They
say it's the most alluring destination
on earth. Where romance was born,
beauty amazes the senses and adventure
beckons on every horizon. Tahiti and
French Polynesia, the legendary siren
of the South Pacific. Now the new
home of Star
Flyer - and the consummate
mega-yacht sailing experience.
What a happy combination! Sailing
has a very long tradition in French
Polynesia, beginning with the original
Polynesians, who navigated as far
as New Zealand and Hawaii, perhaps
even to South America, in quest of
new lands to colonize. Then there
were the explorers, Bougainville,
Wallis, Cook, and writers and artists
like Melville, Maugham, Michener and
of course, Paul Gauguin, whose color-saturated
canvases became the icon of the Polynesian
myth.
In
keeping with this revered sailing
heritage, Star Flyer will be the first
modern-day tall-ship to make its home
year-round in French Polynesia, voyaging
to the legendary Society Islands and
the remote Tuomotus, the home of Polynesian
cultural traditions. Star Flyer will
offer intensely rewarding personal
explorations of islands bearing magical
names like Moorea, Bora Bora, Huahine
and Rangiroa. Even more noteworthy,
as she glides through these pristine
archipelagos of unsurpassing loveliness,
she will leave no sign of her passaging.
