For Services and Resources in French Polynesia
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.
Downloading the guide and GPS map coordinates will facilitate using the guide offline. The coordinates will work for either Maps.me (best for Papeete) or Google Maps.
Especially thankful to John (SV Mary Ann II) and Steve (SV Ocean Star) for their huge effort in supplying a vast amount of information for the guide.
The guide is a community effort. Updates and new additions are greatly appreciated. If you find the guide useful or find something that needs updating please drop us a note at tahiticruisersguide (AT) gmail.com
Last update: 22 Apr 2024
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Polynesie Peintures
2019-08-04 22:45:25 UTC
Island: Tahiti
GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude in decimal degrees):
Latitude: -17.529499
Longitude: -149.569796
view in google mapsTwo blocks from Ace hardware. Walk up the oneway diagonal street across from Ace past the Yamaha building on the corner and the next block on the left
Assuming you are "roll and tip'ing" or foam brushing then avoid the fast hardener, best to use slow or normal also Be sure to get normal thinner not fast. They also have the very best price on zinc based primer by far. For foam brushes go to Ace but small mixing pots go to Sin Tung Hing Marine. Sin Tung Hing and Ace both carry respirators with organic filters.
In the heat here any masking tape except 3m will leave a horrible messy glue residue Sin Tung Hing carry an assortment as does Nautisport and Ocean 2000.
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