| A perfect sail from the Marquesas to the Tuamotus, French Polynesia |
| Bob hoisted the spinnaker in light air |











| 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!" |