This article is for the person who has three weeks available in June and who wants to know, specifically, what the Naora voyage is doing in June of each year between 2027 and 2031. Not abstractly: specifically. The boat is somewhere.
The boat is doing something. If the three weeks in June fits the something the boat is doing and the somewhere it is doing it, the conversation with Antony is the next step. If it does not fit, the article tells you which month to look at instead.
June 2027: The Aegean
In June 2027 the Naora voyage is in the Aegean Sea, in the Greek islands, in the specific conditions that the Aegean June produces: the Meltemi building in the afternoons, the mornings calm enough for the day’s first anchorage approach, the specific quality of the June light on the Cycladic whitewash and the limestone of the Dodecanese.
The legs in June 2027 are the legs of the Mediterranean opening chapter: day sails between islands, Long Tables in the anchorages above the villages, the specific cultural density of the ancient Greek harbour that the boat arrives at each afternoon. For the member whose three June weeks are available in 2027, the Aegean is the boarding chapter.
June 2028: The Pacific Crossing
In June 2028 the Naora voyage is in the Pacific, either completing the passage from the Galapagos to the Marquesas or in the early weeks of the Marquesas and Tuamotu chapter. June is within the Coconut Milk Run window: the southeast trades are consistent, the inter-tropical convergence zone is north of the route, and the conditions for the open ocean passage are at their most reliable.
The member with three weeks in June 2028 is the member who joins either the tail of the Pacific crossing or the first Polynesian legs: the Marquesas arrival or the outer Tuamotu atolls. This is the most remote chapter of the route and the most transformative of the available June options across the five years.
June 2029: Melanesia and the Approach to Indonesia
In June 2029 the Naora voyage is in Melanesia, in Vanuatu or the Solomon Islands or the approach to Papua New Guinea, moving westward toward the Indonesian archipelago. The June 2029 legs are the transition chapter between the Polynesian Pacific and the Indonesian archipelago: the volcanic island arcs of Melanesia with their specific combination of tribal culture, jungle interior, and the specific quality of the Pacific that the Polynesian atolls do not provide.
For the member whose three June weeks are in 2029, this is the chapter of the voyage that most Naora articles do not describe because it sits between the named chapters and is therefore less visible in the planning conversation than the Pacific and the Indonesian chapters it connects.
June 2030: The Indonesian Archipelago
In June 2030 the Naora voyage is in the Indonesian archipelago, in the specific section of the route between Komodo and the Banda Sea or between the Banda Sea and the Maluku islands, in the conditions that June in the Indonesian archipelago produces: the transitional season between the monsoons, relatively settled, the diving conditions in the Coral Triangle at the quality the Naora diving programme is built around.
The June 2030 legs are the peak of the Indonesian chapter and the most accessible of the five June options for the Asian and Australasian member.
June 2031: The Indian Ocean and the Red Sea Approach
In June 2031 the Naora voyage is in the northern Indian Ocean or in the approach to the Red Sea, moving through the Arabian Sea toward the Gulf of Aden and the southbound entry to the Red Sea. June 2031 is the penultimate chapter of the circumnavigation: the final ocean before the return to the Mediterranean, the waters of the Arabian and East African maritime traditions, the approach to the most historically significant maritime passage on the route.
For the member whose three June weeks are available in 2031, this is the finale chapter: the Indian Ocean passage that leads to the Red Sea and ultimately to the return to the Mediterranean and the close of the five-year arc.
