Tag Archives: Bora Bora Yacht Club

Where the Wind and The Water are Free: Casual dining with Jimmy and Quino

By lizzy | Published: February 1, 2010
I woke with a headache but couldn’t help but notice the size of the whitewater on the reef. The north swell was way up and I couldn’t rest despite my lack of sleep. I finally thumbed a ride to the reef and surfed away the afternoon and the headache. Upon my return, Jess and Teiva [...]
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“Vooooo-Lay-Voooooo Quelquechose a Boire??”

By lizzy | Published: February 1, 2010
New Year’s Eve and James and I sailed into Bora Bora around 3 pm after a glorious passage. We tossed the dinghy over the side and I rowed in to the Bora Bora Yacht Club to see what was happening for the festivities that evening. Everyone hurried to and fro, moving tables and sweeping and [...]
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Option A, B or C?

By lizzy | Published: December 26, 2009
In an effort to make Swell watertight in the easiest way possible, Laurent helped me re-glass the area around the shaft log (Option A) after I’d ground, chiseled, sanded, heat-gunned and acetoned the holes in the tube and the bad area of glass as best possible. Option B would entail replacing the entire bronze tube [...]
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