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Easter Island
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...
Escape from Hiva Oa
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...
Return to Hiva Oa
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 and Bad Luck
Neptune and a fish called Maria
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...
More Moorea, Nudists and Gendarmes
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...
Bora Bora
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
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...
Huahine Nui
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...
Sailing Moorea – how to save £1000 per day
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...
Tahiti – Mutiny, Pearls and Shopping
Mutiny on the Bounty Fletcher Christian and the Bounty crew were so fired up about Tahiti, it sparked a mutiny. After all, the island is famous for its beauty - and not just that of the land. Such was the allure of the Tahitian women that some of the Bounty crew...
Toau
Anse Amyot After our wild ride through the north pass at Fakarava, it was a relief to enjoy the gentle sea state and helpful winds blowing us in the direction of Toau. With just the genoa flying and Lady Jane gently rolling along, we reached our destination by...
Fakarava – Pedalling, Pearls and Sharks
Fakarava Fakarava's north pass is wide enough to fit a cruise ship through it - sideways. And it's just as well. The island measures around 30x12 nautical miles, so that's a lot of water sloshing in and out at the change of tide. After a gentle seven-hour sail from...
The Dangerous Archipelago
Kauehi The Tuamotu islands, also known as the 'Dangerous Archipelago', are so low-lying that they make the Maldives look like Manhattan. And in the days before GPS navigation, many ships drove their vessels straight into the unseen reefs with inevitable consequences....
Ua Poa
Hakahau Conditions inside Taiohae can be deceptive: Inside the harbour, we had blue sky, light winds, and a gentle swell rolling over the bay. Outside the protection of Taiohae, however, the conditions were the polar opposite: average winds of 24 knots, sea state a...
Chasing Waterfalls with Evil Moses
Nuku Hiva And The Decade of The Bus Pass
Rolling Along To Nuku Hiva After around 15 hours of relaxed sailing under headsail only, we sailed into the vast Baie de Taiohae on the south of Nuku Hiva. It was a night of calm seas, bright moon, and an amazingly clear sky peppered with stars. Either the atmosphere...
Hiva Oa
The Myths and Legends of Atuona Bay Following grim tales of a crowded anchorage and an intolerable swell, we were not looking forward to coming to Hiva Oa. And, as we rounded the corner leading into Atuona Bay, we expected to see hundreds of tightly-packed boats...
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