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• New railing netting

  The last couple of days, in-between the hiking trips with more and less luck (we still have not found the track from Paopao to Vaiare…), we replaced the netting of the railing around Pitufa. Sounds easier than it actually was–in total we spent 3 full working days cutting, attaching, stretching, swearing, undoing, reattaching and tightening the bloody thing. The old one had started to disintegrate… Continue reading »

• Wahoooooo

  After a series of fare-well dinners and drinks with Liesbet from Irie, we motored from Vaiare to Cooks Bay on the northern coast of Moorea on Thursday. On the way we caught a giant wahoo, so we’ll have fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next couple of days (in addition to some pressure-cooked jars for some time later). Don’t worry, we’re having a… Continue reading »

• When to go where in French Polynesia

  French Polynesia is a wide-spread and diverse cruising area. To make most of the different archipelagos it is essential to pick the right time. We’ve put together info on when to go where in French Polynesia here.

• Cruising French Polynesia: the best times to visit the different archipelagoes

  Before we set out from Panama we did lots of reading and internet browsing to get as much info about French Polynesia as possible, but while there was an abundance of prevailing wind and cyclone statistics, other parameters like temperature/swell/rainy seasons/etc. were hardly mentioned or contradicting in different sources. We made the mistake of arriving shortly before the far chillier than expected southern winter in… Continue reading »

• Cruising Info on Raivavae

  As we hardly found cruising info on Raivavae, we’ve summarized our experiences in a small guide.

• Cruising Info on Raivavae

  Update 2022: Unfortunately an anti-cruiser campaign driven by a small group of people has managed to convince the population and the mayor to ban sailboats from the lagoon. It is no longer possible to visit the beautiful anchorages around the main island and the motu… Officially sailboats are now only allowed to stop for 72 hours in the anchorage off the main village Rairua. ———————————————————… Continue reading »

• Article on Raiatea and Tahaa in Ocean7 Magazine

  Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Raiatea & Tahaa — Südsee leicht gemacht, OCEAN7 03 (Mai/Juni) 2015, p. 20–24.

• Article on Keeping Nightwatches in current (April) All-at-Sea

  Birgit Hackl: Night Watches, All At Sea Caribbean, April 2015, p. 34–37. Free download from allatsea.net.

• Article on our ‘Ten Cruising Boat Essentials’ in current (March 2015) All-at-Sea

  Birgit Hackl: Voyaging: Needful Things, All At Sea Caribbean, March 2015, p. 34–37. Free download from allatsea.net.

• Our Tahanea article in Ocean7 magazine

  Our article about our time in the uninhabitated atoll Tahanea has been published in the current issue (March/April 2015) of the Austrian sailing magazine Ocean7. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Acht Wochen Robinson, OCEAN7 02 (März/April) 2015, p. 16–21. download PDF (in German only)

• Another Article in Ocean7 Magazine

  There is another of Birgit’s articles in the current issue of Ocean7. This time it’s about general cruising life. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Cruisen — Leben unter Segeln, OCEAN7 06 (November/Dezember) 2014, p. 30–35. download PDF (in German only)

• Curacao article published in current All-At-Sea Caribbean

  Birgit’s article ‘Spanish Waters?-a floating town’ has bee published in the current (October) issue of All-At-Sea Caribbean. It’s been quite a while we were cruising the Caribbean so this one might seem slighly out of place/date. Unfortunately, long delays in the publishing process are common and in this particular case the magazin’s editor just recently requested articles on Curacao. If you’re interested in reading it,… Continue reading »

• Good-bye Dingsy

  Right after buying Pitufa in 2008 we got our first dinghy. It was a cheap boat+outboard set from an Austrian DIY store and made of PVC, so nobody expected it to last very long in the searing tropical sun. In our rookie ignorance we towed it in rough conditions in the Med and tore off most of its straps, rolled it up on deck with… Continue reading »

• Second part of our Gambier article in Ocean7 magazine

  Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Iles Gambier — Südseeparadies am Rande der Tropen. Teil 2, OCEAN7 05 (September/October) 2014, p. 24–29. download PDF (in German only)

• New Article in Ocean7 Magazine

  The first part of our article about the Gambier Islands has just been published in the May/June issue of the Austrian sailing magazine Ocean7. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Iles Gambier — Südseeparadies am Rande der Tropen. Teil 1, OCEAN7 03 (Mai/Juni) 2014, p. 24–27. download PDF (in German only)