Author: Elvira Beetstra

Rain was forecasted, but we got a fantastic and sunny day as we sailed to our next destination. The wind picked up ...

French Polynesia is incredibly large. It covers the area of all of europe. And while there are many islands, they are therefore ...

The news supply to you has not been too good over the past few days. Precisely because there was so much to do, writing a small ...

Little to no wind was forecast for the next few days. For the following days a brisk northwest wind slowly ...

Charles Darwin himself already published an explanation for the origin of atolls. In a nutshell: a volcanic island...

After a long grey day with lots of rain and wind shifts, we were rewarded yesterday with perhaps the most beautiful sailing day ...

The trip starts well. After days with lots of wind and rain, it is a beautiful day with sunshine and the wind has also eased a little....

At Mangareva quay, we settle down a bit. We don't have to run anchor watches, so everyone is busy with maintenance...

This area and Mangareva in particular is famous for its black pearls. There are pearl farms all over the bay. The perfectly ...

The last few hundred miles we traveled at high speed to Mangareva. As if the ship was very enthusiastic about getting ...