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Boatyard Reunion After a few days tolerating fumes and nakedness, we moved to the bay next door - Vaitahu. We heard that the place is worth a walk ashore and that wi-fi is in plentiful supply if you hand over 500 francs to Jimmy of Chez Jimmy's fame. So, just half an...

Tuahata bound After a few hectic days of fixing, painting and cleaning, launch day arrived. And on 3rd March we said au revoir to Vincent and Maria and their MMS boatyard. Lady Jane was lifted up onto the tractor's trailer and trundled down the rocky road to the...

Getting close to nature After six weeks in the UK catching up with family, friends, doctors, dentists, shops, chandlers and computer fixers (and a few days in LA on the way back), we are about to plop Lady Jane in the water to restart our sailing adventures.    For...

Hanga Roa Four hours after leaving Tahiti, our Latam aircraft gently descended onto the tarmac at Hanga Roa Airport, Easter Island. And a few minutes after that, we joined the rest of the herd in the small immigration area to have our papers checked. Then, after...

Back to Baie Tahauku Mindful of our past trauma at Baie Tahauku, we parked Lady Jane at the opposite side of the bay. The holding here was just as bad, but it presented a change of scenery and some entertainment from the canoe teams, who were practising for their main...

The laptop is dead. Long live the laptop As a likely consequence of heat exhaustion, overwork, humidity or general abuse, my MacBook has given up the will to live. Despite numerous attempts at bringing it back to life, it remains as unresponsive as a politician asked...

Good timing Well, that was good timing. Not only did we arrive in Fakarava in time to grab the last mooring buoy, but we also discovered the fuel station (after a long wait for a licence) is now in the business of selling duty-free fuel. And, if that were not enough...

Sailor's Superstition Sailors are a superstitious lot: It's bad luck to set sail for a voyage on Friday; whistling makes the wind blow harder, and bananas onboard are a no-no. And now there's another one: setting sail on Sunday 13th October. Because if you set sail on...

A quick stop in Raiatea After an overnight pit stop so that Cyprien could work his magic on the rogue wind instrument (which he fixed, and it is now pointing in the right direction), we headed further east back to Moorea. We felt there was unfinished business. For one...

The Prince of Whales Bora Bora. The newlywed's perfect honeymoon destination; filmmaker's ideal set location, and the preferred breeding and calving area for humpback whales between July and October. As we approached Bora Bora's only pass on the east of the island, we...

Huahine to Raiatea The rain stopped at 0930 on 3rd September. So, presented with the chance of a dry run to Raiatea, we slipped our mooring, squeezed through the pass and motored 27 miles in a light breeze from Huahine to Raiatea. We were on a mission: our watermaker...

14,716 nautical miles, 813 days, one a***hole That isn't a bad record, is it? It's taken almost 15,000 miles and over two years to come across our first real arsehole. And even then we didn't see him. Maria and I were celebrating our wedding anniversary at the Huahine...

How to save £1000 per day The accommodation isn't that different: over the water, around 40 square metre room size, large bed, flat-screen TV, private bathroom and beach. But the price, well, that's another matter. We anchored Lady Jane near the Sofitel Resort on the...