Taling Kaia

This blog entry covers the passage from Toau in the Tuamotus to Tahiti, the search for a safe place to leave the boat for a few weeks to allow me to travel home, as well as a road trip around Tahiti island before actually leaving.

This covers my passage from Nuku Hiva to Toau in the Tuamotu Islands, together with Chris, and our stay on Toau. Toau was the only island in the Tuamotus that we visited. From there we continued straight to Tahiti (in the Society Islands),

This is the tale of my single handed sailing through the Marquesas islands over a period of 22 days.

French Polynesia lies in the middle of the Pacific, and it covers a (sea) area of the similar size like the whole of Europe (excluding Russia),...

At anchorage at exit of Canal

Before we went through the Canal, I had looked at various locations on the Pacific side which would be suitable for parking the boat while we would be making final preparations for the passage to the Marquesas. I...

After his initial message, that we had received a transit slot of April 14th (to which I strongly protested), Stanley came back and said he received a slot for the date I had originally asked April 1st.

Stanley would provide for 2 professional...

Part 1 - Prologue

After arriving with KAIA to Shelter Bay marina in Colon, Panama in April 2022, and putting her on the hard in the secure area, I travelled home in June 2022, totally unsure how I would continue with the boat from Panama. To my...