Pacific Islands Sailing: An Ocean of Atolls & Sandy Paradises

Two motu’s, or islands, in a beautiful lagoon seen from the top of a mountain, Maupiti, French-Polynesia Credit: Shutterstock

Pacific island sailing, Island life and the wild blue yonder never ceases to amaze, Jess Lloyd-Mostyn tells us.

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the Pacific Ocean is empty. We grow up with maps and globes that show a huge expanse of big, blue space with not a lot else within it. Perhaps it is in part this unknown, seemingly endless sea, that continues to fascinate and pull sailors...