We had read about Hervé and Valerie in our cruising compendium and as I mentioned before, they are well known to the cruising community. They live with their son on the eastern side of Taravai, in a lovely cottage on the edge of the beach, which has been in Hervé’s family for generations. (Interestingly, this …
We were happy to finally arrive at the Gambier Islands. Not exactly by Christmas as originally intended, but nevertheless we achieved our goal of sailing to this remote archipelago! Better late than never! The Gambier islands lie about 1700km SE of Tahiti and consist of a single lagoon of 30km2 within which there are 5 …
I don’t think there are enough superlatives to describe the small atoll of Amanu, which so aptly fits the description of a South Pacific paradise. This is an absolute gem and we feel lucky to have been ‘stranded’ here whilst awaiting favourable winds to get us to the Gambier Islands. We have been here for …
Slow boat to Amanu As I write this we are dawdling along in very little wind, with mainsail & jib wing on wing, (ie on opposite sides) doing about 3 knots. Such a contrast to the strong winds we experienced in Makemo, where we tucked in as much as we could off the village to …