Articles tagged with 'tuamotu'

We've sailed all over the many islands of French Polynesia starting with our arrival in Nuku Hiva, Marquesas in April 2015. We moved onto the incredible archipelago of Tumamotu before our arrival recently in Papeete, Tahiti. There is lots more to explore in French Polynesia (Bora Bora!) so stay tuned for our next video.

Tomorrow we begin the passage from the wonderful archipelago of Tuamotu to the main island of Tahiti where we'll put Feelin' Good in a marina for the first time since Colon, Panama. Tracy and I as well as the crew will take a well-deserved month off to relax and visit with friends and family back home. This short, 205 nm, passage will only take us about 23 hours to accomplish as the...

A narrow entrance in 6 meters of water. Good thing we arrived at slack tide so we had a fairly effortless entry to this small bay. We're surrounded by beautiful reef and turquoise water filled with coral bommies ready for exploration. Soon after arrival, a 1.5m white tip shark cruised by to check us out. Later, on our first snorkel Tracy found his big brother, a 3m black tip shark...

We used this guide for all of our travels in French Polynesia from Marquesa, Tuamotu's and the islands of Tahiti and Bora Bora. If you are going to any of these areas, this is the only guide to have (along with a good set of paper charts to supplant your electronic charts of course). The hand-drawn guides and description of each anchorage is detailed and accurate (for the places we...

OK, this has to be one of the best and calmest anchorages of our entire circumnavigation so far… We are inside the lagoon of Fakarava with crystal clear water, absolutely calm with no swell, no current and a light 10-15 kt constant breeze. We’ve got a solid anchor in sand on the bottom 21 meters down. A boat with less chain could easily anchor closer in too.

After a number of wonderful weeks spent exploring the islands of Marquesas we continue onto the archipelago of Tuamotu where we will have completely different topography from the volcanic mountains of Marquesas. Tuamoto is comprised of atolls barely above sea level. Each atoll has usually has a pass or two that allows a yacht to enter the interior lagoon to anchor. Our first atoll to...