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 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 began a 2 year crossing of the Pacific arriving in New Zealand in October 2025.
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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.