2009 Galapagos – Marquesas – Tuamotus – Tahiti and the Society Islands Blog

Replacing our broken mast luff track…..

Dear F&F, Scott was back up the mast again this morning. We had a twist in the main halyard. He had to clip on to the top of the mast & send the halyard down to me to untwist and get the kinks out, then we pulled it back up again to see if it …

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Marina Taina, Papeete Tahiti …..

Dear F&F, We are slowly making inventory lists so we know what we have & where it is stowed. When we lived in Los Angeles, our garage used to be in such a state that it was often easier go buy a new tool instead of trying to find the one we had. That is …

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Papeete – Marina Taina Anchorage…..

Dear F&F, Moored outside Marina Taina We had a good day/night/half day sail to Tahiti. I had a sky full of stars with no moon on my first night shift. Then a nice 3 quarter moon to light the way for my 2nd night shift. The mountains of Tahiti are stunning & surrounded by a …

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Tikehau Pearl Beach Resort…..

Dear F&F, It was a rare excitement to have an evening out. I looked through our hanging closet to see if I could find something cute to wear, but sadly it all smelled of mildew. Plus many things no longer fit. The lack of fruits & veggies in our diet has taken its toll. We …

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Passage to Tikehau…..

Dear F&F, September 6, 2009 Passage to Tikehau We were up at 5:00 a.m. & heading out the Rangiroa pass by 6:30 a.m. The wind was steady 15-18 knots all night & we were both done with sitting in the wind. We knew the direction to Tikehau would keep the wind & swell at our …

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Rangiroa…..

Dear F&F, September 4, 2009 Rangiroa We are so affected by the weather. We are just waiting for this to subside so we can move on. The prediction is for the wind to be less by Sunday morning but the seas may stay lumpy. We anticipate an 8 hour run to Tikehau. We had a …

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Rangiroa, Tuamotu Atolls…..

Dear F&F, September 2, 2009 Rangiroa, Tuamotu Atolls The wind was less strong overnight and John & the other 6 boats in the anchorage secure, so we felt comfortable to go diving with Six Passengers Dive Center. A freckled red-haired Frenchman, Fred, was our dive master with just one other gal along. We dove outside …

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The B.F.H and Sailboat in Drag – Rangiroa…..

Dear F&F, September 1, 2009 The B.F.H and Sailboat in Drag – Rangiroa We knew something was coming. Weather Guru from New Zealand, Bob McDavitt had been telling us about the \”BFH\”, Big Fat High (pressure system) to the south of us. This thing stretches from New Zealand to French Polynesia. That is big and …

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Passage to Rangiroa…..

Dear F&F, August 31, 2009 Passage to Rangiroa We were patient & maneuvered a lot to get the chain off the coral when departing Manihi, but thankfully Scott did not have to dive on the anchor. We invited the Xavier the SailMail operator, for lunch, but he had just eaten his breakfast at 10:00 a.m. …

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More Manihi…..

Dear F&F, August 29, 2009 More Manihi Yesterday & today we enjoyed diving with Serge, the outgoing divemaster here in Manihi atoll. Marc, has been getting oriented to the sites & dive center operations. We hope to see Wilfred again when we get to Tikihau in about a week. The 5 of us are all …

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