Waterfalls and Wind

Waterfalls and Wind

Waterfalls Tahiti might not be all about waterfalls, but there’s enough of them to merit splashing out more cash for a tour of the interior. Our friends Bertrand and Pascale organised the tour and arranged for the driver to pick us up outside Papeete Marina...
City Life

City Life

Maintenance and blood-letting It isn’t all scenic views and waterfalls, you know. The reality of the cruising lifestyle is often the polar opposite of the dream-like vision of sipping a decorative cocktail under the tropical sun with beads of cool condensation...
Nickel Tour

Nickel Tour

Car hiring around Tahiti We hired a car and split up the duties: me driving, Mark and Cindy guiding, and Maria supervising. That worked well. Mark and Cindy know the island well enough, having put more rubber on the Tahitian roads than an average Papeete taxi driver....
Papeete

Papeete

Shiny New Boat A week late, but it was worth it because we now have a shiny new-looking boat. After an extended stay in the boat spa, Technimarine relaunched Jamala early morning on the 27th of July with her bottom smoothed, hull polished, propeller painted, and gear...
Heiva Sport

Heiva Sport

Fruit Carrying If inflation continues at its current rate, we’ll all need to practice this to dodge muggers trying to nick your bananas.  We took a break from the boatyard and took a trip into town to see this event. The fruit-carrying race forms part of the Heiva...