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Christian

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Name: Christian
Date registered: September 21, 2010

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2018
18
Oct

Touring around the Austral Islands

by Christian

After an excursion through the Cook Islands, Pitufa is back in French Polynesia! We are currently in the ‘Archipel des Australes’ and hop from island to island, starting with Maria in the Northwest and finishing with Rapa Iti in the Southeast.

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2018
16
Oct

Time for a new generation?

by Christian

When we bought Pitufa 10 years ago, she was equipped with navigation instruments by Robertson/Simrad which were already 10 years old then. We are still using these instruments, despite their growing need for life-sustaining measures. About five years ago, the mast top unit of the wind instrument was the first component to quit. On the passage from Galapagos to French Polynesia we soon learned to… Continue reading »

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2018
25
Sep

Leaving Aitutaki

by Christian

It looks like we finally have a weather window to sail down to Rarotonga. We leave tomorrow morning–140 nm to go!

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2018
04
Sep

New photo gallery: Tongareva (Penrhyn)

by Christian

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2018
13
Aug

Unspoiled nature

by Christian

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2018
03
Jul

Busy pics

by Christian

Here are some impressions of the busy times we had in Tahiti and Raiatea and of course some pics of Pitufa in her new look:

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2018
20
May

Photos of our 5th Gambier visit

by Christian

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2018
19
May

Getting started in Tahiti

by Christian

We arrived last night at Pt. Venus, were invited for pancakes this morning on SY L’avenir (thanks a lot!!), sailed down to Marina Taina at noon, had our new gennaker delivered in the afternoon (incredible, only 4 days after it was sent from Hongkong…), did some provisioning afterwards, organised a propeller repair for next week and reserved a rental car (it took us 1.5 hours… Continue reading »

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2018
30
Mar

Gambier’s Pearl Farms Increasingly Become Navigational Hazard

by Christian

In recent years, the motto in the Gambier Islands seems to be “a pearl farm for everyone.” Many new concessions were granted, and the result is clearly noticeable. Not only were existing buoy fields massively expanded, but also countless smaller installations were deployed (and still are), scattered throughout the lagoon. Some of those new installations are made by one-man companies, lacking man-power, proper material, and… Continue reading »

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2018
27
Feb

Article about our passage from Tonga to Tahiti in Ocean7 magazine

by Christian

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Ostwärts über den Pazifik, OCEAN7 02 (März/April) 2018, p. 24–28

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2018
28
Jan

New article in Ocean7 magazine

by Christian

Birgit Hackl: Brillen für die Salomonen, OCEAN7 01 (Jänner/Februar) 2018, p. 40–43

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2018
28
Jan

Article on Fishing in All-at-Sea magazine

by Christian

Birgit Hackl: Simple Fishing and Canning Tips, All At Sea Caribbean, January 2018, p. 28–32. Free download from allatsea.net.

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2018
12
Jan

Photos of Rapa Iti

by Christian

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2017
24
Dec

Happy holidays!

by Christian

We wish you a merry Christmas and a healthy, interesting, and successful year 2018!

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2017
09
Dec

Leaving the Tropics for a while

by Christian

The Austral Islands are the southernmost island group of French Polynesia. Raivavae is just below the tropic of Capricorn, Rapa Iti even further down at the latitude of 27°35′. The Southern summer is the most pleasant time to visit these remote islands.

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