Tonga — The Vava’u Group
Tuesday, May 31st – With a 76nm offshore passage to Port Maurelle, our first stop in Vava’u, we are up and starting the engine at 0400. To our dismay, the anc [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Ah! New Zealand! (continued)
We should have stayed in New Zealand! If we had known what lay ahead of us upon returning to the States, we would have stayed on the boat. There’s a downside [...]
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Fueling the New Zealand Economy
Crossing the Pacific Ocean on one’s small sailboat is a unique adventure and one that is still available to anyone who is willing and able to take on the challenge. Thou [...]