
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.
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