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Jonathan and Whitney sail their Atkin Ingrid roughly 500 miles from Hiva'oa (Bay of Atuona) to the Tuamotu Archipelago, a four-day passage in light-to-moderate trade winds with occasional squalls.▶ 1:54 A chafed wind vane control line parts during a squall, forcing hand steering through the night.▶ 8:06 Radar confirms atoll positions in the dark — useful because some charted island locations are reported inaccurate.▶ 8:15 They enter the lagoon at Kauehi near slack water, timing the pass carefully to avoid dangerous tidal currents.▶ 9:48 Navigating inside the lagoons requires a continuous bow watch for uncharted coral heads (bommies); anchoring in sandy patches between coral requires floating the anchor chain to protect coral and prevent chain tangling.▶ 13:50 At an uninhabited reef anchorage, blacktip sharks circle the boat persistently, pushing snorkelling to the beach.▶ 14:54 An overnight passage to Toau involves conflicting tidal data from three sources; they enter the pass slightly early against a strong current.▶ 21:40 A "secret" uncharted anchorage inside the reef narrows into a bommie field, requiring the dinghy to scout an exit route.▶ 22:16 They also visit Anse Amyot, a false pass with minimal current enterable on any tide.▶ 25:47 A Southern Ocean swell forecast cuts the Tuamotu stay short; they depart early for Papeete, Tahiti, to resupply.▶ 31:39

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