It’s coming up on 3 weeks since we arrived here in Tonga. At this moment, as we prepare to leave tomorrow morning for our big crossing to New Zealand, we pause to think about our time here. This is not an immediate place. Takes some time to get the feel of it. And only a…
Vava’u is both an island and an island group, consisting of the island of Vava’u and 40 other smaller islands. It’s near the northern end of the Kingdom of Tonga, which itself is a long string of 171 islands. (More correctly, Tonga is made up of two parallel island strings – the western string are…
It’s just approaching midnight. Sharon is tucked into her bunk for an all too brief sleep. I’m on watch until 2am. We’re bouncing along, with a moderate breeze on our stern quarter. In these conditions each swell kicks us a little, or a lot, sideways. The ‘corkscrewing’ sensation is tightened by the darknes. There’s little…
This is the longest passage yet for Bill and me – I mean as a couple, just the two of us, no one else on board. We’re about 24 hours into it now. And all is well. Before leaving, we enjoyed an extra couple of days in Huahine. The check-out procedures involved a couple of…
