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A Voyage through the Marquesas Islands
May 13, 2026 · 16 min · 41K views · Baye Hanamonoa, Tahuata
What this video covers
Huub sails his 38-foot catamaran through the Marquesas Islands after a 32-day Pacific crossing, covering Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, and Uahuka.▶ 0:00 At Fatu Hiva, locals gave him papayas from their tree and hosted him for dinner; he hiked to a waterfall and a hilltop viewpoint over the bay.▶ 0:06 On Hiva Oa he repaired a sail damaged on the Pacific crossing, drove every road on the island, visited the towns of Hanayapa and Pua Mau, and toured an old ceremonial ground.▶ 1:02 The 10-mile passage to Tahuata — described by many cruisers as home to the most beautiful anchorage in the Marquesas, Baye Hanamonoa, one of the few with a white sand beach — involved a rough upwind first leg and a mainsail-only downwind run.▶ 2:05 Huub kayaked ashore rather than using the dinghy because of large surf on the beach, and snorkeled with manta rays in murky, plankton-rich water.▶ 3:38 A short 12-mile hop around Hiva Oa to the road-inaccessible town of Hanamanu brought unexpected 38–42-knot gusts for over an hour, reinforcing that even short passages require full preparation.▶ 9:17 On Uahuka, the second-smallest inhabited island with around 600 people, he anchored in 18–20 knots directly into swell at 1:6 scope and hiked to three tikis on a ceremonial ground.▶ 13:25 His planned next stops are Ua Pou and Nuku Hiva.▶ 12:40
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