Andrew Veritas

Fakarava, Tuamotus, French Polynesia

The sail to Fakarava was a night passage from Tahanea. We left a bit after sunset to catch the slack[…]

The dive shops in south Fakarava were heavily booked, because the day before we arrived, all the staff from the[…]

We drift snorkeled the pass, aiming for slack tide, and found ourselves zipped inside the lagoon at a quick clip.[…]

Exiting an atoll at twilight is a little unsettling. Despite having seen during daylight that the route we were retracing[…]

Passage planning in the Tuamotus adds a new constraint. We’re used to checking weather and planning arrivals and departures around[…]

The passage to Raroia was three days of brutal sucky sailing, with beautiful bookends. We got out of Ua Pou’s[…]

Ua Pou was a pretty reasonable half day sail from Taiohae Bay. Jazz was getting ready to tan when Captain[…]

We left Ua Huka in the morning and put up the spinnaker as soon as we were out of the[…]

For those of you interested in the boat that was at sea with us, eating fried flying deck fish and[…]

Two major milestones from this last trip! On June 21, Jazz celebrated her 37th birthday, and at sunset Villa reached[…]