A perfect sail from the Marquesas to the Tuamotus,
French Polynesia
Bob hoisted the spinnaker in light air
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The Tuamotu atolls are so flat you might miss them
Inside the lagoon on Manihi it's perfectly calm
This is not a village of thatched roofed huts, but a 5-star
resort in Manihi lagoon
The villagers live in pre-fabs with tin roofs  built on stilts
over the water
The chief occupation of the Manihians is pearl farming
We left Manihi for an even flatter atoll of Ahi
Ahi ocean side was a great beach for cowries
Only one way into the lagoon,  through a pass in the reef
with a fast rip current
We left Ahi in light air bound for Tahiti
Cutty Wren left with us
Bobs frequent and most despised position,
upside-down in the salt mines, fixing an engine
"FISH!"