Our last stop in French Polynesia was the island that tops every romantic honeymoon list: Bora Bora. The little island has the reputation of being the most b...

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in our last sailing Journal we were on

the island of Taha when we got news that

we would soon be joined by two of our

favorite salty sailors from San

Francisco we've always wanted to share

our experiences as cruisers with our

friends from home and finally this was

our chance the only problem was we still

had a lot to see in French Polynesia we

zipped through the jungly mountains and

squeeze their way through narrow coral

gardens before moving on to Bora Bora

but alas we made it and we instantly

understood why the tiny island holds the

reputation for the most beautiful place

in the world

we are currently leaving haha this is

the island just north of riot pass

leaving now let's exit right through

this pack to make our way to Bora Bora

so right up here anchored there 15 miles

left as we started making our way out of

the pass we realized that the winds were

too light to carry us to Bora Bora we

decided it was time to test out our new

to us spinnaker Jose's setting up our

new spinnaker for the first time the

hoist a little tricky

after we haven't used it for a long time

figure out just how everything's up this

is what happens ladies and gentlemen

when you're too lazy to do things the

right way

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see what's going on we successfully got

our new vinegar in this

discipline is not as big as yellow one

it's not the nicest simply the wrong the

knife I thought that I was bad for

complaining that I wanted to be painted

you know the criminal we did something

wrong we bought it secondhand we just

kind of guess on the sides based on some

stats on lines yeah with mouth you can

never get you'll always do wrong I mean

I think it looks pretty good it does

look short yeah maybe he was just trying

to distract me from I told you so's with

our spinnaker but hollering this John

always gets everyone's full attention

when is the last time we got a fish Wow

c'mere opposite of life like that yeah

the thing is it's over I'm like

instantly huh talking about I'm the only

way to predict you get any better and

she's a pretty life

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so your little setup right now as we're

about to be something a little

nerve-wracking what is that thing we're

about to do

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okay so if you didn't catch that

distressful thing we're doing for

sailing through a narrow channel that is

only nine feet deep leaving us only two

feet and two inches of space between our

keel and the ocean floor coral heads

yeah they're everywhere

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we made it through with minimal

scratches drop the anchor and

immediately hopped into the dinghy to

make sure the view was just as beautiful

from land as it was on the water

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verification complete bora-bora is all

that it's cracked up to be

but even in paradise nothing is perfect

where there's an engine is an engine

waiting to break down hold up

see hold up like my god right now I did

a gondolier alright they're not tossing

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so Jose just whizzed off to go chat

around with other books in the Anchorage

here in bora-bora and I have to say that

sometimes confessions sometimes it's

really really nice to have the boat to

yourself where you can just have a glass

of wine enjoy an amazing Sun side and

it's L by yourself

people always ask us like what do you do

all day what do you do well next quite

honestly there's never enough time in

the day to do all the things we'd like

to do and there's definitely not enough

time to just kind of like be alone and

do your own thing which is not something

that most people realize so every once

in a while I like to send him off to say

hello to our neighbor boats so I can

just kind of loose off and have some

peace and quiet myself so that's what

I'm doing on this lovely Friday night

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we've heard about another spot to swim

with the Rays so the next morning we

zipped over to check it out seeing is

how I love the Rays so much I decided to

keep the dinghy company while Jose

hopped in

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the race bot turned out to be a zoo of a

tourist trap so we didn't stick around

for long we weren't sure if we were more

entertained by the people screaming like

yours truly in the water or the marine

life itself after we had had enough

laughs we took off and found ourselves a

string of coral heads we got to explore

all by ourselves

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hey friends just wanted to say thank you

for stopping by

and following along our adventures as we

sail through French Polynesia as we were

making this video we thought that it

wouldn't be right to post without a

little follow-up commentary on our real

experiences in Bora Bora the reason for

that is one of the most important things

when we were prepping for this trip was

the urgency of it we wanted to get out

and see the planet added as it is right

now because we are aware and we do know

that data is changing so we had heard

that Bora Bora was supposed to be a true

paradise that it's the most beautiful

place on earth and it's absolutely epic

and to be honest it was you know clear

water white sandy beaches incredible

green like foliage all the way up these

cliffs and the people I mean everything

everything about it was just amazing

yeah the problem was when we went under

the surface so we anchored in several

different places because we were seeking

the best marketing spots and we went

everywhere recommended but time and time

again I mean it was nice but most the

time the coral is just simply dead so we

didn't see that color we didn't see the

marine life that goes with the coral

reefs all the little fish the colorful

refresh I mean to be really honest it

looked like we were looking at the ruins

of something that used to be paradise

and now it was just gray dead lifeless

coral that's not what we came to borrow

Boretti

yeah it was a little bit disheartening

to matter and you know the point of this

is we're not here to provide a solution

but we want to be a part of the solution

so by being aware of it it's the first

step towards improving the situation

certainly we think that we have the

absolute luxury of seeing some of the

most

incredible places in the world and we

just opted collectively through

awareness we can find a solution

together to keep it that way for

everyone else while we do post these

wonderful pictures in these videos and

it's all beautiful we want to make sure

that the entire truth goes along with it

so thank you again for watching and

cynics I'll see you next time