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Chapter 5 - Is there an undertaker in the room?

Chapter 5 - Is there an undertaker in the room?

by Claude Prevost
The weeks following the Coup d’état were an eye opener for me. I was used to politics. I was raised in it. My father was a high public servant, and...
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Chronicle 4 - Taveuni, the Prettiest Girl in the Room

Chronicle 4 - Taveuni, the Prettiest Girl in the Room

by Claude Prevost
We were not supposed to stop in Fiji. The original plan was to sail from Tonga to New Zealand so we could dodge the cyclone season. That is the rec...
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Chronicle 3 - Student of a new beginning

Chronicle 3 - Student of a new beginning

by Claude Prevost

The story continues with our arrival in French Polynesia and our introduction to pearl farming.

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Chronicle 2 - Is there an Engineer in the Room?

Chronicle 2 - Is there an Engineer in the Room?

by Claude Prevost

This is the second installment of Chronicles of a Pearl Farmer. It is the follow up of the first chapter. We are now drifting in the South Pacific with no wind and a dead engine on our way to the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Chronicles of a Pearl Farmer - Is there a Psychiatrist in the Room?

Chronicles of a Pearl Farmer - Is there a Psychiatrist in the Room?

by Claude Prevost
  Syjoli III logbook  March 15th, 2006, Panama City Harbour, Panama  Today is the big day. The engine is serviced; the batteries are topped up and ...
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