Category Archives: Society Islands

A Walk in the Park

The weather cleared up soon after I wrote the previous entry so we decided to go ashore and see if we could find the public gardens mentioned in our guide book. The guidebook gave the position as being 2.7km west … Continue reading

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Aboard Sea Mist

While running the generator to condition the recently watered batteries we managed three washes. We also ran the air conditioning for about an hour to dry out the boat. It’s been quite humid recently and it was nice to get … Continue reading

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Papeari

We waited until 10am before moving the boat east. Although the channel was clearly marked we felt better waiting until the sun was high so we could see the reef hazards. We wanted to consider the possibility of anchoring out … Continue reading

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Mataiea

The seas had definitely calmed down overnight so in the morning we motored out of pass at Maraa and headed for Passe Aifa approx 10nm away. The light winds were on our nose, not conducive for sailing, so we motored … Continue reading

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Au Revoir to John

In the morning we caught the bus into Pape’ete. On the way the bus passed the airport so we had an idea of where to get off later in the day. Our first stop was a dentist as one of … Continue reading

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