El Vagabond - From Gambier Islands to the Tuamotos...

From Gambier Islands to the Tuamotos...

El Vagabond

Vicki & Roger Mortimer

Thu 7 Jun 2012 00:34

Position 21 01.93S, 139 52.08W

Well, after 4 weeks, we finally managed to drag ourselves away from the relaxing Gambier Islands last Sunday (3rd June). We really enjoyed the various islands and hiked, sunbathed, snorkelled, swam with sharks, visited a Pearl Farm, ate loads of fresh baguettes etc etc - as you do when you are in French Polynesia !!!

We are now on our way to the Tuamotos - not yet sure how many we will visit en route to Tahiti but we are aiming for Tahanea first. Hopefully, we should arrive sometime over the weekend...

Blog Entries

2016

Nov 2016

Mon 21 Nov 16:18
- Storm Angus...

Oct 2016

Sat 22 Oct 16:04
- Guernsey...
Tue 4 Oct 15:56
- BACK HOME - Portsmouth Harbour

Sep 2016

Sat 24 Sep 14:54
- Cherbourg...

Aug 2016

Thu 25 Aug 08:59
- Treguier...
Thu 18 Aug 18:56
- Back in France...
Sat 13 Aug 11:57
- Only 300 miles to go...
Tue 9 Aug 13:01
- Where is the wind ?
Sun 7 Aug 11:44
- Whale watching...
Thu 4 Aug 12:27
- On our way again...

Jul 2016

Mon 18 Jul 14:52
- Arrival in Terceira, Azores...
Sat 16 Jul 17:34
- Can almost smell the Beer...
Wed 13 Jul 20:10
- And it continues to rain...
Mon 11 Jul 14:00
- Here we go...
Thu 7 Jul 20:35
- Back on track...
Mon 4 Jul 17:40
- Hanging on in there...
Fri 1 Jul 18:28
- Slow start...

Jun 2016

Wed 1 Jun 17:42
- Newport, RI

May 2016

Wed 25 May 17:07
- Provincetown...
Sun 22 May 16:52
- Portsmouth to Gosport...
Wed 11 May 16:39
- On our way home...

2015

Oct 2015

Tue 27 Oct 19:27
- Out on the Hard...
Fri 2 Oct 17:22
- Boothbay Harbour again...

Sep 2015

Sat 26 Sep 17:19
- McGlathery Island, Maine
Sun 20 Sep 19:22
- St Andrews, New Brunswick...
Sat 12 Sep 15:36
- Bar Harbour, Mount Desert Island, ME...

Aug 2015

Sun 30 Aug 15:34
- The Cranberries...
Wed 26 Aug 15:31
- Bold Island, ME...
Fri 21 Aug 15:27
- Tenant's Harbour, ME...
Tue 18 Aug 15:08
- Boothbay Harbour, Maine....
Sun 9 Aug 18:55
- Newburyport, Massachusetts...

Jul 2015

Thu 23 Jul 17:00
- Martha's Vineyard...

Jun 2015

Fri 26 Jun 16:29
- Having a Good Day in the USA...
Tue 23 Jun 12:56
- Almost there...
Thu 18 Jun 13:34
- Slow Progress...
Sat 13 Jun 13:19
- Moving along steadily...
Tue 9 Jun 14:41
- We're on our way again and heading North...
Thu 4 Jun 23:46
- Tyrell's bay, Carriacou...

May 2015

Sat 2 May 19:27
- Circumnavigators R Us... Yee Haw !!!

Apr 2015

Tue 28 Apr 12:09
- Almost there...
Sat 25 Apr 13:30
- Prickly Bay beckons...
Mon 20 Apr 12:45
- 1,400 miles still to go...
Wed 15 Apr 11:48
- Back in the North...
Mon 13 Apr 12:22
- The Equator beckons...
Thu 9 Apr 12:28
- Squalls abound...
Mon 6 Apr 17:19
- Plodding along...
Wed 1 Apr 14:26
- Still slow going...

Mar 2015

Sun 29 Mar 11:07
- Very Slow Progress...
Wed 25 Mar 10:10
- We're off - last leg...
Thu 12 Mar 13:56
- Jamestown, St. Helena...
Fri 6 Mar 13:56
- Not long now...
Mon 2 Mar 13:11
- 150 mile a day average.....

