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Huub completes his circuit of the Marquesas Islands aboard his 38-foot catamaran, covering Ua Pou and Nuku Hiva after earlier stops at Hivaoa, Tahuata, Vaitahu, and Ua Huka.▶ 0:00 He sails the Ua Pou leg under a Code Zero Lightsail in light downwind conditions, arriving to find a crowded anchorage where every neighboring boat is on a stern anchor.▶ 0:54 With no stern anchor rigged, he improvises one using a Fortress anchor, dinghy chain, and seizing wire to build a double bridle system and avoid swinging into neighbors.▶ 3:30 On Ua Pou, land access is restricted because most terrain is family-owned; Huub completes two permitted hikes — one to a hilltop cross, one to a rocky viewpoint on an unmarked trail — and joins the island's sole licensed tour guide for a visit to the east side, including a stone-carving site and a ceremonial ground used historically for tattooing and human sacrifice.▶ 6:01 He also visits a chocolate factory run by a German expat who settled on the island 25 years ago.▶ 15:02 The 10-mile passage to Nuku Hiva is fast; he anchors in Baie Taiohae (Controllers Bay), the only Marquesas anchorage large enough for cruise ships and the administrative hub for the archipelago's roughly 4,000 residents.▶ 16:41 A tour covers Hatiheyo Bay and a boat-ride add-on to what Huub calls the clearest water he saw in the Marquesas.▶ 18:43 Improvising a stern anchor with available hardware is workable short-term but demands a proper shackle pin and dedicated chain.▶ 4:53

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