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Episode 162 | YouTube Description
With Magnus’ Mum on board, we leave Nuka’alofa and head out to the islands for a look around before returning to Nuka’alofa.
There’s plenty to see under the water and Wendy does a few snorkels and discovers the ...
After our first good night’s sleep and a lull in the blustery weather, we dingy over to Big Mama’s, a lovely yacht club on the motu just off the main island of Nuka’alofa, for our first draft beer in absolutely ages!
We head across the bay in Peanut...
We spend a quiet week in Bora Bora, The weather is a bit ho hum so we do a few boat jobs and have a wonderful sail in the Bora Bora lagoon.
We then check out of French Polynesia and start the 14 day sail to the Kingdom of Tonga. It’s a full-on ride, wit...
We take Peanut up a gorgeous little river and then sail to the north island, Tahaa and pop in to a couple of the beautiful bays. The water is deep so there is limited anchoring.
Magnus fixes our scupper which has been broken since we bought Nutshell.
We ...
We leave Tahiti and make the small passage to the nearby beautiful island of Moorea.
We check out the sealife and plunge into waters filled with circling sharks and very inquisitive stingrays!
Then it’s off to the island of Raiatea on an overnight pas...
We head up to the big smoke, Papetee, on the local bus and manage to get the new part which we need to fix our fridge.
As usual, and as is common on boats, a little job turns into a much bigger one, and we end up sailing to Papetee and picking up a comple...
We leave Fakarava and start the supposedly, two day sail to Tahiti, 250 nautical miles away. It ends up being a slow trip and we finally get there about 5 days later!
Magnus cooks up a storm in the galley.
We enter through a pretty scary pass with massiv...
We check out the Kon Tiki memorial at Raroia and Magnus does a little fishing from Peanut.
We do a little 2 day passage to the nearby atoll of Makemo and check out the lovely village next to the pass.
Magnus shows how to gravity fill our gas bottle.
The...
As the weather sets in for a few days, we poke around and check out Raroia, exploring the charming motus and oas which make up the structure of the atoll.
There are plenty of critters with large pincers!
Mavi gets a fly and we see the beautiful landscape...
We take a short sail around the corner to the little bay nicknamed Daniel’s Bay. Here we catch up with a local family and buy the delicious grapefruit style citrus fruit, pomplemousse picked straight off the trees.
We leave Nuka Hiva and start our 5 day...
We hike from our bay to the next bay over and explore the oldest archaeological site in the Marquesas.
Mavi gets a good workout with breathtaking scenery all around us.
Magnus collects a few coconuts and provides food and drink for his family!
We catch ...
We check out a lovely little village on Ua Huka and then do a short trip to the nearby island of Nuku Hiva. The scenery is spectacular!
Magnus MAGuivers new batons for the mainsail which we lost on the Pacific Crossing.
We try the local food at a pension...
We arrive at Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia, after 25 days at sea.
It’s time to check in and have a look around and try to find some fresh produce.
We do the 3km hike up and over the hill to the little village, but there isn’t much fresh stuff ...
We pass the equator and Wendy becomes are ShelLback, with rum and tributes to Neptune.
Wendy makes the landing flags for our arrival and Magnus punches the grommets and hoists the flags.
A few beer reviews in this episode
We make landfall at Hiva Oa in ...
We are gently getting used to life on the ocean. So far the passage has gone very well. Here we discuss our passage plans and the reasons why we made the decisions that we did.
Magnus bakes a beaut loaf in the galley and reviews a 9 and a half beer. Life ...
We manage to finish our final fresh provisioning and grab a couple of special beers for the important parts of the passage. We actually leave sight of land and start the epic journey across the South Pacific from Cabo San Lucas to Hiva Oa in French Polynes...
We finally leave La Paz for the last time and make our way towards Cabo San Lucas which is where we will check out of Mexico for good. On the way we take the last opportunity to clean Nutshell’s hull before we embark on the South Pacific Crossing.
Cabo ...
With only a few days to go before we leave La Paz, Magnus builds a temporary gas locker extension out of pine. This will now mean that we can house the taller gas bottles which we have managed to find in Mexico.
Wendy keeps on with the sewing tasks, worki...
There’s so much to do before we head off across the South Pacific to the Marquesas. Bobby takes us to a farmer’s wholesale fresh produce market to pick up some old crates to store our cans for the crossing and we buy bulk produce. Then it’s back to N...
With only four days left to get ready to cross the almighty South Pacific Ocean we head into town to do the last minute shopping. Wendy works on the new cockpit cushions which are coming along well.
Magnus checks Issy to make sure she is ready.
It’s ge...
Nutshell has a leak and Magnus tries hard to find it before the boat fills with water!
He makes a start on the new ratlines which we will need for looking out to check for hazards where we are going.
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We check out a few of the anchorages in the Sea of Cortez. We visit a lovely little place called Honeymoon Cove with its three cute beaches and then head over to Puerto Escondido just in time to shelter from a few days of bad weather which are hitting the ...
With the oven now fixed, Magnus experiments with a new bread making recipe and technique for making bread. It’s very successful!
We see the largest pod of dolphins that we have ever seen. There must have been over 100 in the pod!
We observe the local f...
We head on a quest to find foam for the cockpit cushions. We manage to find conduit which we will use for the conversion of our existing sail bags into stack packs.
Magnus makes a start on pulling out the superfluous stuff from the semi-installed water ma...
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