How to navigate an atoll pass using multiple chart sources at once
When entering an atoll pass in the South Pacific,
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Arriving at a South Pacific atoll anchorage after navigating the toll
After about an hour to an hour and a half of navigation through the atoll, Lauren Landers Sailing reaches the anchorage at Chuimodus. There are roughly 15 boats anchored there. The water is a little stirred up on arrival but the setting is
What it feels like to transit an atoll for the first time without it being too sketchy
After completing the pass entry, Lauren reflects that the conditions were relatively flat, which made for a good first experience. The key takeaway is that if the waves had been bigger, waiting for them to settle would have been the right c
MembersFollowing a shared Navionics track from another boat through coral bommies
After clearing the pass, Lauren Landers Sailing follows a Navionics navigation track that another boat had recently shared. The GPS vessel icon moves along a charted pink route line plotted carefully between shallow coral reef formations an