We find what we lack the most… friends!
The main reason for our quick stop in France is the marriage of my youth friends Eric and Alex in Hourtin, at the gates of the Médoc. We would like to spend a time with family and close friends of the South...
Passage in Corsica
We go up the West coast of Corsica, last step before joining Port Camargue, where we have planned some work on Tao. We find fleets of boats crowded moorings and rental... But... Surprise! We have never had more than a few boats around us. Corsica deserves…
First sail with Tao
End of July 2015: Malta We leave Grand Harbour Marina under a bright sun and breeze of 10 a 15 Nodes. Perfect conditions for a first navigation with Tao. We get a deep and quiet Bay to St Peters Pool... We are only at anchor, The water is transparent and we see each other…
S it is decided !!!!
End of March 2015 – We leave the Marquesas towards Makemo and then Tahanea ( the Tuamotu atolls) or we have planned to join Annie and Jacky and Lucie and Bertrand.
DESTINATION THE ISLAND OF TAHUATA... AND HIVA OA
Monday 23 February – For a few days we have been watching for the weather to go to the south of the Marquesas and we are not the only ones... there will be people on the water ... It's decided we raise anchor in the early afternoon under a beautiful sun, We expect to arrive the next morning.
UA–POU
Tuesday 20 January – The island of Ua Pou is at 25 Miles south of Nuku-Hiva. In 4 hours of navigation we are there.. The island is impressive with its gigantic "sugar loaves° ( or Necks )basaltics that stand before us, as we get into it…
Nuku-Hiva: The Grand Z... to the Grand Canyon
16 January 2015: It is this morning that with Jacky, we will spend two days on the heights of Nuku-Hiva. The objective is to go to the "Grand Canyon" which is located northwest of Nuku-Hiva or "Desert Land"...
Walks in Nuku-Hiva
Saturday 3 January: Change of mooring... 5 miles east into Controller's Bay. The bay is deep and well protected and the anchor hangs well. Immediately we put the dinghy in the water and explore the bottom of the bay. The tide is almost high and we can enter the river that winds between the…
New Year in Nuku-Hiva
For New Year's Eve, Henry invited a troupe of dancers from Ua-Pou (island to 25 miles south) for a demonstration of HAKA. And of course the traditional buffet with lobsters, raw fish, goat, pig, chicken and lots of local vegetables....