Tahanea Tuamotus French Polynesia May 2023

From Raroia, it was a 24-hour sail to gorgeous Tahanea, an uninhabited atoll famed for its pristine coral gardens.

Here we hung out in another impossibly stunning anchorage with our kid boat posse. We learnt how to weave baskets from leaves, snorkelled with sharks and rays, and built campfires.

Barnaby, Zennor and friend Raffy made camp on the beach and spent a night in hammocks under the stars.

And, just to keep it real, we also had major engine issues, our fridge died, our chain got horribly wrapped in bommies after a wind reversal, and our outboard engine got dunked.