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Logboat in Moorea
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The pirogue is an outrigger canoe. In French Polynesia the locals are coming from all the islands to compete in long distance races against each other. The largest pirogues have space for six athletes. I took this picture while we were alongside in the port of Papeete in Tahiti. The two teams in their pirogues were training inside the lagoon of Tahiti. Behind the pirogues is the island of Moorea, which stands just a few miles away from Tahiti.