Some excellent detective work there John and as usual Correct - it was indeed Moorea, French Polynesia.  Well done Sir.  And the view from the island's  'Belvedere Lookout' where one can just make out the cruise ship in Cook's Bay...     I've always maintained that Departing the anchorage at Moorea is the second best sailaway experience only surpassed by  leaving New York on Queen Mary 2...