Surf’s up in the Society islands – From Tahiti to Bora Bora

Post author:Gavin
Post published:July 20, 2011
Post category:French Polynesia kiteboarding Pacific Sailing scuba diving Travel

Andy and I are sitting in a cafe in Bora Bora, listening to Polynesian Reggae music, catching up on emails and writing the latest installment of the blog - Elyse and Scott are pearl shopping, Squander is anchored out the front in a perfect blue lagoon, dancing around in the light trade winds - it will be difficult to say goodbye to French Polynesia after almost two months of cruising these idyllic waters. Approaching Northern Tahiti. Having left the Tuamotu archipelago we did an overnight sail from…

Tuamotu part 2 – Toau, Apataki & Secret spot

Post author:Gavin
Post published:June 27, 2011
Post category:Fishing French Polynesia kiteboarding Pacific Sailing scuba diving Travel

The Tuamotu has been everything we could have imagined and more. I personally would love to spend 3-4 months exploring these amazing islands, with clear warm water, steady trade winds, an abundance of fish, seafood, deserted beaches, perfect waves, world class scuba diving, kite boarding, windsurfing, spear fishing and most of all friendly, welcoming people. Whilst still in Fakarava, our newest crew member, Moji went ashore and befriended Sophie, a French girl who had had enough of the rat race in Paris and moved to this Atoll…

Marquesas to the Tuamotu Archipelago.

Post author:Gavin
Post published:June 9, 2011
Post category:Fishing French Polynesia kiteboarding Pacific Sailing scuba diving

The Marquesas are widely reported as being the most beautiful islands in the Pacific. For us they certainly represented a wonderful landfall after the long sail from the Galapagos islands, however in our hearts we knew the Tuamotu archipelago was a lot more our style. So we collectively made a decision to wrap things up in the Marquesas as fast as possible, do the necessary paperwork to clear into French Polynesia, buy as much fresh fruit and vegetables as we could and head south to the Tuamotu.…