As sailing through the Tuamotus needs good preparations, I started with this work and got already the basic ideas and selected a few islands I consider to visit.<\/p>\n
The Tuamotus are volcanic origin as well, but they developed coral reefs outside the former calderas as well as they have lots of coral colonies inside. Navigation there had to done very carefully.<\/p>\n
To enter inside the lagoon the outer reef must have pass suitable for boats like MaRe to enter. The Soggy Paws compendium for the Tuamotus is off great help for identifying atolls, which have pass and explanations about the currents in the pass.<\/p>\n
Going through the current require knowledge of the tide because one can only get in and out with the currents because they are quite strong.<\/p>\n
And inside the outer reef navigation must be done very carefully. The Navionics charts are not reliable. Therefore, I’m setting up OpenCPN. To have satellite images as well. The first time setup looks quite challenging and I wonder how long it takes me.<\/p>\n
Fortunately my X240 works normally again, thus I don’t have to wait for my new PC my OBM hand carries at the end of March when she comes the next time.<\/p>\n
Further readings
\nhttps:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuamotus
\nhttps:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Makatea-island-French-Polynesia
\nhttps:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2001GL013913<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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