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Lauren James is a BoatUS Employee. She is Supervisor Of Marketing and Corporate Communications.

Lauren and her husband cruised the French Polynesia for a week on a Star Clipper in May.

They started in Tahiti, then visited Moorea, Cooks Bay, Huahine, Raiatea, Opunohu Bay, Bora Bora and Tahaa.

They did 4x4 Jeep Tours, visited a Vanilla Farm and a Pearl Farm, saw a Polynesian Show, had a beach barbeque, swam with the stingrays and sharks, and did a lot of Snorkeling!

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Tripping Around Tunisia
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Posted: July 01, 2009

Not long ago, in a log called “The Joy of the Side Trip,” I wrote that one of the many benefits of sailing to foreign destinations is traveling inland to see the sights at your leisure, “Cruising is about passage-making and landing and for so many sailors, ‘the being there’ is just as important as the ‘getting there.’” Well, here we were Tunisia, North Africa, a compact country only slightly larger than Florida, or about half the size of Italy, with a world of sights to be seen.
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Toms Tips About Night Sky and Your Boat
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Posted: June 26, 2009

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The Summer Solstice on a Boat
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Posted: June 25, 2009




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Pacific North West
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Posted: June 23, 2009
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Sick of Being Seasick? Maybe There’s a Cure!
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Posted: June 23, 2009
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June 11, 2009 Summer 2009 Bridge of Lions Channel Closures
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Posted: June 17, 2009
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Tales From North Africa
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Posted In Cruising Log
Posted: June 15, 2009
It’s 0900 and I’m nestled under a comforter as it’s only 60 degrees Fahrenheit and the sky looks like it belongs more in western Washington than in North Africa. It’s raining common varieties of house pets and blowing 30 knots out of the northeast. It would all be grounds for complaint except that it gives Liz and me a chance to do something that gives us a strangely satisfying pleasure especially when we’re only a couple hundred miles from the Sahara desert. We’re filling our almost empty water tank with newly minted, certainly fresh, clean and rather cool r...... Read More

Our Last Leg North
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Posted: June 15, 2009
With his last article, on northern migration, Jim left off when we were only part way up the ICW, 750 miles from our final destination for the summer, Solomons, Maryland. As we continued north, after our stay in Savannah, we still had many sights to see, people to meet and miles yet to travel with lots of water to cover and explore.




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Star Flyer French Polynesia Cruise - Day 7 - Moorea, Opunohu Bay
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Posted: June 12, 2009
Day Seven - May 23, 2009
Moorea, Opunohu Bay -- We had planned to go back to the Hilton, where we had stayed prior to the cruise for snorkeling. But where we tendered was pretty far from the resort and we didn’t have a lot of time on the island to waste driving around. Our Polynesian hostess, Cynthia, suggested that we go to the beach at a hotel called Les Tipaniers instead. We took a free shuttle there from the dock which was very convenient. While the beach there wasn’t much to speak of, the snorkeling was nice. The water was very shallow and there was a lot to see. I saw massi...... Read More

Toms Tips About Cold Water
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Posted: June 11, 2009

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