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Our Last Few Days before Everything Gets Remote
Huub and Maria Paula wrap up cruising in Moorea, relocate to Tahiti to recharge the galley freezer with cruiser Andre, upgrade scooter tires, and provision for months of remote sailing in the Tuamotus.
what life looks like sailing to a remote atoll
Sailing Catalpa explores Tikehau atoll in French Polynesia, testing scuba gear, visiting the off-grid Île d'Eden organic farm, and setting sail across 180 nautical miles to Tahiti.
We Wanted a Different Life… This Is Where It Took Us
Held at anchor in Tahiti by 40-knot gales in Moorea, the Sailing Big Lost family reflects on their route from the BVI and Rio Dulce through Panama to French Polynesia aboard their catamaran.
Sailing to Moorea Was Hard, The Reward Made It Worth It
Facing rough seas and seasickness during an overnight passage from Tikehau to Moorea, the crew aboard SV Big Lost completes 178 nautical miles before reprovisioning, clearing trash, and reuniting with cruising friends.
We Came for Paradise We Found Something Better
Anchored in Tikehau atoll, the crew of Sailing Big Lost cross the lagoon to the Garden of Eden, reuniting with SV Palarran for a kids beach campout, dinghy tubing, and exploring organic vanilla farming.
We Came for the Sailing… We Stayed for the Friendships
Aboard Sailing Big Lost in Tikehau Atoll, the crew shifts between lagoon anchorages, navigates swell at the manta cleaning station, and bids farewell to friends on SV Kaikoa.
We Thought Success Looked Like This We Were Wrong
Connor and the crew aboard Big Lost experience the Fakarava grouper spawning dive, tour a black pearl farm, and sail 165 nautical miles to Tikehau in French Polynesia.
We Came for Fakarava’s Wall of Sharks — But Left With Something More
Sailing Big Lost weighs anchor at Tahanea at 5:00 AM, navigates spinnaker trouble at sea, and dives the Fakarava South Pass during grouper spawning season.
Life In the Tuamotus Isn’t As Easy As It Looks
Aboard their Vision 444 catamaran Big Lost, Kelly and Connor manage an overnight Tuamotus passage from Raroia to Tahanea, navigating tidal passes and coral bommies.
This Is Why We Crossed The Pacific
Sailing Big Lost navigates a 500-nautical-mile passage from Nuku Hiva to Raroia Atoll, timing tidal passes and exploring remote Tuamotu lagoons.
We Weren’t Ready to Leave Yet | Life in the Marquesas
Awaiting a weather window and recovering from a sail-packing injury, the crew of Big Lost spends an unexpected extra week in Taiohae Bay, swimming with manta rays, provisioning in Nuku Hiva, and planning a 450-mile passage to the Tuamotus.
10 DAYS AT SEA⛵️Next Stop: Tonga!
Let’s get the heck out of here‼️ Join us for a 10 day sail from French Polynesia to Tonga— a passage we’ve been looking forward to for quite some time… 😍 The journey begins with a beautiful overnight trip from Tahiti to Bora Bora, where we tackle some chores in preparation for our departure and soak...
ROUGH Seas to TAHITI & our NASTIEST BOAT REPAIR Yet! Family Sailing Around the WORLD (66)
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 sail to Tahiti but not without havi...
Raising our FAMILY on the OPEN OCEAN – Sailing Around the World -ADVENTURE in the TUAMOTUS (65)
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 Tuamotus and find buried treasure in Tahane...
Trouble in the Tuamotus: The DARK SIDE of living on a Catamaran DIY REMOTE BOAT REPAIRS (64)
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 mass so Daniel Brown has to improvise, adapt.....
Living The Dream: A Day in the Life – CATAMARAN LIFE in the Tuamotus – Sailing Family (Ep. 63)
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 spend our time eating coconuts and hanging wit...
ROUGH SAIL💨7 Days at Sea From Tahiti to the Marquesas
After completing our haul-out and sail drive repair in Tahiti, we set off on an easy two-day passage to the Tuamotus, with calm seas and no wind. Partway, we received a weather update: a storm system with lightning and high winds was expected to hit the Tuamotus just as we arrived. So, we decided to...
Paradise Isn’t Perfect😩 Sailing French Polynesia
Our adventure in French Polynesia takes an unexpected turn when we discover severe damage to our sail drive shaft during what we thought would be a quick and simple seal change. 😩 It took two trips to the USA and thousands of dollars to get the parts we needed and make the repair— a consequence of s...
STUCK in French Polynesia— Now What?
After deciding to leave French Polynesia 6 months earlier than we had initially planned, it seemed like everything was lining up perfectly for us to make a last-minute trip to New Zealand ahead of cyclone season. Unfortunately, our weather window disappeared in a matter of hours, ultimately forcing ...
Change of Plans: We’re Leaving French Polynesia
Join us as we prepare for a last-minute passage to New Zealand before cyclone season begins in the South Pacific. We’ve had a memorable experience in French Polynesia, and we are looking forward to what comes next! ——————————————————————— ⛵️Join the Crew on Patreon: ⚓️Check out our Blog: 📸Foll...
What They Don’t Tell You About Sailing the Society Islands 😩
This week, we continued trying to make the best of our time in the Society Islands: we endured our third termite swarm, encountered more bad weather, left a loud mooring field, and escaped a reckless speed boat. 😤 No one told us sailing the South Pacific would be like this! Luckily, the picturesque ...![Are we rich???! [Ep147 RED SEAS]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qUHFzHow6Ck/mqdefault.webp)
Are we rich???! [Ep147 RED SEAS]
DISCOUNTED TICKETS for the ANNAPOLIS BOAT SHOW? Use code SAILREDS24 or grab your tickets at this link for some money off: We're on a quest to find a rare black pearl in French Polynesia! We sailed for two days to the very north of the Tuamotus atolls, to a place called Ahe where it is rumoure...
THIS is Sailing the South Pacific⛵️
We’re back! 🎥 Join us for a week in the life sailing French Polynesia with friends.⛵️ In this video, we take you along on an eventful sail from Tahiti to Moorea, where things went from smooth sailing to rough motoring…The journey was worth it when we pulled into a picturesque anchorage with steep mo...![We’re in TROUBLE! [Ep146 RED SEAS]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/3NJG6u9lGnQ/mqdefault.webp)