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Welcome Anastacia II
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Welcome Anastacia II

It was Alan, the Canadian on Timmies Run, who had contacted us with an offer to buy his boat. The boat is a Beneteau Oceanis 461 (46 feet, 14 m) from 2000. Two feet longer than Anastacia and ten years older. It is the same boat that Alan and Christer spent a whole day in, a few months ago, trying to find the fault with the autopilot that had stopped working. Alan had originally planned to continu ...

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The quest for a new boat
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The quest for a new boat

Before leaving Niue, we searched the sailboat market and realized that French Polynesia and Tahiti probably had the largest selection at reasonable prices. So, we flew there with a stopover in Auckland, New Zealand. We wanted to be as efficient as possible and had already booked some visits and video tours in advance. During the barely two weeks we lived in Papeete, we managed to look at over 10 d ...

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“The Rock” and the end of Anastacia
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“The Rock” and the end of Anastacia

After staying on Niue for a little over a week, it was time to set off for Tonga and we waited for the next weather window. We were now several boats following weather forecasts and some were in contact with meteorologists specializing in marine weather for help as we were unsure how the weather systems that prevailed further west would develop. A low-pressure system with thunders ...

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Niue
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Niue

Large parts of this post were written before the low-pressure system swept over Niue and took Anastacia with it. To exclude all the good things we had experienced during our stay on the island and only write about the accident, would not do Niue justice. A new post about what happened to the boat and our plans for the future will therefor ...

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Cook Islands and Aitutaki
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Cook Islands and Aitutaki

Aitutaki belongs to the southern group of the Cook Islands and is an “almost” atoll with a large coral reef around the entire island and several small islands inside the surrounding lagoon. We had good winds but also high waves when we sailed to the island, so it was a rough four days sailing for us. Since we had sailed a litt ...

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French Polynesia and the Society Islands
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French Polynesia and the Society Islands

Tahiti is the largest of the 14 islands in the archipelago of the Society Islands and is also home to Papeete, the capital of all of French Polynesia. Tahiti, like many of the islands in the archipelago, is surrounded by lagoons protected by large reefs all around the islands and act as effective breakwaters. A bit like a combination of island and atoll ...

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French Polynesia and the Tuamotus
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French Polynesia and the Tuamotus

The sail from Nuku Hiva to the small atoll Kauehi in Tuamotu took four days and started with a surprisingly large pod of dolphins with over 50 individuals that joined us for an hour or so. We believe they were bottlenose dolphins. Wonderful to see! 😍 During the sail we had good wind but very variable weather. During the day we had strong sunshine and ...

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French Polynesia, Nuku Hiva and the Marquesas
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French Polynesia, Nuku Hiva and the Marquesas

Polynesia (meaning roughly the many islands) is a large cultural and geographical region in the Pacific Ocean consisting of a variety of islands, archipelagos and nations where the people share the same origin and speak one of the many Polynesian languages. Polynesia is bordered by Hawaii (to the north), New Zealand (to the southwest) and ...

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Pacific crossing
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Pacific crossing

The entire 3100 nautical miles crossing from Galapagos to French Polynesia took us just under 22 days to complete. We had favorable winds for most of the crossing as well as a westerly current of about 1 knot. Despite the fact that the weather files we downloaded every day recommended other routes, we were able to maintain a fairly straig ...

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Galapagos
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Galapagos

The entire Galapagos archipelago and its waters belong to Ecuador. The area is considered the world's second largest marine reserve with its 133,000 km2 and is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a unique animal and plant life. The archipelago consists of 19 larger islands, 4 of which are inhabited, plus a further 110 uninhabited small islet ...

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