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Setting sail and making way

Aug 25, 2026

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Mike Barber

Bark EUROPA sailing from Tahiti by Fraser Edwards

Setting sail and making way… 

Slowing down 

Being curious 

Trust the journey 

Be open and grow 

Find happiness in the little things… and fully appreciate the big things…

You’re on board a tall ship, you’re sailing across the Pacific… it’s day one and you’ve put the sails up and are on your way to Raiatea, the sacred heart of the Pacific triangle and centre of Polynesian wayfinding.  

Fair skies and a steady wind accompany Europa and her new crew and we sail past Moorea – Maiao Mo’orea. Her new crew find her feet and get used to the gentle roll of the ship as we glide through turquoise waters full of life and take in the surrounding of the tropical French Polynesia.  

Tangaroa, the Polynesian sea god was kind to us today.