SAIL 800 miles to the lost South Pacific Island of Hoorn!

On his 16th voyage between NZ and Fiji, This Captain takes you to a Mythical Island in the South Pacific, sailing a 800m round trip out to Iles de Hoorn (Pt 2 ) Rarely visited by yachts, this remote South Pacific Island has no safe anchorage for sailors and a rough history.
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Today it is also used as the closest overseas territory to clear into and renew the reentry time clock when heading back to Fiji although it is 300 miles uphill against the trade winds from Savu Savu!

The earliest signs of human habitation on these islands are artifacts characteristic of the Lapita culture, dating roughly to between 850 and 800 BCE. During Tongan invasions in the 15th and 16th centuries, the islands defended themselves with varying levels of resistance, but also accepted varying degrees of assimilation. Futuna retained more of its pre-Tongan cultural features, while Wallis underwent greater fundamental changes in its society, language, and culture.[5] The original inhabitants built forts and other identifiable structures on the islands (many of which are in ruins), some of which are still partially intact. Oral history and archaeological evidence suggests that the Tongan invaders re-occupied and modified some of these structures. The oral history also preserves a cultural memory of relationships.

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