{"id":15338,"date":"2026-02-21T22:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=15338"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:06:37","slug":"open-ocean-sailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=15338","title":{"rendered":"Open Ocean Sailing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today it was time to leave Bora-Bora and start making our way back home. We still had another day on the boat, but part of sailing is working with the weather. Since we had a 40 mile open ocean passage to do, we opted to go a day earlier when the weather was more favorable and the seas would be more manageable. We worked our way through the protected water of Bora-Bora to the ocean inlet, and from there it was several hours of fantastic wind and waves as we worked our way back to Taha’a. Everyone took a turn at the helm since it would be our last chance for some blue water sailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After picking up a mooring ball in Taha’a, a few of us took the dinghy for a short ride to another pearl farm. There was nobody else there, and the owners were great and showed us the whole operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n