Travels of Hew & Barb on our yacht Eleuthera
Repairs, Maintenance and Upgrade Planning Leaving the Caribbean and heading across the Pacific, we were looking forward to reaching the boat-friendly shores of New Zealand. We had planned a list of repairs, maintenance and...
We left for French Polynesia in flat calm weather, but when nearly halfway we hit a storm, took some damage and needed to return to New Zealand for repairs.
Departing Tonga Trying to leave Tonga becamse very problematic with the weather playing a large part in holding us up by causing us to sail up and down the chain of islands. On top...
Raiatea and Taaha are two islands within one atoll with many places to snorkel and dive. Paget and Stella were joining us for 10 days but, unfortunately, we only saw a tantalising tiny bit...
Arrival We arrived first thing in the morning everything was quiet and still. We had to wait for another yacht to clear with customs before we could go onto the fisherman’s wharf. The entry...
We dropped one crew , had two days and then took on the next crew – to be named the pink crew for their nails and clothing and then the gimballed Trollops for all...
We travelled to Fkarava to catch up with friends coning in from New Zealand as it was easy to fly to and to see what a big more populous atoll was like. Fakarava is...
After a leisurely two-day sail down from the Marquesas Islands, we arrived in Raroia. The only excitement was finding a flying fish in the sail bag one morning after a rough and windy night....
San Cristóbal is the Capital of Galapagos and surprisingly smart and tidy but also it is the island of sea lions which we loved. General San Cristobal is the eastern most island in the...
Floreana is a small island with only 150 residents but it is a real gem and was the most friendly and welcoming of all the islands. A very different feeling from the bigger touristy...
Fish / Flora & Fauna / French Polynesia / Pacific / Society Islands
Tantalising Time at Taaha and Raiatea
07/01/2025
