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Monday 28 March – We take advantage of the rising tide to continue the ascent of the Rio Maraù to the south. In fact there is only a narrow peninsula between the Rio and the ocean that is just to the east. 6 miles further… we go around the Ilha dos Tubaroes and decide to anchor just after, in the South…
Walks in Nuku-Hiva
Saturday 3 January: Change of mooring... 5 miles east into Controller's Bay. The bay is deep and well protected and the anchor hangs well. Immediately we put the dinghy in the water and explore the bottom of the bay. The tide is almost high and we can enter the river that winds between the…
Fishing parties in Aves
Monday 21 November – 50 miles west of “Los Roques” and after a quiet navigation under SPI, We touch the “Aves”. The Aves are two groups of Venezuelan islands separated by about thirty miles: to the east the Aves Barlovento (winnow) and to the west the Aves Satovento (downwind). We will stay almost two…
The Pacific, it's big!
Thursday 5 September -We have been at sea since 4 days, The SPI is out, the wind is weak, The sea is flat, What comfort! We make an average of 5 knots with an east wind and the bottom of the air is cool. In the space of a few days the weather changes, The wind is strengthening at…