The wind died mid morning and this gave us the opportunity to clean the black soot off PolePole. I think

This is the best weather window for us to get to Tonga before another big weather system comes by, we

It was a blissfully comfy night in our enormous bed. Such a treat as the bar next to the marina

The only tickets I could buy for the car ferry were for a 10 am departure today returning at 8am

Sharon the marina manager had told us last night that customs and immigration had come to see us on Sunday

Poor Rowan was up at 4am with phone calls! He was out in JeldiJeldi checking out the marina long before

Firstly apologies for the lack of post and thanks for the concern from some of you. I’m now trying to

We crossed the date line about 20 miles out from Samoa, Thursday has gone! Instead of being 12 hours behind

We are doing well, the waves have calmed down to about 2.8ms and the time between them is longer, so

By the time Rowan brought me tea at 6:30am, he had checked the weather and routes, plus Met Nob’s reassurance