INTO THE DEEP

We are on a sailing trip in French Polynesia’s Leeward Islands, sails trimmed to perfection by our skipper, Henry, as we leave the island of Taha’a behind and head for Bora Bora. More Hollywood than Mother Nature, Bora Bora’s craggy peaks are mesmerising, surrounded by a cloud of mist that looks like it was summoned by the mighty Polynesian god Ta’aroa himself.

Drifting toward the eye-poppingly blue lagoon on an 18.9-metre catamaran with Dream Yacht Charters, it is the colour of the water that totally