• Tonga — The Ha’apai Group

    The Ha’apai Group is a sparsely populated scattering of low-lying, mostly atoll islands.  Life on these dry island is barely above subsistence, and it shows every time on [...]

    2011
  • Tonga — It’s Good to be Back

    Sunday, May 15th – After several days of resting and repair in Minerva Reef, we are ready to head offshore today to complete the final 280nm to the harbor city of Nuku’a [...]

    2011
  • At Anchor in the Middle of the Ocean

    The First Mate took this photo, but why ever would she?  What is it?  A weird apparition in the night sky?  An amoebic creature rising from the ocean depths?&nb [...]

    2011