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Sunday, 24 June 2018

NZ to TONGA - Day 11 - Land Ho!

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Hello! We have arrived at Tongatapu, where we are anchored with our "Q" flag flying before clearing in on Monday morning. Th...
Saturday, 23 June 2018

NZ to TONGA: Day 10 - Rollicking downwind

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Hello! It has been a vigourous day of sailing. The sky is covered in a dark grey blanket of clouds (related to the trough(s) passing ove...
Thursday, 21 June 2018

NZ to TONGA - Day 9 - Souvenir of Minerva - in the fridge!

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Hello, We have been sailing all day under the grey skies left over from last night's trough. Winds were forecast to gust up to 30 kts...
Wednesday, 20 June 2018

NZ to TONGA - Day 8 - Holiday at Minerva

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Hello, We have totally enjoyed our impromptu stopover at Minerva Reef :) We had a little swim this morning, and (rare occurrence) the ...
Tuesday, 19 June 2018

NZ to TONGA - Days 6 & 7 - Wind! and Minerva Reef !

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Hello, As expected our wind filled in yesterday, and I had loads of moments in my mind that I wanted to share once I sat at the chart tab...
Sunday, 17 June 2018

NZ to TONGA - Day 5 - Father's Day Sail on the Pacific Millpond

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Hello, We broke up our many hours of motoring today with a three-hour sail this morning when our winds built to 6 to 10 kts. It was nice...
Saturday, 16 June 2018

NZ to TONGA - Day 4 - Fridge Maintenance, fueling, and shooting stars

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Hello! I was gearing up to write about an uneventful day of sitting lazily in the cockpit with the engine running, less than 5 kts of win...