I just completed my fifth installment from our French Polynesia Flotilla in June. It covers the footage and still photos I have from our crossing, Raiatea to Bora Bora.
 
Flotilla Crossing to Bora Bora
Those images, however, only tell part of the story. Here’s the rest:.
As we were heading out of the pass at Taha’a (actually) it [...]

The secret to a successful flotilla is research and planning. I spent months pouring over other people’s trip logs and reports of anchorages in French Polynesia. I kept a score card and at the end I added up which anchorages and destinations got the most kudos from others. From there it was just a matter [...]

Just returned from the 2008 edition of the Captains Cruise. We sailed French Polynesia for ten glorious days. The weather was incredible and the water was warmer than the air. We couldnt have timed it better as it poured buckets when we flew out of Papeete.

We had wind to sail on all four crossings and [...]