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: 27 Mar 2024

Propeller & Shaft Repair

Propellers Shaft

2019-08-04 22:45:21 UTC

Island: Tahiti

I was told they must be shipped in,  Ocean 2000 has stock of shafts with machined end to european standards (ISO25??)  Poly Industries made spare shaft but did not stock the material which came from Ocean 2000.  Sourced flexible coupling from Sopoc.  Small machine shop in Tipaerui put proper taper on old propeller; they are at the corner where you make the last turn going to Polybois (see wood)