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No car... No Costco... No Problem!
July 2, 2026 · 18 min · 120K views · Marquesas Islands
What this video covers
Sailing catamaran Zatara arrives in Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia after a 28-day passage and faces provisioning for eight people with no rental car, no large grocery store, and shelves that emptied within two days of a supply truck delivery.▶ 0:54 Renee and Keith make three separate grocery runs across multiple small stores, spending roughly $1,500 total — including supplies for six guests joining in Fakarava roughly five weeks out.▶ 1:05 A rolling cart from Amazon proves essential for the walk between stores; two scooters substitute for a car on longer runs until the island's single gas station closes on Sunday.▶ 1:55 Eggs and bread each run about $7.50, and the fruit market is closed on Sundays.▶ 11:33 The crew also fuels Zatara before departing for Raiatea, the Tuamotus, and Fakarava, noting they arrived with roughly half a tank — enough to have skipped the Galapagos fuel stop, though they call the stop worthwhile.▶ 5:35 Nuku Hiva's reef manta rays, described as the second-largest in the world, draw the whole crew into the water.▶ 4:13 Keith also swaps out a failed cabin fan, having brought spares from the start of the voyage.▶ 16:02 No large provisioning stop exists between Nuku Hiva and Fakarava.▶ 1:15
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