Category Archives: South Pacific

Life in the city

The last two days feel a bit of a blur. The pace of life in a city is somewhat different and in a lot of ways we’re ready to head out of dodge. On Thursday Helen and I dinghied off … Continue reading

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Pape’ete, Tahiti – first day in

Tahiti at this time of year is very much a geographical and temporal convergence for cruising sailors. Geographically, Tahiti is a stopover for almost every boat crossing the Pacific as there is nothing for thousands of miles north or south. … Continue reading

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Pape’ete, Tahiti

Only excitement of yesterday was hooking two fish within seconds of each other. One snapped the line and the other got away. Typical. Wind died overnight so we ended up motoring the last 14 hours. We arrived in Pape’ete this … Continue reading

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Last day in the Tuamotus

We had an interesting last day in the Tuamotus which was also our 24th wedding anniversary. I told a few people that it would have been a special one had we had an extra finger on each hand but only … Continue reading

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Pig Roast

We went diving again in the morning with Sherry and David from Soggy Paws. This time we went west of the pass. The dive wasn’t as good as the previous day but fun in the clear water all the same. … Continue reading

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