Friday the 11th May. We planned to depart Tonga today,.... however , after getting organised and clearing customs and immigration , we picked up the anchor . Only to discover we had a old mooring line wrapped on our starboard prop. I dived under and undid the line while Adam held the boat of the shore using the dinghy like a tug. After that we headed for the fuel dock. We approached slowly as their was a small local fishing boat also on the wharf, between us and a larger boat tied up. I got alongside and put both motors into reverse to stop. Oh shit.. the starboard motor was stuck in forward . You should have seen the fishermans eyes bulge as 47ft of boat started charging at him , only to pull up inches short thanks to the port motor reversing as requested. The morse cable in the control housing had come out of its bracket. phew a close shave,but all OK. At that stage we were starting to believe that leaving on a Friday for a voyage was indeed bad luck. We met some KIwis on the fuel dock who were heading to a small bay outside the harbour called Big Mommas , place , we gave them a lift over to their boat and anchored for the night. We went into Big Mommas to spend our last few Tongan dollars on food and beer. We met some more KIwis in there and had a great night , ending up on a boat called Beviamo drinking home made rum with Ross Steve Prickle and Jill, it was a great night, but not such a flash Saturday morning. We eventually pulled anchor and set sail with one reef in the main. Sunday conditions were getting lighter , so we took the reef out. I noticed the helm seemed unresponsive and we were getting a lot of weather helm. On monday we pulled the sails down and I put on the snorkel gear to check the rudders, the port rudder was snapped off in the rudder tube !!! This means it is still there but not connected to the steering anymore . Looks like we will be sailing reefed for a while, so the starboard rudder wont get overloaded. We have only made 390 miles in the last 3 days 600 more to New Caledonia. Adam and I are doing 4 hour shifts , which were a bit tough at first , but I think we are adapting to them Ok. Seas are flat at the moment, and the weather forecast seems good for the next few days. Just on dark I caught an 80 cm Maui Maui ,so we are having Maui fillets with mashed sweet potatoes for tea , tomorrow night fish and brown rice (especially for Sal)