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going with the wind: the logistics of cruising

Living on a boat takes a lot of forethought and preparation — studying weather, planning routes, arranging for provisioning, watering and fueling, making contingency plans — but sometimes it requires the flexibility to adapt quickly to new and unforeseen circumstances.  Our plan was to sail back to Tahiti, hand over Aldebaran toKristian and Sabrina (who …

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THE EXPEDITION CONTINUES: Aldebaran post confinement

It was almost surreal when quarantine was ‘relaxed’ here on April 29th. French Polynesia’s COVID prevention measures were extremely effective: there were only 60 cases on the is-lands, no deaths, and there hasn’t been a single new case since May 5th. Though they were slow to lift bans on inter-island travel, suddenly we had the …

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QUARANTINED IN PARADISE : 40 day confinement at anchor

The world was changing rapidly while we were in Fakara-va. We arrived back on Tahiti to growing international news of Coronavirus and local rumors of a quarantine. We decid-ed to head to Tahiti-iti’s south coast largely because of the swell forecast but it proved to be a fortuitous decision for reasons other than the surf. …

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