Author: Andrew Veritas

We sailed over to Savai’i from the airport anchorage of Upolu, a nice pleasant day sail. We anchored in a[…]

We mentioned passing this parade in our main Upalu post. This was the day before the Miss Samoa pageant, and[…]

Dance contests, bands, food and craft booths, what a lucky time to arrive in Samoa! The country had just reopened[…]

Our first experience in Samoa, in presage of many to come, was being asked to wait. In particular, despite giving[…]

We went to sea again, and the Authorities quickly understood my protest and turned off the noise box. We had[…]

Our first day of sailing was lovely. We had the spinnaker up in light-moderate wind, and we were cruising along[…]

Several people had told us about this island’s nickname, Boring-Boring: apparently the majority of the tourism funnels through resorts, and[…]

We had intended a day sail to the twin islands of Taha’a and Raiatea, but the weather was not cooperative.[…]

We left for Huahine at sunset, our last overnight passage in French Polynesia. Wind was lighter than forecast, so we[…]