Landfalls of Paradise : Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands

by Hinz, Earl R.

• ISBN13: 9780824821159
• ISBN10: 0824821157
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

Summary

This new edition contains the most current information available on customs and immigration procedures, together with revised harbor charts and updated descriptions of more than seventy-five ports of entry and many lesser harbors and anchor-ages, (Midway, Bikini, Suvarov, and Henderson Atolls have been added to this edition.)

Table of Contents

LIST OF CHARTS	vi	(3)
PREFACE	ix
1 Your Pacific Ocean	1	(7)
2 Rocks and Shoals	8	(10)
3 Pacific Weather	18	(14)
4 Passage Planning	32	(15)
PART I. POLYNESIA	47	(136)
5 Hawaii	49	(18)
6 French Polynesia	67	(35)
Marquesas Islands	72	(8)
Tuamotu Archipelago	80	(9)
Society Islands	89	(8)
Austral Islands	97	(5)
7 Easter Island	102	(6)
8 Pitcairn Island	108	(6)
9 Cook Island	114	(11)
10 Samoa	125	(13)
American Samoa	127	(6)
Western Samoa	133	(5)
11 Tokelau Islands	138	(5)
12 Tonga	143	(11)
13 Tuvalu	154	(7)
14 Niue	161	(4)
15 New Zealand	165	(18)
PART II. MELANESIA	183	(68)
16 Fiji	185	(13)
17 Wallis and Futuna	198	(5)
18 Papua New Guinea	203	(16)
19 Solomon Islands	219	(13)
20 New Caledonia	232	(9)
21 Vanuatu	241	(10)
PART III. MICRONESIA	251	(86)
22 Mariana Islands	254	(17)
Guam	258	(6)
Northern Mariana Islands	264	(7)
23 Marshall Islands	271	(8)
24 Federated States of Micronesia	279	(32)
Kosrae	281	(7)
Pohnpei	288	(8)
Chuuk	296	(7)
Yap	303	(8)
25 Palau	311	(9)
26 Kiribati	320	(10)
27 Nauru	330	(7)
PART IV. ISLANDS OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC	337	(10)
28 Galapagos Islands	339	(8)
APPENDIXES	347	(20)
Appendix A Trilingual Dictionary for Port Entry	349	(3)
Appendix B Glossary of Cruising Words	352	(2)
Appendix C Mastering the Three R's at Sea	354	(4)
Appendix D International Maritime Mobile Amateur Radio	358	(4)
Appendix E Selected Health Issues	362	(5)
INDEX	367
LIST OF CHARTS
Chart Legend	xii
Cultures and Time Zones of Oceania	2	(22)
Tropical Cyclone Areas	24	(10)
Sample Cruising Tracks for the Pacific	34	(2)
Weather Windows	36	(5)
VHF EPIRB Coverage	41	(2)
Major Pacific Shipping Routes	43	(8)
PART I. POLYNESIA	51	(135)
Hawaii--Windward Islands	51	(9)
Hilo Bay	60	(2)
Kahului Harbor	62	(1)
Honolulu Harbors	63	(2)
Nawiliwili Harbor	65	(3)
French Polynesia	68	(5)
Marquesas Islands	73	(3)
Nuku Hiva Island	76	(1)
Taiohae Bay	77	(1)
Hiva Oa Island	78	(1)
Taa Huku Bay	79	(3)
Tuamotu Archipelago	82	(2)
Gambier Islands	84	(5)
Avatoru, Rangiroa	89	(1)
Tiputa, Rangiroa	89	(2)
Society Islands	91	(3)
Papeete Harbor	94	(2)
Bora-Bora Island	96	(2)
Tubuai Island	98	(1)
Raivavae Island	99	(3)
Easter Island	102	(6)
Pitcairn Island	108	(7)
Cook Islands	115	(5)
Penrhyn Atoll	120	(1)
Aitutaki Island	121	(2)
Avatiu Harbor	123	(3)
Samoa Islands	126	(6)
Pago Pago Harbor	132	(5)
Apia Harbor	137	(1)
Tokelau Islands	138	(2)
Fakaofu Atoll	140	(4)
Tonga Islands	144	(5)
Niuatoputapu Island	149	(1)
Vavau Islands	150	(2)
Nukualofa Harbor	152	(3)
Tuvalu Islands	155	(3)
Funafuti Atoll	158	(3)
Niue Island	161	(5)
New Zealand	166	(3)
New Zealand Weather Pattern	169	(7)
Bay of Islands	176	(4)
Whangarei Harbor	180	(1)
Auckland Harbor	181	(5)
PART II. MELANESIA	186	(66)
Fiji Islands	186	(6)
Suva Harbor	192	(3)
Lautoka Harbor	195	(1)
Levuka Harbor	196	(1)
Savusavu	197	(2)
Wallis and Horne Islands	199	(2)
Wallis Islands	201	(3)
Papua New Guinea	204	(6)
Kavieng Harbor	210	(1)
Rabaul Harbors	211	(3)
Madang Harbor	214	(2)
Port Moresby	216	(1)
Samarai Island	217	(3)
Solomon Islands	220	(7)
Honiara Harbor	227	(2)
Gizo Island	229	(1)
Tulagi Island	230	(1)
Ndeni Island	231	(2)
New Caledonia	233	(5)
Noumea Harbor	238	(4)
Vanuatu	242	(5)
Port-Vila	247	(2)
Santo/Luganville Bay	249	(3)
PART III. MICRONESIA	252	(88)
Micronesia	252	(3)
Mariana Islands	255	(7)
Apra Harbor	262	(6)
Saipan Harbor	268	(4)
Marshall Islands	272	(5)
Majuro Atoll--Windward End	277	(5)
Kosrae	282	(4)
Lelu Harbor	286	(4)
Senyavin Islands	290	(4)
Pohnpei Harbor	294	(4)
Chuuk Islands	298	(4)
Weno Island	302	(1)
Weno Island Harbor	303	(1)
Yap Islands	304	(5)
Tomil Harbor	309	(3)
Palau Islands	312	(6)
Port of Palau	318	(3)
Gilbert Islands	321	(6)
Tarawa Atoll	327	(1)
Banaba Island	328	(1)
Christmas Island	329	(2)
Nauru	331	(9)
PART IV. ISLANDS OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC	340
Galapagos Islands	340	(5)
Wreck Bay	345	(1)
Academy Bay	346