Photos - Crossing the Pacific from Galapagos to the Tuamotu's

Five Islands
John & Sue
Tue 7 Aug 2012 04:53
Some photo's of our 4 weeks at sea crossing the 3200nm  from the Galapagos to the Tuamotu Islands.

 Mahi Mahi - we caught 4 this day which fed us for a few weeks.

 Some speccy sunsets




 and sunrises



 Couldn't see the pot at the end of this rainbow even though it was very close.

 Moon with 2 planets beneath it just on dawn. Movement of the boat gave it the Zzz shape. Being on watch at sunrise has it's benefits.

 The crest of a white cap shows the aqua colour of the water

 Where the water breaks or the boat hits the waves, air bubbles turn the water turquoise in patches.

 Squid & flying fish land on the deck during the night, particularly when the seas were a bit lumpy and the wind was blowing. We would occasionally find them after a few days, led by the smell!
 We found this little guy too late - he was sun dried

 Our indoor aquarium with flying fish - the leaky escape hatch in the floor of the saloon.

 Surfing down a wave. Some days the waves were up to 3m+ high, other days were very calm seas.

 John, Miss Kitty & Nigel. Our evening game of sequence. The boys changed to red tokens shortly after this in an attempt to reverse their losing streak. It has worked to some extent.