Category Archives: Tonga

A walk on the beach

The day ended up being a sunny one although the wind kept up it’s 20+ knot fervour. Around 9:30 we headed into the beach along a channel through the coral off our starboard beam. We dragged the dinghy up the … Continue reading

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Nomuku-iti

With the weather still not looking terrific there was no desire aboard to stay at O’ua so we set our sights for Nomuku-iti. The sail there was somewhat brisk with the wind varying between mid 20s and low 30s. The … Continue reading

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O’ua

Our trip into the village was somewhat of a repeat of the previous day. John picked me up at 6:30, we crossed the island, found Kaleb the lobster guy who told us he’d stayed up till 4am but noone came … Continue reading

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Lobsters?

At 6:30am, John from Sea Mist dropped by and picked me up to go ashore. We trecked the 1/2 mile across the island to the village on the windward side to find the chap who bought lobsters from the overnight … Continue reading

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Ha’afeva

For our sail to Ha’afeva I again gave Helen and Ben a challenge. This was to determine the best route and plot this into the chart plotter. There was a choice of going around the north or south of the … Continue reading

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