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Alone in a Deserted Paradise
19 juin 2026 · 19 min · 90K vues · Tikehau
Ce que couvre cette vidéo
Huub departs Rangiroa at 0600 on high tide, transiting the Tiputa Pass with residual outgoing current, then sails 45 miles to Tikahau on his 38-foot catamaran Limonada.1:18 Timing the Tikahau pass entry proves the trip's central challenge: conflicting tide tables from multiple sources leave him uncertain of the tidal state, and he arrives at 1500 — midway between low and high — running both engines at 2,500 rpm to push through at 2.7 knots against current.2:03 He anchors at 50 feet off Motumanu, a manta ray cleaning station, alone in a large lagoon with a thunderstorm building.5:19 From there he dinghies two miles to the village, dives the pass to see Tikahau's large fish schools, then departs on a 185-mile overnight passage to Papeete.7:35 Entering Papeete harbor requires calling Port Control on VHF, then a second call near the airport to cross the runway approach; his handheld VHF from the ditch bag fails completely during the call, a gap he flags as a safety issue.14:29 He anchors near the mooring field in 7 feet of clear water with a 3.3-foot draft.18:37 Tidal pass entries in the Tuamotus proved less difficult in practice than their reputation suggested.11:39
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