Aug. 30th – Impressions and experiences of Mopeti Hi It seems my experience of our week and a half at Mopeti was a very friendly culture. Or may be it was the opportunity to hang out with a local all day for almost a week The culture of Mopeti is softer and relationship orientated and […]

Aug. 28th – Another Tahitian Feast Today at noon all the cruisers (7 people on 3 boats) here in Mopeti are went to another Tahitian feast today with some local people John and I met here on Mopeti. Their names are Simon and Ui who speak some English. They prepared a Tahitian feast for us […]

Aug 26th – getting to and exploring Mopeti Hello The motor through the Mopeti pass was not a problem with John in the rigging looking out for coral heads and shallow spots. The wind was down for two days so the current against us at the pass was not more than 3 Knots. The wind […]

Aug. 21st – Had a fabulious local cultural experience today Hello to everyone John has been sick with the flu and sleeping all day and all night and seems better today. Yesterday we were bobbing up an down at anchor in Bora Bora hunkered down because the wind is blowing from the southeast at 15 […]

Aug. 18th – Sailing to Bora Bora Hi to everyone Had great winds for a exciting day’s sailing directly down wind with INTENTION rolling like crazy 30 degrees from side to side and the seas pushing from astern going from Raiatea to Bora Bora today. John is sick with a cold and diarrhea so I […]

Aug. 15th – Up the river in Raiatea Hello to everyone John and I are still in Raiatea moored in Faaroa Bay off a red dock owned by a friendly American archeologist, Bill, who gave a very informative 3 hour tour of the sacred Polynesian Maraes a little further south. Yesterday we had an adventure […]

Aug. 14th – Back to sailing and exploring Hi all I am currently anchored at the end of a deep bay on the Island of Raiatea in the Society Islands. John and I are planning to travel by dingy about a mile up the river feeding the bay to explore what’s there this morning. Sorry […]