Yellow Flag Guides: Your Essential Companion in French PolynesiaRevolutionary technical support: your safety reinventedSail Tahiti and PPJ: the polynesian symbiosisMeet us at the cannes and annapolis boat shows!Our partners: a network of excellence serving sailorsSet sail for the 2026 adventure: registration open!Three new registration formats for all sailors!
Tahiti Moorea Sailing Rendez-vous: The Pacific Puddle Jump Grand Finale!Yellow Flag Guides: Your Essential Companion in French PolynesiaRevolutionary technical support: your safety reinventedSail Tahiti and PPJ: the polynesian symbiosisMeet us at the cannes and annapolis boat shows!Our partners: a network of excellence serving sailorsSet sail for the 2026 adventure: registration open!Three new registration formats for all sailors!
Tahiti Moorea Sailing Rendez-vous: The Pacific Puddle Jump Grand Finale!Yellow Flag Guides: Your Essential Companion in French PolynesiaRevolutionary technical support: your safety reinventedSail Tahiti and PPJ: the polynesian symbiosisMeet us at the cannes and annapolis boat shows!Our partners: a network of excellence serving sailorsSet sail for the 2026 adventure: registration open!Three new registration formats for all sailors!
a dream
of adventure.
The Pacific Puddle Jump by Sail Tahiti
The winds and weather conditions that prevail every year in the eastern Pacific Ocean make March, April and May the ideal time for sailors to travel from the west coast of the Americas to the exotic archipelagos of French Polynesia. In 1997, the editors of Latitude 38 magazine coined the name Pacific Puddle Jump to describe this 3,000- to 4,000-mile ocean crossing, and began reporting on the fleet’s adventures at sea each year.
Until 2025, the Pacific Puddle Jump was owned by Andy Turpin, former editor of Latitude 38, and had established itself as one of the world’s leading offshore sailing rallies. As of 2026, the PPJ is organized by Sail Tahiti. Each year, from late February to early June, numerous boats and crews of various nationalities cast off individually from different ports on the West Coast of the United States.
Designed above all for the safety and solidarity of the fleet, the PPJ is based on minimal rules.
The 2026
pacific community
welcome in the club !
The Pacific Puddle Jump is more than just a 3,800-nautical-mile crossing: it’s above all an international community of navigators united by a passion for long-distance sailing & French Polynesia exploration. Since 1997, over 4,000 people of more than a dozen nationalities have embarked on this collective adventure to French Polynesia.
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testimonials
and advices from former Puddle Jumper
sv vobiscum
2014
"We had good camaraderie and everyone had a great time. The experience turned out to be more about the people than about the sailing — perhaps it always is."
sv Serenity
2016
"Don't let anybody tell you not to go, or when to go, or how to go, or where to go . Do your own research, make the preparations you deem necessary, choose the destination and route that you want, and then go. Listen to advice, but don't let it dictate your choices."
sv mango
2008
"What a great experience. We learned a lot about our selves, each other, the boat and the ocean. "Some cool things: Sea creatures such as dolphins, whales, boobies, flying fish and turtles; phosphorescence; sailing for long periods without having to touch sails or steering; crossing the equator and swimming around the boat in the middle of the ocean; the camaraderie with fellow Puddle Jumpers."
sv Sangvind
2016
"Don't let it scare you; it's downwind and so easy and steady. Squalls yes, but mostly relatively mellow ones, we sailed often with genoa only to make it easy on the autopilot and easy to take in sail for squalls at night . Yeah, you loose some speed but if there's enough wind it's okay, and you sleep better."
sv libertad
2012
"Just go! But do stock upon tequila and tortilla chips before you leave Mexico."
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