by GWTAdmin | May 30, 2015 | Ara Nui, cruiser destinations, cruising provisioning, Hiva Oa, Marquesan Locals, Marquesas French Polynesia
Ara Nui in Hiva Oa, Marquesas, hard at work unloading freight. How do imports and exports transit in the remote Marquesas?“Lifeline to the Marquesas” the Ara Nui makes 16 2-week trips a year through French Polynesia, most of it in the Marquesas….... by GWTAdmin | May 28, 2015 | cruiser activities, cruiser destinations, fatu hiva, hiking, Marquesas French Polynesia, sailing South Pacific
This blowhole was one of many Fatu Hivascenic spots on our boat ride fromHanavave to Omoa.The day after we made the 17 km Fatu Hiva hike from Omoa – Hanavave, our friend Steve from Armagh groused, “I will never feel the same about Lonely Planet again!” (I... by GWTAdmin | May 27, 2015 | boat maintenance and repair, CPT autopilot, passage making, pearson 365 sailboat, sailing the South Pacific
Wayne removing our steering wheel to accessour Raymarine wheel-based autopilot drive.We bi—ed, moaned and complained about our Raymarine wheel autopilot*. Though from St. Martin in January 2013, all the way back to Florida, then throughout the Bahamas... by GWTAdmin | May 26, 2015 | cruiser activities, cruiser destinations, Hanamoenoa Tuahata, local food, making poisson cru au lait, Marquesan Locals, sailing South Pacific
“Hamu” with the parrot fish he caught spearfishingabout an hour earlier to use in making poisson cru.How did we find ourselves eating the freshest poisson (South Pacific ceviche) cru coco au lait (coconut milk) ever in the Marquesas?Not quite... by GWTAdmin | May 25, 2015 | booze, brewing beer, cooking aboard, cooking disasters, Marquesas French Polynesia, recipe
To translate French Polynesia prices… The gin would be roughly $64 USD.Booze – be it beer, wine, gin, rum, whatever your favorite you-name-it hooch…. It gets very expensive once you leave Panama South Pacific bound.So when F I our Choices crew guy...