Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Charts VI
4. Preface IX
5. 1. Your Pacific Ocean 1
6. 2. Rocks and Shoals 8
7. 3. Pacific Weather 18
8. 4. Passage Planning 32
9. Part I. Polynesia
10. Introduction 47
11. 5. Hawaii 49
12. 6. French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago / Society Islands / Austral Islands 67
13. 7. Easter Island 102
14. 8. Pitcairn Island 108
15. 9. Cook Islands 114
16. 10. Samoa / American Samoa / Western Samoa 125
17. 11. Tokelau Islands 138
18. 12. Tonga 143
19. 13. Tuvalu 154
20. 14. Niue 161
21. 15. New Zealand 165
22. Part II. Melanesia
23. Introduction 183
24. 16. Fiji 185
25. 17. Wallis and Futuna 198
26. 18. Papua New Guinea 203
27. 19. Solomon Islands 219
28. 20. New Caledonia 232
29. 21. Vanuatu 241
30. Part III. Micronesia
31. Introduction 251
32. 22. Mariana Islands / Guam / Northern Mariana Islands 255
33. 23. Marshall Islands 271
34. 24. Federated States of Micronesia / Kosrae / Pohnpei / Chuuk / Yap 279
35. 25. Palau 311
36. 26. Kiribati 320
37. 27. Nauru 330
38. Part IV. Islands of the Eastern Pacific
39. Introduction 337
40. 28. Galapagos Islands 339
41. Appendixes
42. Appendix A. Trilingual Dictionary for Port Entry 347
43. Appendix B. Glossary of Cruising Words 352
44. Appendix C. Mastering the Three R's at Sea 354
45. Appendix D. International Maritime Mobile Amateur Radio 358
46. Appendix E. Pacific Sailboat Races with Cruising Classes 362
47. Index 367
48. About the Author 371