We had a productive morning and moved the boat to the north end of Taha’a and anchored in 45 feet of sand in front of a shallow sand bank. Taha’as lagoon averages 110 to 130 feet deep in the center and we are circling it slowly but are challenged finding […]
French Polynesia In Reverse
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We’ve picked up our pace and are on the move around Taha’a, but anchored in Baie Haamene last night was hot. We had heard from other cruisers that generally anchored deep within the Baie would still be windy because the wind funnels through the channel; however, this was not the […]
We left the pearl farm mooring ball and headed to to Uturoa to check in with the local Gendamerie. We are the type of cruisers that do not particularly care for pulling out mooring lines and fenders so we anchored in our deepest anchorage yet 97 feet. We took the […]
We are at our mid point of our trip to head back to Hawaii by mid February. Yesterday’s weather was stormy and our mooring ball bumped against the boat which made for an interesting organization of nightly mooring. We spent the day organizing our trip through French Polynesia, found the […]
For the first time in six years Just Drifting was the victim of theft! On a mooring ball in front of the Mai Kai Marina and during the night while we were asleep someone came alongside the boat and stole not one but all three of our ocean fishing poles. […]
We have had a blast in Bora Bora hiking without a guide; forging for bananas, papaya, wild squash, lime, ginger root, and star apples; swimming with Broad Stingray, Blacktip Reef Sharks, Green Eels, Barracuda, and hundreds of reef fish, but we’re off to explore more of French Polynesia, first stop […]
Around six years ago Sara was in Auburn Alabama going to college and a friend of hers asked to help research destination weddings, she came across the Four Seasons Bora Bora. Gazing at the beautiful pictures of this dream get away Sara thought to herself, “I want to go there”. […]
We have anchored in Bora Bora far away from any of the resorts or dive boats. Sorry to those that were waiting for pictures, you may have to wait another week or so because we are again far from internet connection. During our arrival through the channel there were a […]
Many boat duties are divided into blue or boy jobs or girl or pink jobs. The division of jobs is not on purpose but basically boils down to task that need to be done. Sara was woke by Wade to assume her watch in the middle of the night but […]
Hi Everyone, A short noon report today, but we can report that we caught 3 fish although two got away. Maybe the bringing in of fish and numerous sail changes caused Wade’s finger to start hurting and swell again, that being the one poked by the big lobster. Ice seems […]
Hi All, Last night our winds switched around sunset and we had to take a gamble of sailing south, which would put us a little closer towards our destination but not making any easting we desperately need before the winds change back to being out of the east or sail […]
Hi All, We are now one day on our way towards Bora Bora. The winds and sailing have been great with us making a few degrees better course than expected and today was lovely. Around sunset however, the wind shifted about 50 degrees and we are now on a course […]