The average wind speed for the last 24 hours has been over 20 knots. We have reduced the mainsail to 80%, furled the Genoa, and are using the staysail. Our staysail is our heavy weather foresail. In higher wind conditions we we can point higher into the wind and the […]
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A couple of days ago we anchored quickly before a squall was over us and we could not have picked a better spot. The high pressure systems below 20 degree latitude was not the weather making it possible for us to go from Tahanea to Makemo it was Tropical […]
We have gone dinghy fishing on Flying Venus Reef outside of Takuua passage, as we are limiting the use of the big boat to save fuel for our passage to French Polynesia. By order of the yummiest first we have caught one Yellow Fin Tuna, two Barracudas, one Bluefin Trevally, […]