Feb 2015

Sun 22 Feb 17:52
- Dassen Island...
Sat 21 Feb 11:36
- Leaving Cape Town...

Jan 2015

Fri 23 Jan 13:26
- Cape Town...
- The Cape of Good Hope...
Thu 22 Jan 11:15
- Bottom Bit of Africa...
Tue 13 Jan 14:48
- Port Elizabeth...
Sun 11 Jan 14:43
- Riding the Agulhas Current - 10 1/2 Knots - Woo Hoo...
Fri 9 Jan 14:35
- It's not a bad life....

2014

Dec 2014

Thu 11 Dec 12:11
- Durban......
Mon 8 Dec 11:09
- Almost there.......
Mon 1 Dec 11:23
- Not there yet...

Nov 2014

Wed 26 Nov 10:56
- On the move again...
Fri 21 Nov 06:38
- Holiday Time in Mauritius...
Mon 17 Nov 06:16
- Back on target...
Thu 13 Nov 02:08
- Progress slowed due to lack of wind.... again....
Sun 9 Nov 03:29
- The Indian Ocean Kindle Disaster of 2014....
Wed 5 Nov 05:27
- It's all go...

Oct 2014

Thu 30 Oct 01:46
- Still Swelly Seas....
Sun 26 Oct 08:43
- Rockin' & Rollin'....
Tue 21 Oct 03:11
- Eureka !!! We've found the wind....
Thu 16 Oct 23:59
- Slow but sure.....
Sat 11 Oct 03:11
- Chasing the wind....
Tue 7 Oct 09:47
- Finally... on our way to South Africa...

Aug 2014

Fri 29 Aug 01:57
- Darwin.... our last Australian Port of Call......
Sun 24 Aug 07:12
- Almost halfway across the top... rocking & rolling...
Sat 16 Aug 00:23
- Morris Island
Sat 2 Aug 03:12
- Crocodiles in Cairns......

Jul 2014

Tue 29 Jul 03:05
- Dunk Island...
Sat 19 Jul 05:16
- Scawfell Island...
Fri 11 Jul 06:06
- Urangan Harbour...
Mon 7 Jul 05:48
- Great Sandy Straits...
Thu 3 Jul 05:38
- Cruisin' the Gold Coast...

Jun 2014

Mon 23 Jun 04:24
- Laurieton, Camden Haven...
Wed 11 Jun 04:10
- 5 year catch up with Inn for a Penny........

May 2014

Fri 23 May 04:49
- Anchored by the Anzac Bridge (aka Madonna's Bra)...
Thu 22 May 20:54
- Sydney - here we are...
Sat 17 May 23:34
- Over halfway now...
Wed 14 May 23:20
- Not sure about this Windward stuff...
Mon 12 May 00:15
- On our way to Oz........
Wed 7 May 23:51
- Almost ready for OZ....

Apr 2014

Tue 22 Apr 23:45
- Kumutoto Bay for the last time......
Wed 9 Apr 23:42
- Clifford Bay......
Mon 7 Apr 23:33
- Akaroa again.....

Mar 2014

Sun 23 Mar 00:11
- Golf at Ringa Ringa Heights GC....
Wed 12 Mar 00:05
- Abraham's Bosom....
Wed 5 Mar 09:01
- Easy Harbour...
- Murderers Cove...
Sun 2 Mar 05:01
- Stewart Island... still here...

Feb 2014

Mon 17 Feb 23:57
- Still heading South...
Mon 10 Feb 00:27
- Kiwi Spotting on Stewart Island.....

Jan 2014

Sat 25 Jan 23:16
- French Bay, Akaroa
Wed 15 Jan 23:11
- Windy Wellington....

2013

Dec 2013

Tue 31 Dec 22:58
- Happy New Year from Snug Cove...
Wed 25 Dec 22:53
- Merry Christmas...
Sat 14 Dec 22:50
- Kumutoto Bay... back again !!!
Sun 8 Dec 22:44
- Marina & Marriage....

Oct 2013

Mon 28 Oct 22:39
- Kumutoto Bay........ love it here !!!
Tue 1 Oct 21:28
- Feeling fitter than ever...

