We moved to the the north west side of Taha’a and the wind shifted to the north west which made for an interesting anchorage. Normally, the wind comes out of the east so we would be on the leeward side of the island and protected from strong winds and squalls. […]
Tahaa
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 […]
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 […]