This week we are in vacation mode making our way through the Society Islands of French Polynesia. Daniel's parents are staying on board and we are truly living our best life. We island hop from Moorea all the way to Bora Bora before Daniel's parents have...
We are in beautiful Tahiti prepping for Daniel's parents coming to visit. We move to the airport anchorage and visit Papeete. We find a thimble for Jessa's collection, boat parts, provisions and see the closing parade for the Olympics. We finally get th...
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We've loved the remoteness and isolation of the Tuamotus - it's amazing being able to focus on our family and our time together. We leave Tahanea behind and have rough seas on our way to Fakarava. We tour a pearl farm and see the Topaka lighthouse. We s...
We've loved the remoteness and isolation of the Tuamotus but we are needing to get to civilization because we are running out of food! We have 4 kids to feed and we need to provision ASAP. We navigate some tricky cuts in and out of the atolls of the Tuam...
Daniel says problems come in threes and that is proving true this week. Daniel repairs or replaces everything from cabin fans to our dinghy carburetor to our windlass. We even lose our plug to our dinghy! We are thousands of miles from any major land ma...
This week we sail the 400nm from Fatu Hiva to Raroia - our first atoll in the Tuamotus. We go through our first entrance pass into the lagoon, which can be dangerous, and slowly make our way dodging bommies through the atoll. We fish, hunt crabs, and sp...
This week we make it to the beautiful Fatu Hiva in French Polynesia. I edited a little differently than I normally do, giving a more "behind the scenes" look at what it's like living on a sailboat. Follow along to see what it's like for a family of six t...
Journey through the untold story of Makatea, a Pacific island shaped by tectonic forces, exploited for phosphate, and tied to a geological mystery. Could its uplift have triggered a tsunami that flooded Marlon Brando’s Tetiaroa? Explore the science of pl...
We got up close to a couple of majestic humpback whales in Moorea.
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