May 2013

Sun 19 May 03:09
- Skiing in Queenstown.....
Sat 4 May 03:04
- Ship's Cove, Marlborough Sounds

Mar 2013

Sat 2 Mar 02:13
- Akaroa - a bit of France in NZ...

Feb 2013

Sun 17 Feb 03:42
- 1930's Weekend in Napier...

Jan 2013

Tue 29 Jan 00:00
- Great Barrier Island
Tue 1 Jan 02:19
- New Year Winery...

2012

Dec 2012

Tue 25 Dec 02:24
- Happy Christmas...

Nov 2012

Thu 29 Nov 02:22
- Civilisation in Auckland...
Wed 21 Nov 00:48
- Light winds delay progress...
Thu 15 Nov 02:30
- On our way home....
Fri 9 Nov 21:04
- Ta Ta to Tonga...

Oct 2012

Wed 17 Oct 04:35
- Tootling in Tonga....

Sep 2012

Fri 14 Sep 19:33
- Whale watching in Tonga...

Aug 2012

Sun 26 Aug 23:29
- Surrounded by Sharks (little ones) in Suvarov...
Sat 11 Aug 02:38
- Basking in Bora Bora....
Fri 3 Aug 03:26
- Relaxing in Raiatea...

Jul 2012

Fri 20 Jul 03:40
- Lazing in the Leewards...

Jun 2012

Tue 26 Jun 02:04
- Rallying to Moorea...
Wed 20 Jun 21:36
- Tropical Tahiti...
Mon 11 Jun 20:34
- Tuamotos - A South Pacific Paradise
Thu 7 Jun 00:34
- From Gambier Islands to the Tuamotos...

May 2012

Tue 8 May 23:05
- Baguettes for Breakfast...
Tue 1 May 19:26
- Bounty Bay beckons...

Apr 2012

Sun 22 Apr 17:28
- 10,000 mile detour at an end...
Sat 14 Apr 21:28
- Chipping along nicely...
Tue 10 Apr 18:57
- En route to Pitcairn Island...

Mar 2012

Sat 24 Mar 16:46
- Isla Robinson Crusoe...
Fri 16 Mar 20:21
- Leaving Chile tomorrow - Finally stowed all those Toilet Rolls and Wine Bottles....
Thu 1 Mar 16:28
- Still buying gallons of Wine...

Feb 2012

Wed 22 Feb 15:27
- Stocking up for the next 9 months...
Tue 14 Feb 11:25
- Back "home" at Club de Yates, Valdivia...
Thu 9 Feb 22:35
- Almost back in Valdivia...

Jan 2012

Sun 29 Jan 18:17
- Bahia TicToc - our 100th new Patagonian anchorage...
Sat 14 Jan 20:30
- At the San Rafael Glacier accompanied by some "awesome" Ice Bergs...
Sun 8 Jan 00:39
- Still Heading South...
Sun 1 Jan 19:23
- 5 Star Luxury in Puyuhuapi to see in the New Year...

2011

Dec 2011

Sun 25 Dec 18:38
- Relaxing in Poza de Ora (Pond of Gold) in the sunshine for Christmas...
Sun 18 Dec 20:25
- A bit further South but still warm and sunny for Vicki's Birthday...
Fri 16 Dec 21:30
- Sun & warm(ish) sand between our toes at Estero Quintupeu for Monty's Birthday...
Sun 11 Dec 12:28
- Heading South for Christmas...

Jul 2011

Mon 4 Jul 15:05
- Back to "our" Farm for a few months' land time...
Sat 2 Jul 15:04
- Puerto Montt - At last we have arrived after 76 days in the wilderness...

Jun 2011

Wed 29 Jun 15:35
- Mechuque - a welcome stop after 55 knots up the bottom all day...
Wed 22 Jun 22:29
- Safely North of Penas and on the home run...
Sun 19 Jun 17:51
- On the move again...
Fri 17 Jun 17:13
- Still here in Puerto Francisco...
Sat 11 Jun 17:30
- Still poised ready to head North across the Golfo de Penas...
Mon 6 Jun 20:57
- Poised at the Golfo de Penas (the "Gulf of Pain")...
Thu 2 Jun 22:24
- Puerto Eden - First civilisation after 6 1/2 weeks...

