April 2025

 

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

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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