Video highlights from French Polynesia (13:10): Marriage proposal, tattoo festival in The Marquesas, and diving at The Wall of Sharks in the south pass of Fakarava in The Tuamotus. This pass has 700 sharks that spend their day resting while the current in the narrow pass rushes in, letting them remain still whilst aerating their gills. They spend their nights efficiently hunting in packs. Also, we end by checking out in Bora Bora on a Friday (?!) – something no wise sailor would do.
● About Us
Yo! It’s Ann and Ian on our 1984 Wauquiez Amphitrite. Photos & blog by Ann, keeping us afloat and moving forward by Ian.
● Of interest
The UN High Seas Treaty came into force Jan 17 2026 – we can have 30% of Oceans a marine park and have a well-regulated global fisheries. Lobby your government if they have not yet ratified it. Looking at you Canada!
Great podcast from Outside Magazine about military parajumper training in breath holding
See this story of Cook Islanders shipwrecked on Minerva Reef in 60s (film coming soon)
BBC Planet Earth: pack hunting – first documentation of snakes hunting the marine iguana in Galapagos
Book Rec’d: Christina Thompson The Sea People on ancient Polynesian Navigation (this is sooo good)
Sailing Afrikii 
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