30 May 2021 | Sawmill Point Marina, Wilmington NC, USA
24 May 2021 | Wilmington Marine Center, USA
23 February 2021 | Cape Fear Yachts
20 December 2020 | Cape Fear Yachts
11 December 2020 | Cape Fear Yachts
09 September 2020 | Wilmington Port, USA
09 September 2020 | Wilmington Port, USA
05 February 2017 | Pte Miri Miri, Raiatea, French Polynesia
05 February 2017 | Raiatea Lagoon, French Polynesia
05 February 2017 | South end of Raiatea
01 February 2017 | Baie Vaiaeho, Raiatea, French Polynesia
01 February 2017 | Baie Vaiaeho, Raiatea, French Polynesia
31 January 2017 | West Side of Raiatea
31 January 2017 | West Side of Raiatea, French Polynesia
31 January 2017 | West side of Raiatea
30 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
30 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
28 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
27 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
Navigation marks in French Polynesia
12 July 2016 | Approach to Utaroa Raiatea French Polynesia
Navigation in French Polynesia:
Like many things in the US, most of the rest of the world has a different system for navigation marks. Entering passes it is Green Right Returning. Once inside an atoll or reef ringed island, the channel is marked by green on the reef side and red on the island side. If there is an obstacle then there is a mark similar the the one in the photo. Two triangles pointing up is “Stay North of the mark,” two triangles pointing down is “stay South of the mark.” Two triangles pointing at each other (makes two Ws on their sides) “stay West” and two triangles pointing away from each other, “stay East of the mark.”
The little hut is someone’s weekend retreat. Already a casualty of Climate Change and sea levels rising, although they are still using it! The peak on the island hints at its volcanic origins and is the peak we climbed a couple weeks ago with the kids…