Vancouver Club Night: Sailing to French Polynesia in an El Nino year – A trip with challenges

Are you planning to sail to the South Pacific?  

In May of 2015, Cees Van Staal and Julie Dunne set out from Victoria on Dutch Wanderer (Koopmans 35) for beautiful French Polynesia.

Please join us as Cees describes this long passage directly to the Marquesas – and some of the unexpected weather challenges they experienced, due to the strongest El Nino year on record. This is one of the most interesting parts.

During the second half of the presentation, Cees will recount their subsequent cruise to the Tuamotu Archipelago and Society Islands (Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, etc.) in the months from July through October. And in November 2015, he set sail north to Hawaii, again encountering anomalous El Nino weather…