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The Tahiti Cruisers Guide is brought to you by Julien Desmont from Xperimental and Chuck Houlihan from Jacaranda. Starting as an idea based on the very successful Panama City Cruisers guide, it has evolved into 200+ pages of information on vendors and services throughout French Polynesia. In January 2018, we added GPS coordinates and links to Google Maps to assist in locating businesses.
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Last update: 25 Apr 2024
Outboard – Repairs and Parts
Esteban Galvez
2023-04-04 00:12:30 UTC
Island: Raiatea
GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude in decimal degrees):
Latitude: -16.7761
Longitude: -151.419882
view in google mapsContact: 87 32 67 29
estebanggalvez@gmail.com
SV Phoenix
Raiatea
7-2022 SV Moondance We had seen an FB post that Esteban was back in the area and doing dinghy repair. We contacted him direct and asked if he could look at our Mercury 9.9HP outboard. He said yes and we set a date. I explained that our ob had been running fine until we took it on a long bumpy ride. It suddenly began running very poorly. Esteban systematically reviewing our symptoms and then started checking our ob. Carb and jets. Tank hose and primer. Fuel pump. Spark plugs and ignition wires. In the end new spark plugs got us running again. He is a very personable and giving person. He charged us a fair price and made sure we were operating again. Thank you Esteban!
For more information, see Dinghy New / Repair