A circumnavigation is about creating wonderful memories of idyllic anchorages and dream sailing. But, there are also a few memories which are not quite so painless…!

After a fascinating two weeks in the lost archipelago of the Louisiades, Jangada headed back out to sea en route for Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. Under mainsail and one reef and the ...

Arnaud had been dreaming about it… Putting to sea for several weeks, crossing an ocean and taking the time to appreciate life at sea. That’s all. And also taking along the family sextant for its ...

At the heart of the Pacific Ocean, the Society Islands offer sailors heading west a temporary return to the workings of French life overseas. In this regard, French Polynesia and the five ...

I wanted to pass north of the Cook Islands... It was years since I had read ‘An Island to Oneself’ written by Tom Neale in 1966 (‘Un Robinson des Mers du Sud’ in French, Ed. Arthaud). I ...

Elena and Wojtek are sailing round the world on their Lagoon 410. A great trip for sure, but also a great mission: to help amputees, by making, on board, prosthetic limbs… One of our favorite ...

Jangada, Olivier’s catamaran, cruising round the world, arrives in Indonesia, the biggest archipelago in the world, with over 17,000 islands! Jangada, Olivier’s catamaran, cruising round the ...

The family crew of Island Coyote has already been sailing around the world for five years. They contacted us from The Gambier Islands in French Polynesia.

The Cocos Keeling atoll, or rather atolls because there are really two of them, are around 1000 km (540nm) to the west-south-west of Christmas Island. After three days at sea, having left behind the ...

Still well-preserved, Rodrigues is the smallest and most isolated of the Mascarene Islands. It has volcanic origins and emerges from the Indian Ocean 600 miles to the east of Mauritius and more than ...