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Next day, Deb and I were off to Bird Island – appropriately named as it was a rookery for nesting birds. Not sure what they were but there were certainly a lot of them. On the island, the ground is … Continue reading →

One of the “must do’s” in Fakarava is the South Pass. The journey down is via a “lane” of surveyed area with channel markers. Outside the channel is a no man’s land of reefs and pearl farms – not a … Cont…

For those of you who have been following us for awhile, it isn’t hard to figure out that the crew of Iron Lady like to eat (and eat well). As a change of pace, I thought I would cover one … Continue reading →

t was an overnight run from Rainy Rangi to Fakarava. The weather was beautiful (as the rain had passed) and we had a full moon and a beautiful sunrise with dead flat seas. Our timing wasn’t perfect for slack water … Continue reading →

Well, we nicknamed Rangiroa Rainyroa. In fairness, it rained throughout the Tuamotus for three days – locals were happy as fresh water is mostly collected into cisterns and they were running low. We tried to fit in as much for … Continue re…

One of the things we hope that everyone gets to experience is wrestling with one of the large finny critters that swim around our here. Unfortunately, things had not been going well for son George and he was batting 0 … Continue reading →

Assam’s place is near the southeastern corner of the lagoon. We learned about it from one of our guides which highly recommended it as a stop. The guide billed it as a pearl farm but indicated that it was much … Continue reading →

George and Gel (son and girl friend) arrived in Fakarava on a Sunday and we were off Monday to Apataki as our plan was to spend a significant amount of time in Fakarava at the end of their stay. Apataki … Continue reading →

I’ll pass over our 1 week pre trip before Gel and George’s arrival as I will cover each of the destinations in more detail when they were with us – all except for terrible Taou which we did not go … Continue reading →

Well back to the view out the window. We managed to arrive at Fakarava on slack water and the pass treated us well. Motoring down inside the atoll was a spectacular treat. Reminiscent of the Bahamas, this is a lighthouse … Continue reading →