The Rapanui Expedition consisted of three legs. The first leg (named Manrap) was a transit between Manzanillo, Mexico and Easter Island, Chile, the second leg (Rapanui 1) consisted of work on the Rapanui (Easter) microplate and was the primary workload of the expedition, and the third leg (Rapanui 2) was a transit from Easter Island, Chile to Tahiti, French Polynesia, and realized additional work on the Rapanui Microplate, and a fuel stop at Hao, French Polynesia. Instrumentation on all legs consisted of standard geophysical tools used on the N/O Jean Charcot .