We made it through our first Tuamotus' pass this morning. Big, wide pass, with a nice set of range lights. Not much current either. Maybe 1kt, in-going. The winds are basically completely calm right now. So it was not a true Tuamotu pass experience- way too easy. We did a walk around the town. Bigger than I expected and with a decent airstrip. Tomorrow we plan to do a drift snorkel into the pass with the folks on Tayrona, the only other boat here.
Paul
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Showing posts with label Tuamotus Enroute. Show all posts
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Monday, May 11, 2015
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Enroute Tuamotus Day 2
We did an easy 151 miles noon to noon yesterday. Last night things got a little rollier, but not too bad. Saw 2 boats on the AIS. One was Kia Ora, but they didn't answer their radio when we called. Got called by the 79ft sailboat Feelin Good as they past us by. The captain was a nice guy out of Seattle.
Looks like we will slow down over night tonight in order to time getting into the pass sometime in the morning after 10am. This should get us some decent sun up high to see the coral and have the out-going pass current down to a mild roar. The passes into these atolls have some very strong and at times dangerous tidal currents. If you are a US boat you usually carefully plan to get there and rush in during one of the brief slacks. Alternately, you could pretend to be French, raise a French flag on the stern and just barrel on in whenever you get there.
Happy Mothers Day!
Paul
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Looks like we will slow down over night tonight in order to time getting into the pass sometime in the morning after 10am. This should get us some decent sun up high to see the coral and have the out-going pass current down to a mild roar. The passes into these atolls have some very strong and at times dangerous tidal currents. If you are a US boat you usually carefully plan to get there and rush in during one of the brief slacks. Alternately, you could pretend to be French, raise a French flag on the stern and just barrel on in whenever you get there.
Happy Mothers Day!
Paul
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Saturday, May 9, 2015
Enroutoe to the Tomatoes
We left the Marquesas yesterday morning about 10am for a 3 or 4 day passage to the Tuamotu Islands. These are the large group of very low atolls that make up the center set of islands in French Polynesia. We are currently headed for the atoll of Raroia. It has a decent pass into the interior of the atoll and looks like a good place to start the passage through the other atolls, on the way to Tahiti.
Its been a good sail so far, with the winds at about 130 off the stern. We have been making 6-8 knots with not to much roll. All is well onboard.
Paul
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Its been a good sail so far, with the winds at about 130 off the stern. We have been making 6-8 knots with not to much roll. All is well onboard.
Paul
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