We walked off the boat this morning to drums beating and Polynesian dancers arriving on small boats, along with many other small boats and outriggers. Tahiti welcomed Paul Meilhat SMA Vendee solo racer with open arms after his withdraw from third place. He left the Vendee race because of a […]
The internet connection was a bit slow yesterday, so a belated Merry Christmas to everyone! We’re sorry we haven’t updated lately but just like most people we got busy around the holidays. Jackie and Ryan rented a car and met us at our last anchorage to hike the lava tubes. […]
We pulled up anchor this morning and we motored around the southern end of Tahiti. The wind and waves picked up so we wrapped King Neptune’s Garden in plastic to protect it from the sea spray. Traveling the south end of Tahiti is beautiful with steep mountain peaks. Sections of […]
We were excited to see SV Lojan arrive in Phaeton Bay. Sadly they needed help because their engine gave out. We hung around to spend another night visiting, but we were eaten alive by the mosquitos so we sailed south. Teahupoo is southern Tahiti’s famous surf spot. Certain times of […]
We had a busy morning but beautiful morning. The sun rose from Tahiti Iti and shined on Tahiti Nui as we moved the boat to Phaeton Bay; which is rumored to be the best hurricane whole in the south pacific. There are many mooring balls so we were very careful […]
We left the gardens and headed for Tahiti Iti, sadly caught no fish yet. We had great intentions of spending our Sunday afternoon at the beach or searching for a marae that is hardly visited, but instead we just relaxed. When the sun set we fired up the Christmas lights […]
Navigating Tahiti has been different then the other islands we have visited because the lagoon is not continuous. We need to travel out of one lagoon to the open ocean to get to the next lagoon. As we traveled the south coast of Tahiti we found a lovely anchorage near […]
As we cleaned up the boat this afternoon, Sara grabbed the water that had to cool from canning the night before and tossed it in the ocean, Wade heard a gasp, she yelled, “Oh No!” the wire rack that goes in the bottom of the pan still laid in the […]
We planned for a play day, but ended up working. We moved the boat in the morning and anchored near the Taapuna pass, which is northwest Tahiti Nui. There are a lot of coral heads and the reef is nearby so we planned to paddle board for the day and […]
We woke early again, and headed from Pape’ete Marina to Marina Taina on the west coast of Tahiti. The area is protected by reef and there are literally over two hundred boats anchored or moored in the area. Non-duty free fuel cost $4.98 US, so we were very happy for […]
A couple of days ago we pulled up anchor and headed to Papeete. We had waited a few days in Moorea for the weather to get a little better, but the swells and waves were like sailing in a washing machine. Papeete feels like Honolulu with crowds of people, bumper […]
We are alive after our daring trip on a scooter around the island of Moorea. Haha, really it wasn’t that bad, but Wade might have grip marks on his sides from Sara squeezing. Pretty sure there were at least 10 to 15 prayers said throughout the day. We waited a […]