Why Lauren Landers Sailing chose the anchorage off Moorea's Maria over staying put
After a rough, sleepless night at her current anchorage, Lauren explains why she is moving roughly ten miles around to the anchorage near Maria. The current spot is not well protected when the wind shifts, as her recent night proved. The Maria anchorage is popular and offers shallow water for anchoring, food trucks selling poke bowls and acai, nearby restaurants, easy hikes, and the famous sharks and rays. It also provides convenient access to trash disposal and a grocery store. She frames it simply as a nicer place to be, and leaves as soon as she has raised anchor, planning to do sourdough stretch-and-folds while underway.
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Mora anchorage offers rare calm inside breaking waves
Anchored at Mora in about 8 feet of water, right on the edge of a drop-off that falls to roughly 30 feet, Lauren Landers Sailing describes the spot as her favorite water in the world. Waves break on the outer reef while the anchorage stays
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
Real-world watermaker usage on a Pacific crossing and in French Polynesia
For context on how much water a solo sailor actually consumes, Lauren Landers Sailing shares detailed numbers from her Pacific crossing and subsequent time in French Polynesia. During the entire ocean crossing she ran the watermaker for onl