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Heading westwards, continue to Rangiroa – EP 159 Sailing Seatramp
After stopping at Toau's False Pass, we go ashore to pay for the buoy and look around a bit on the moto. The mountains of garbage are once again extremely dissapointing. We leave westwards for Rangiroa, the second largest atoll in the world and are greet...
Relaxing on Toau and leaving the stressful pass again – EP 158 Sailing Seatramp
Toau, one of the worst pass entries for us as we showed in the last video, turns out to be a beautiful, uninhabited place in Paradise. We enjoy a few lonely days, relax and explore the underwater world and then we have to get out again! Where we went in...
Will the boat flip? The worst pass entry into an atoll so far – EP 157 Sailing Seatramp
In this episode, we leave Fakarava and head to the next atoll, Toua. It's only a short trip of 15 miles, but entering the pass turns into uncomfortable riding through the waves. While I'm still filming the dolphins in front the fun starts, I almost go ove...
Back to civilization with obstacles – EP 156 Sailing Seatramp
Finally we start slowly our way to civilization up to Rotoava, the main town of Fakarava. We plan to make a few stops on the way up and on the first stop our anchor chain get stuck and we need help from friends to get it up again. Back in the main town we...
Welding on the beach, will it work? – EP 155 Sailing Seatramp
After an awesome time on Tahanae we are back in Fakarva to celebrate New Years Eve with some other sailors. Nearly a year ago we bought a welding machine back in Panama and finally Mario is trying to built us a gaff. We need to bring the genertor to the...
There is always a reason for a beach party! – EP 153 Sailing Seatramp
Honestly, I have mixed feelings to post this video. We know all that the world is strange right now and how blessed we are to be able to do what we do. Covid sucks! We can still hang around with other boats and enjoy drinks and games every night. In this ...
Heading to Tahanea, an uninhabited atoll – EP 152 Sailing Seatramp
Once we have our new anchor chain on board, we set off to follow our friends from YumYum and Nomad to the uninhabited atoll of Tahanea. In Tahanea there are only many palm trees, birds and fish. It is absolutely uninhabited and there is no reception there...
A gift for Seatramp, a new anchor chain! – EP 151 Sailing Seatramp
It's getting close to Christmas, it's time to start thinking about a gift for our Trampi! After our anchor chain is completely rusting, we invest in a new one and get it delivered to Fakarava shortly before Christmas. 90m new chain, first get it on the ...
There is more than just boat work! – EP 150 Sailing Seatramp
We are back in wonderful Hirifa and spend a few relaxing days on the beach with our friends from Yumyum. After the last days and weeks were quite exhausting, we decide to spend the next days only doing boat work in the mornings and spend the rest of the ...
With hitchhikers on board back to Fakarava – EP 149 Sailing Seatramp
After a relaxing time on Rangiroa it is time to sail on. We make our way to Fakarava to meet up with our friends from SY Yumyum again in a few days. On the crossing we are accompanied by two German backpackers who have been traveling in Polynesia for qu...
Clogged toilets, broken diode and yet we are in paradise! – EP 148 Sailing Seatramp
To change the scenery we move towards the other pass of Rangiroa. Mario tries to find a mechanic ashore before he starts his MacGyver modus to find a solution for our burned diode and I have to repair my not working toilet. We have luck that we can manage...
First impressions of Rangiroa and more electric problems – EP147 Sailing Seatramp
After our smooth and relaxed sail last week to Rangiroa, it's time to start exploring the island. We had some more electrical problems on the sail to here and Mario starts to find out what happens and we try to find a solution for it. Looks like we have a ...
Smooth sailing to Rangiroa, Tuamotus Atoll – EP 146 Sailing Seatramp
Join us in this episode when we start our sailing trip from Tahiti to Rangiroa, Tuamotus, French Polynesia. We waited a couple of days for a better weather forecast, it looked really wavy and uncomfortable, but onces we start, we are luckly and can enjoy ...
What’s the problem with our outboard engine? EP 145 – Sailing Seatramp
Back on board after spending 5 weeks family time in Germany, it's time to get ready to leave Tahiti again and sail back to the Tuamotus, as Cyclone season is starting! But... again we have some problems! Our outboard engine doesn't work really anymore, w...