WE MADE IT Despite the fact my humans are usually totally useless at this sailing thing, they actually got me here safe and sound. So you need not worry about me…..for now. TIMING THE PASS Of course the winds have been light so, as expected, we were going to be […]
Passage- Marquesas to the Tuamotus in French Polynesia
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WE ARE THERE Well almost. We are about 12nm north of the passage entrance for Raroia. Our first atoll in the Tuamotus. But all is not good. A SQUALL IS CHASING US It has been a wet and blustery night. The seas have not stirred up much, but ‘boy oh […]
GETTING INTO THE TUAMOTU ATOLLS Yesterday I was telling you humans about atolls. How coral and small islands (motu) form a ring around a central lagoon. Of course, no one wants to anchor outside the atolls when they can get inside and find protected sailing and anchoring. Luckily, many of […]
THE TUAMOTUS ARCHIPELAGO The Tuamotus consist of 78 atolls stretched in band over 1000 nm miles. This is the largest band of atolls in the world. They are the opposite of the Marquesan islands. While the Marquesan islands have high volcanic mountains, the islands of the Tuamotu atolls rise only […]