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Huub sails his 38-foot catamaran 30 miles south through Fakarava's lagoon, then completes a 140-mile overnight passage to Rangiroa, the largest atoll in the Tuamotus.▶ 1:57 Timing atoll passes around tidal current is the central navigation challenge throughout: Huub exits Fakarava near low tide to avoid current against him, then slows down by switching from code zero to a standard jib and drifting for an hour to hit Rangiroa's pass at high tide.▶ 8:18 He flags that tidal data for smaller Tuamotu atolls is unreliable, requiring on-site assessment.▶ 12:20 A past mistake in the Exumas — attempting a cut against full current and being spun around — informs his careful approach here.▶ 11:52 At Fakarava's south pass, Huub does a solo drift snorkel, entering from shore and riding the incoming tide back to his dinghy; he notes the current was too strong to swim against.▶ 4:52 At Rangiroa he dives with a Mantis mini scuba set at a shallow site called the aquarium (5 meters deep) and joins a guided dive at the entry pass where he encounters dolphins underwater.▶ 13:51 Floating the anchor chain in both anchorages is noted as standard practice.▶ 0:24 Correct tidal timing at atoll passes matters more than favorable wind conditions.

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