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A 450-mile passage from the Marquesas to the Tuamotus in French Polynesia takes the crew of the sailboat Elixir through four days of varied conditions, ranging from calm reaching to 25-knot trade winds and rain squalls.3:47 The crew maintains a two-reef main and three-reef genoa configuration to manage the boat in heavy swell.6:06 During the final approach, the wind vane control line chafes and fails, forcing the crew to steer manually until they reach the atoll.9:06 Because the entrance to the atoll features submerged coral bombies and narrow channels, the crew heaves to outside the pass overnight to wait for daylight and favorable tidal conditions.9:32 Once inside the lagoon, navigation requires a dedicated lookout to avoid uncharted coral heads.12:11 The crew also performs maintenance on the engine’s starter motor grounding cable to resolve intermittent starting issues and completes their first scuba diving lesson in the clear lagoon waters.21:24

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