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As the new week dawned the clouds,rain and wind continued. Our repaired hot water tank was returned and installed and no leaks now. The water maker pump and membrane had to be moved for this exercise so the next worry … Continue reading →

“Flowers-r-us” and we are back in Polynesia again! After 20 hours semi –comatose at 35.000’ we arrived in Papeete to a traditional Tahitian welcome of garlands of perfumed flowers and the stirring rhythmical beat of drums. The next day we … Continue reading →

Simon and Jo were now comfortably ensconced on board so we spent the first day in Papeete which is not a very pleasant town, busy and noisy with lots of traffic. We provisioned for the trip and that evening we … Continue reading →

The passage on the journey from Tuamotos to Bora bora was quite rough with a big swell once we lost the protection of the atolls we passed on the leeward side. The wind lasted until early in the morning of … Continue reading →

We left the Marquesas on the evening of 28th August and the first night gave us a very confused sea with wind opposite swell which caused a curious and rather unpleasant twisting motion in the boat . Luckily this did … Continue reading →

We left the north coast of Hiva Oa at 3.00 am with the moon just rising always a welcome sight for a night sail .We wanted to arrive in Ua Pou in daylight, this is an island to the north … Continue reading →

Hiva oa We anchored fore and aft in the little harbour of Atuona and were amazed the next day when a very little boat arrived from South America after 55 days at sea crewed by a very tired looking young … Continue reading →

On the 26th July we still had about 950 nm to go. We noticed our speed had dropped and after consulting the Admiralty Pilot book we discovered that the favourable 1kt equatorial current disappears south of 8 degrees sadly. We … Continue reading →

We arrived safely on the island of Hiva Oa on august 1st late at night after 22 days at sea. We anchored in a bay on the north shore and the next day moved to the main town of Atuona … Continue reading →

Our departure from Bahia de Caraquez was more complicated than expected because we discovered that the document we had received there on our arrival in November last year to enable us to import the boat into Ecuador had metamorphosed from … Continue reading →