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Day 1- Sunday January 17, the Tuamotu Islands are mostly Atolls. Destination, Rangiroa. Just before 9am, anchor up, on our way, escorted by a pod of dolphins. 6.7 speed over ground, 13.5 true wind, course over ground 215. Later we deployed the spinnaker, doing 7.4speed over ground with 12.6 knots of wind! It was upContinue reading “Ua-Pou to the Tuamotu Islands”

Friday January 15, We departed Hakahau late afternoon escorted by several dolphins. Went south along the western shore to the village of Hakatoa. We anchored in 79 ft of water, in a very protected cove, didn’t feel comfortable leaving the boat, just in case the anchor didn’t hold. Saturday January 16, In the morning weContinue reading “Hakatoa”

The island of Ua-Pou peaks are “Jurassic Park-esque” incredible! Wednesday January 13, Went ashore had lunch at a local restaurant. Dan had sushi, I had chicken with rice. Also stopped by the arts center, the book store was still closed. We were hoping to buy a card or birthday card to mail to Dan’s AuntContinue reading “Chocolate”

Sunday January 10, Happy Birthday Mike! We departed Nuku Hiva this morning, went 25 miles south to the island of Ua Pou. This island is the most populated and has the highest mountains in all of the Marquesas. We are anchored by the town of Hakahau. There are three other boats here. Monday January 11,Continue reading “Hakahau”

Wednesday January 6, What a day for the history books! We returned to Taiohae Bay this morning. Went ashore had lunch with John and Bev on s/v Dandelion, our new friends who are from South Africa. They gave us good Atlantic Ocean crossing advice, hopefully places will be open a year from now. The afternoonContinue reading “Four days”

Saturday December 26, first stop the fuel dock to fill up with duty free diesel. This was an interesting process. You back the boat up to this cement wall, drop an anchor, throw two stern lines to attendant who ties them off on the same cleat, keep the engine running. We throw him a thirdContinue reading “Trip around the island by water”

Thursday December 24, Christmas Eve. Boat projects, bank, grocery store. Made homemade pizza for dinner. Santa visited all the boats with children on them, arriving on a dinghy. Friday December 25, Merry Christmas. We went ashore early, before 8am, FaceTimed the kids individually. It was easier, with a not so good wifi connection. It wasContinue reading “And so this was Christmas”

Wednesday December 23, we took an all day guided tour around the eastern and northern parts of the island. Richard was our guide. The island is very mountainous. The roads are narrow with several 180degree switchbacks. Both churches we visited were being decorated for Christmas. People were busy creating nativity scenes using fresh greenery’s.

Monday December 21, I was finally able to upload two blog post! The WiFi here is quite slow. Afterwards we stopped by the local farmers market, purchased some fruits and vegetables. More laundry washed in the sink, there are limited places to hang clothes inside. We don’t want to hang our laundry from the lifelines.Continue reading “Small World”

Friday December 18, we checked in with the Gendarmerie, passports stamped. Nuku Hiva is the largest island in French Polynesia. In 1843, the Marquesas Islands were taken over by the French and still ruled in part by France as well a local government. We walked around for awhile, but being at sea for 21 daysContinue reading “Nuku Hiva”