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Yachtmen's Guide to French Polynesia Editorial Welcome to Polynesia! Contents A VISIT TO POLYNESIA IS GUARANTEED TO BE AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE.TRAVELING BY BOAT, page YOU WILL DISCOVER DRAMATIC LANDSCAPES,TRANQUIL LAGOONS AND WELL-PROTECTED ANCHORAGES, JUST AS THE AREA’S FIRST LEGENDARY NAVIGATORS DID MANY GENERATIONS AGO. The Port Autonome de Papeete 2 Sailing conditions But you will soon come to understand that a visit Introduction & climate 5 toTahiti and her islands is more than just ‘sailing Map of French Polynesia 6 through a picture postcard’.As you will discover, Beaconing for each archipelago 8 the uniqueTahitian style of living reveres cultural PGEM & other information 9 traditions that date back centuries. Cruising Administrative procedures Polynesian waters may prove to be your most Customs formalities 11 exceptional sailing experience ever! As you visit a Sanitary & immigration formalities 13 variety of beautiful, unspoiled locations Yachts Agents 15 throughout the islands, you will often experience From archipelago to archipelago that rare feeling of serenity.Ashore, local residents Introduction 17 will welcome you, and well-equipped facilities will Marquesas Islands 18 meet your needs. Tuamotu 19 Leeward Islands 20 From paradise to reality surface.Although the Port Autonome de Papeete Map of Quai desYachts 22 Even in Paradise, however,there are rules to is concerned primarily withTahiti and Moorea, this in Papeete and theTaina Marina follow! Crew and passengers must comply with all guide will introduce you to the whole of Polynesia. Tahiti and Moorea 24 customs and immigration formalities.Yachtsmen In it, you will find practical advice and technical Directory of marine suppliers 26 must also consider the practical questions information that should be helpful. Nautical life involved in a visit to French Polynesia, such as: Fishing 29 How is the port structured? Where can drinking Competitive infrastructures The Polynesian heaven 30 water be obtained? Where can we find phone You will also discover how the PortAutonome de Events & Bibliography 31 numbers to dial in case of an emergency? Where Papeete has continued to improve not only the can we find ship chandleries? quality of its facilities, but also the number of The Tahiti Moorea Sailing Rendezvous 2008 poster services provided to port users.This dynamic and was insert between pages 16 and 17. Meeting your needs modern evolution has kept pace with French A tear-off questionnaire was put into page 32 on This guide has been prepared by the Port Polynesia’s rapid economic development. The Port some copies. Autonome de Papeete, whose objective is to Autonome de Papeete has also taken strong and answer all the questions you may have.The guide symbolic actions towards yachtsmen. For example, An information CD-Rom was was made especially for yachtsmen, in order to the Port Authority initiated the Tahiti-Moorea also created: it contains various welcome them and make their stay in French Sailing Rendezvous, a special event designed files from the institutions, Polynesia easier.Hopefully,it will help you in specifically to welcome visiting yachtsmen to our partners and advertisers, and a dealing with bureaucratic ‘red tape,’and will islands and introduce them to Polynesian cultural numeric version of the facilitate a problem-free arrival so that you can traditions.With this introduction, we invite you to Yachtmen’s Guide 2008. enjoy the natural riches of this vast territory, read through these pages, and we wish you which extends over 5 million km² of the ocean’s pleasant cruising in French Polynesian waters. The director of the Port Autonome de Papeete, TeriiVALLAUX Informations desk Yachtsmen’s Guide to French Polynesia 1 Created in 1996 by the Port Autonome de Papeete. Content images courtesy of: Port Autonome de Editor: Laurent Barra / Port Autonome de Papeete. Papeete, Gie Tahiti Tourism, Service de la Pêche,Archipels Editorial concept and graphic creation: Archipelagoes. Croisières, C. Durocher, L. Laplane,A.Turpin. English translation: A.Turpin, C. Ibañez,A. Rocca, Graphic creation of Tahiti Moorea Sailing Rendezvous E. Caradec, F. Dupré and E. Boutin. poster: Greg LeBacon & Archipelagoes 2008 Printed by: Seripol.Tahiti. February 2008. Special thanks to: AndyTurpin, Etienne Boutin, issue Advertising: [email protected] Laurent Bernaert, Sylvie Julien-Para, Dominique Contact: [email protected] Morvan, Department of Tourism, Gie Tahiti Tourism. The Port Autonome de Papeete An international cruise port Because of its downtown location, the PapeeteYachts Quay (Quai desYachts de Papeete) gives yachtsmen easy and direct INTERNATIONAL TRADE,TRAFFIC BETWEEN ISLANDS, FISHING, access to all corner stores and services of CRUISE TOURISM,YACHTING…: Tahiti commercial center in the town. PAPEETE PORT IS AT THE HEART OF POLYNESIAN LIFE AND NAUTICAL TOURISM. FromVaiete place, with its typical caravans – they are impossible to miss –, to the other It is now the symbol of a shared places where you can experience the access and cooperation of cruise ships Polynesian