We’ve taken the ferry from Tahiti to Moorea to celebrate a significant anniversary and enjoy a few days on this holiday island before the hard graft of making Shimshal ocean ready begins. Our R&R began with a sweaty slither up to the 3 Coconuts Col. A magnificent walk which involved staggering over innumerable slimy and contorted roots writhing along the path threatening to twist ankle or cause a trip at every turn. When the gradient increased and the roots retreated a helpful soul had provided a knotted rope to prevent a rapid bum-slide into the precipitous jungle below.
Sally and Simon left Scotland in 2015 on board Shimshal to begin a slow circumnavigation taking in various high latitude destinations. After 3 seasons in Greenland we sailed south to Lewisporte in northern Newfoundland. In 2019 we cruised the Canadian Maritimes. In 2022 & 23 we cruised via New England, Chesapeake, Florida, Cuba, Cayman, Providencia to Bocas del Toro. In late 2023 we transited the Panama Canal and in 2024 we sailed to French Polynesia via Galapagos.
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Sunday, 1 June 2025
Moorea
We’ve taken the ferry from Tahiti to Moorea to celebrate a significant anniversary and enjoy a few days on this holiday island before the hard graft of making Shimshal ocean ready begins. Our R&R began with a sweaty slither up to the 3 Coconuts Col. A magnificent walk which involved staggering over innumerable slimy and contorted roots writhing along the path threatening to twist ankle or cause a trip at every turn. When the gradient increased and the roots retreated a helpful soul had provided a knotted rope to prevent a rapid bum-slide into the precipitous jungle below.