ever to look at the stars for 4 hours straight, slowly seeing the contour of Bora Bora get closer, the stars of Orion rising ,...
We sailed from Tahaa to Bora Bora in light airs. Arrival Bora Bora: we had an anchorage assigned to us about half a mile from shore. With the Zodiacs VC and crew members in off-watch went on shore. ...
Meet researcher Emilia Heiskanen! She will be conducting research for the Ocean Cleanup during the Fiji to Vanuatu and Auckland voyage! Q: What is your name, where are you from, and how old are you? A:...
Dropped off at an island somewhere for a chill day . Felt a bit like Robinson Crusoe, but at lunchtime the ship sent us a dinghy with a delicious lunch and fruits and cold drinks. It was great, and we also used this day to...
This night we moved from Tahaa to Bora Bora to have our exit clearance there. We left Tahaa at sunset, winning our anchor and hoisting the sails at the same moment. The wind was dying at that moment so in...
A visit I was looking forward to a lot was the one to a v anilla farm on the island of Taha’a (combined with a visit to a rum distillery). After getting enough vanilla to last a lifetime we tasted their...
Good day, So, This morning we went from our anchorage in Raiatea to our anchorage in Taha'a, Anchor up, lot of mud, fire hose, and john daf. All this took long enough for the sun to come up that much more,...