culture in the capital city of and privateYachts with fishing vessels, Polynesia… coasters and freighters. You will never be bored inTahiti! Since year 2000, Papeete Port invested more Moreover, the Papeete port had greatly than 12 billion XPF – 100.5 million € – in improved its infrastructures recently to building new infrastructures with the aim of welcome more yachtsmen in comfort on a improving not only the international and special dock equiped with security gates and inter-island trade development’s conditions, patrolled by security guards 24/7 during the but also the welcoming of cruise ships, sailboats high season. visiting yachting and fishing vessels.These large-scale improvement were financed in part This privileged access offers them the with the annual cash flow generated by the opportunity to be berthed in the Port Autonome de Papeete. Its modern heart of the city and enjoy its many settlements are in constant evolution and attractions without security concerns. contribute to the economic rapid development of French Polynesia. The only commercial international port A lively and central port of call. Specially designed infrastructures providing service all over Polynesia. Who saysTahiti was a marginal destination on for yachtsmen Thousand of tons of products are in transit the world cruise market? The Port Autonome de Papeete has been every year on the different quays of Papeete. Today, the Port of Papeete is a thriving involved in a variety of efforts to benefit The container traffic represents a impressive international cruise port, big enough to yachtsmen throughout the Society Islands. quantity of more than 69,000 EVP (20 feet welcome four cruise ships at the same time. The Ports efforts extend to part of Papeete containers) in import and export. Merchant Papeete port reflects an image of luxury for Harbour, to Teonetea in Papearii and to Taina ships – cargo ships,“Ro-Ro” (roll-on, roll-off) – Polynesia. BothTahitians and visitors have Marina in Punaauia. On Moorea,Tahiti’s sister- have three dedicated berths along a 453 m already seen many of these prestigious island, the Port Autonome de Papeete is also in long quay. Products are stored in a container “superboats” parading before their eyes, from charge of the Vaiare Bay, including the Marina terminal with a carrying capacity greater than the Paul Gauguin to the Tahitian Princess and and the Ferry Quay were ferries and fast 90,000 m². Cargo vessels which operate the Starflyer, through the Amsterdam, the Seven shuttles offer frequent transportation to both between the capital city, Papeete, and outlying Seas Mariner, the Regal Princess, the Queen foot passengers and light vehicles. Polynesian islands have six berths at their Elizabeth II, and soon the Queen Mary II. With maritime jurisdiction over an area of disposal, with a total of 1,000 meters for Thanks to the construction of new finger pier more than 800,000 m2, the Port of Papeete schooners... Travelling through the islands, in the heart of Papeete, the Port of Papeete provides services to a wide variety of vessels, these vessels operate in an area equivalent can now host the finest cruise ships from including sailboats visiting from all over the to the size of Europe! anywhere in the world. world. 2 Yachtsmen’s Guide to French Polynesia That’s all we needed! Activities International trading The number of stopovers for long haul boats slightly increased in 2007.The total tonnage of international products increased by +5,7% with How is the Port structured? • and construction of a “House of yachting” 1,071,913 tons in 2007. • With its 5 docks, theYacht quay of Papeete in 2008/2009. (> page 22) is able to accommodate up to Feasibility studies will begin in 2008 on newly Inter-island trading 80sailing boats.The port maintains a security planned infrastructure for yachtsmen in The total traffic of inter-island products (boundary service which guards the quay 24 hours a day, Teonetea pike, in Papeari and also on further included) is decreasing by -3.0% and reach 7 days a week during the high season, from development of the marina ofVaiare in Moorea. 803,641 tons.The passenger traffic between April to September.Every berth on the Papeete decreased by -0.6% with 1,694,288 yachtsmen's quay is equipped with modern Continuous improvement passengers in 2007. facilities including water and electricity. of yachting activities Garbage collection is performed periodically. The Port Autonome de Papeete has become International cruising • The Taina Marina located in Punaauia increasingly more involved in supporting The number of cruise ships stopovers in the Port (> page 23) is able to accommodate about 500 yachting activities in French Polynesia. Its role of Papeete increased significantly (+33% with sailing boats or motoryachts in individual berths of welcoming visitors has made the Port the 36 stopovers), with an associated increase in the or“Med-moored”along a quay.One quay is initiator and partner of many different number of passengers (+152,6% with 37,121 intended for superyachts.Marina facilities promotional activities: cruisers).
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