We have sailed from Mangareva and are bound for Tahiti. All rather magical sounding. But it is all truly real for us onboard. 100% real. But magic does show itself from time to time. After a rain at Rikitea, Mangareva things became a little different along the dark wet road going through the village. A …
Date: 6 September 2023 Sailing from: Mangareva Bound towards: Tahiti Noon position: 22°05.2’S 136°56.9’W Course: NWxN Speed: 5.9 knots Wind force and direction: Force 4 E Seas/swell: 4m ESE Barometer: 1023 Steady Sky: 7/8 st,cu Water temperature: 73.9°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 139nm Passage log: 139nm Voyage log: 8245nm Distance to next port: …
The day came in as the last few had done, overcast and light rain. Time to sail. We have had plenty of time at this wonderful South Seas island charmer of Mangareva. Some crew had to get home, more joined. A small island hopper plane does the job stopping at many atolls along the way, …
The short passage from Pitcairn to Mangareva just past was quite a ride! Only 300 miles and typically, and historically in my modest experience, a sweet, pleasant romp downwind in fine sunny southeast tradewinds on the quarter. Not this time. Quite the rollercoaster, under lower topsails and fore course, we rode over some big seas. …
Note from Maggie: Tammy Moreland is Picton Castle’s purser as well as Captain Moreland’s wife. She had messaged me to say that it looked like she had found a kitten to adopt as the new ship’s cat. Pretty tiny but sweet, apparently a good mouser. She was a stray who ended up hanging around the …
August 30, 2023 at Rikitea, Mangareva, Gambier Islands of French Polynesia at the extreme southeast of the Tuamotus Archipelago. Day is done and the evening is a balmy calm here aboard Picton Castle at Rikitea, Mangareva. Barely even any waves lapping heard from the reef. We have most of a waxing moon hanging over Aukena …
After a rousing passage from Pitcairn and a couple nights at achor out in the lagoon just in the lee of the barrier reef, the Picton Castle is alongside the old town copra wharf at Rikitea, here at Mangareva, in the Gambier Islands of SE French Polynesia. Once the centre of commerce for this group, …
That was one rocky-rolly passage from Pitcairn to Mangareva. After passing through the western cut in the reef that surrounds the lagoon in Mangareva, French Polynesia, eight miles from the town of Rikitea, and the through a second pass, I brought Picton Castle in to anchor off Rikitea almost as it was getting dark with …
Date: 22 August 2023 Sailing from: Pitcairn Island Bound towards: Mangareva, Iles Gambier, French Polynesia Noon position: 21°02.3’S 133°48.8’W Course: SxW Speed: 5.4 knots Wind force and direction: Force 6-7 ENE Seas/swell: 5-6m ExS Barometer: 1020 Steady Sky: 8/8 overcast Water temperature: 73.6°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 115nm Passage log: 326nm Voyage log: …
Date: 21 August 2023 Sailing from: Pitcairn Island Bound towards: Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia Noon position: 22°22.2’S 132°25.3’W Course: NW1/2N Speed: 5.1 knots Wind force and direction: Force 5/6 ENE Seas/swell: 5m ExS Barometer: 1022 Falling Sky: 5/8 cu/ac Water temperature: 72.7°F Distance made good in 24 hours: 123nm Passage log: 211nm Voyage log: …
