Monthly Archives: July 2010

Marae Taputapuatea, Hike, Baie Faaroa

Before our shoreside activities we spent some time refining our plans (which may of course change) for the next month or so. The main change is that we now plan to visit Aitutaki in the Southern Cooks and skip Rarotonga. … Continue reading

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Baie Opoa, Raiatea

After the net and picking up fresh (but not so nice) bread we set sail for Raiatea. We raised sails shortly after raising the anchor and left the sheltered waters behind the reef under sail. We left behind our ‘friends’ … Continue reading

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Back to Fare

Mid morning we upped anchor and quickly raised the head sail to plod slowly up inside the reef. We had about a knot of current so despite less than ideal sailing conditions we managed to average around 4 knots. We … Continue reading

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Alone then not so alone

Overnight there had been only two other boats in the anchorage. By the time we were up there was only one. The tides here are less than a foot but even so they were rising in the morning so Ben … Continue reading

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Baie d’Aves, Huahine

We had a pleasant motor sail down the west coast behind the reef. The channel was quite wide so there were no moments where we needed to take great care although we maintained a double watch throughout. We made our … Continue reading

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