May 2011

Sun 29 May 21:20
- Otters abound in Caleta "Otter Pole", Isla Chatham...
Sat 21 May 21:16
- Caleta Victoria - beautiful but cold...
Tue 17 May 19:14
- Goodbye to the Magellan Straits...
Mon 9 May 11:35
- Slowly but surely... still not quite reached the Magellan Straits...

Apr 2011

Sat 30 Apr 15:01
- 2 Anchors and 6 Shorelines holding us down on Isla Chair...
Sun 24 Apr 17:15
- Easter at Caleta Beaulieu with a growling Glacier as our only neighbour...
Thu 21 Apr 21:55
- The Beagle Channel in the Autumn Sun...
Sat 16 Apr 13:26
- Busy stocking up for the next 3 months drifting in the Patagonian Canals....
Fri 8 Apr 22:21
- Almost back in Chile...
Fri 1 Apr 16:22
- Hiding from the wind & the Argies in Isla de Los Estados (again)...

Mar 2011

Tue 29 Mar 13:38
- On our way back to Chile...
Mon 21 Mar 14:56
- Waiting for a weather window on New Island in the Falklands and.... yep, more Penguins !!!
Mon 7 Mar 22:33
- More Penguins on Carcass Island - still in the Falklands...
Sat 5 Mar 14:15
- P-P-Pick up a Penguin on Pebble Island, West Falklands...

Feb 2011

Fri 18 Feb 19:10
- At last.... A decent Pint in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands !!!
Wed 16 Feb 19:08
- Out of hiding and on our way again...
Wed 9 Feb 16:16
- En Route to the Falklands - a quick stop at Isla de Los Estados...

Jan 2011

Thu 6 Jan 18:36
- Retail Therapy in Ushuaia for Vicki...
Wed 5 Jan 18:35
- Well earned pint on "The Micalvi"
Tue 4 Jan 18:34
- Southernmost Village in the World - Official Cape Horners !!
Mon 3 Jan 18:33
- Rounding Cape Horn flying the kite... Yo !!!!
Sun 2 Jan 18:32
- Last stop before the Horn...

2010

Dec 2010

Wed 22 Dec 17:17
- The Southernmost Town in the World (Puerto Williams) for Christmas...
Wed 15 Dec 21:29
- Holed up in Caleta Brecknock - awesome !!
Sun 12 Dec 15:45
- Hello to the Hailstorms...
Tue 7 Dec 21:52
- The Magellan Straits.... Yo !!
Wed 1 Dec 16:03
- Icebergs on Tap.....

Nov 2010

Sat 20 Nov 21:46
- Isla Clemente - Hello to the Williwaws !!!
Wed 17 Nov 22:10
- Waterfalls & Beaches in Canal Chacabuco...
Tue 9 Nov 22:23
- Volcanoes & Beaches in Golfo Corcovado.....

Oct 2010

Fri 29 Oct 18:04
- Last Stock up in Puerto Montt before heading South...
Fri 22 Oct 18:01
- Land time over and back on the water...

Mar 2010

Tue 30 Mar 14:47
- Valdivia, Chile - Terra Firma at last...
Sun 28 Mar 17:24
- Beer & Chips soon...
Tue 23 Mar 15:07
- Still Romping Along(ish)...
Fri 19 Mar 18:05
- Bl**dy Cold down here !!!
Sat 13 Mar 17:37
- Creeping towards the 'Roaring Forties'...
Fri 5 Mar 17:13
- On the move again...

Feb 2010

Thu 11 Feb 16:00
- Safely arrived at Easter Island in time for their annual Festival...

Jan 2010

Sun 31 Jan 23:19
- Heading for Easter Island...

2009

Dec 2009

Fri 25 Dec 19:40
- Christmas Day in Galapagos...
Mon 21 Dec 17:46
- Getting there.....slowly !!
Wed 16 Dec 21:23
- Monty's Birthday - Highlight of the Doldrums
Thu 10 Dec 15:48
- We're off to Galapagos...

Nov 2009

Thu 5 Nov 13:35
- Hello to the Pacific
Wed 4 Nov 14:33
- Goodbye Caribbean