2019-Tonga

We waited in a safe, sandy anchorage off Ha’apai Beach Resort near Pangai for a couple of nasty troughs to pass through. Buckets of rain…

We were sipping our cappuccinos on the boat on the weekend in Neiafu, wondering what we were going to do for the day. We had…

Seeking refuge from the southerly swell, we sailed north about 30 miles. We hooked a few fish on the way. It was not our first…

It is a treat to have an uninhabited tropical island to ourselves. Telekitonga is one of the eastern barrier islands, located 15 miles northeast of…

We left Tongatapu and sailed to Kelefesia, about 50NM north. On the way, we caught a mahimahi. Something for the freezer! We found a sandy…

We took a couple days to get checked in with the Tongan officials, rest and reprovision. The weekend was coming up and Saturday was looking…

Not everyday, but as we approached Latitude 25, and again between Minerva and Tonga, we had some squally conditions. It took our full concentration, watching…

We arrived at the South Minerva Reef on May 6th. North and South Minerva are atolls about 18 miles apart, set roughly 800 miles from…

As we leave New Zealand we see numerous seabirds like gannets and petrels but as we get further from land, encounters are less frequent. A…