Here we are in stunning Bora Bora and it’s certainly a little surreal. We have heard a lot about this place some love it and some not that fussed, it can be difficult for those with monohulls as some anchorages are shallow, others find the tourism and over the water bungalows too much. So far … Continue reading Bora Bora : Siennas 7th birthday, 20th April 2018

Now this is what it’s all about! Sitting on the bimini roof overlooking the sunset with a plastic glass of wine, all alone (which is totally rare and only because the kids have earned iPad time) – truly stunning looking at the pink hues over Tahaa island. Today we started with school at 0800, Jake … Continue reading Huahine : Sacred Blue Eyed Eels – 2 April 2018

We spent about 4 days here in Tahaa. What a great place to snorkel, anemones and fish everywhere. We walked along the motu and jumped into the coral river to be jet propelled along seeing the sights along the way, what fun. Sienna and I visited a pearl farm, and she scored a pair of … Continue reading Tahaa : 26 th March 2018

Pretty nail painting on passage.     We left Tahiti with a sign of relief. We could have explored further along Tahiti Iti (the south part of the island) but ran out of time. We tried to leave the day prior, we ran around all am scrubbing decks, fresh food provisioning from the market and … Continue reading Raiatea : long awaited haul, 14th – 28th March 2018

  We returned to Papette Marina in Tahiti from the South of the island to get ready to sail to Raiatea. We caught up with our friends that were still in the Marina and had an afternoon with S/V Sea Bean. After ice-cream we were off to a cultural dance competition (Chloe had kindly sourced … Continue reading Good Bye to Tahiti : March 2018

 Teahupoo anchorage, March 2018 Ryan and Nicole on S/V Naoma kindly waited for us to pull up our anchor as it is dodgy (parts ordered and in transit from Germany), they followed us along the inner reef between the marked reef. Stu and I tried our head sets for the first time, which Ryan was … Continue reading Tahiti Iti – Teahupoo

Vairao anchorage - February 2018   So today I decided to be at the helm while pulling up anchor (which did prove difficult to raise, but the windlass worked) and the whole way whilst we motored to our next anchor spot (Vairao, by Passe Tapuaeraha). The kids didn’t end up doing school and trashed the boat, … Continue reading Tahiti It – Vairao

26th January 2018   Australia Day We returned to Papeete Marina for the Australia Day party put on by S/V Southern Comfort. We learnt that they had invited the whole marina, and realized that they invited the 35 crew from the super yacht nearby. They had gone to a lot of effort – flags all over … Continue reading Tahiti again – Australia Day and Port Pheaton

December 2017 - January 25th 2018 Our friends on S/V Southern Comfort arrived the day mum had to leave, it was a pity mum had to go as we had some fun times with them that mum would have enjoyed. We went zip lining with Anne, Tony and their two kids. It was a 2 … Continue reading Moorea Part 2 – New Years 2017

  Moorea sounds nicer than Tahiti 10th December -   We are all totally ready to leave the hot Marina of Papette in Tahiti, we can’t swim in this place, the water is too dirty, though for a marina surprisingly clear at times. Mum and I went to Carrefour which is a large supermarket via … Continue reading Moorea Part 1 – Christmas 2017