Monday 17 February – Departure of the Gambier (Taravai island) around 7:30 a.m. A last goodbye to Edouard and Denise by VHF, as well as to the boats of the anchorage... Leo, Ratafia, Buena Vista and Hydra... We have 800 miles to travel to Fatu-Hiva the island south of the Marquesas. The weather forecast is good, East wind between 15 and…
Already 4 month and a half that we are in Gambier. Time flies and we start thinking about the rest of our trip... Hiking, Swimming, dive, fishing, Parties and barbecues are on the program for these last weeks.
We celebrate the new year on "Léon" – Dédé and Dom's boat – where Marc and Jane ( boat "Ratafia") are also part of the party. On the menu... Lobsters and cicadas freshly caught the night before on the flat.
Edouard and Denise open their house to celebrate Christmas "a la Tahitian" with their friends and some sailboats...
17 December – Departure at dawn from Taravai, direction the island of Temoe a 30 miles southeast of Mangareva. Objective fishing and visit of the island...
Saturday 2 November – We celebrate Philippe's birthday on Hibiscus with 3 Other boats (Black Pearl, Baloo and Pilou pilou), as well as Edouard, Denise and Tevaite. Philip being the king of the party, Laurent and Coraline (Black Pearl) made him "an evening outfit", which suits him to delight..... Philippe lends himself to the game…
First there is the lagoon, its crystal clear water and motus, then the volcanic islands and their lush vegetation, then the anchorages where we take ourselves for Robinson, then, then, then.... But above all, there is the warm and generous welcome of Denise and Edouard, on the island of Taravai, who make us discover Polynesia…
Thursday 5 September -We have been at sea since 4 days, The SPI is out, the wind is weak, The sea is flat, What comfort! We make an average of 5 knots with an east wind and the bottom of the air is cool. In the space of a few days the weather changes, The wind is strengthening at…