01/11/09, Enroute to New Zealand (via Minerva Reef perhaps)
We had a wonderful sail yesterday with the wind getting up a little late afternoon so that we had to reef. Now that the winds are lighter and the skies have cleared we have shaken the reefs out of the sails and are back on track for arriving at Minerva at first light tomorrow. We won't be making the decision regarding stopping or not until we receive more weather information tonight. We are within VHF radio contact (that means the other 3 yachts we left with are within 30 miles of us) and each of them caught at least one huge (25lb) Mahi Mahi or Wahoo. Sadly we did not! But today is another day as they say.....
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31/10/09, Enroute to New Zealand (via Minerva Reef perhaps)
We left Ha'afeva Island, Ha'apai, Tonga this morning at 0800 hrs heading toward North Minerva Reef. We will stop there if the weather is not good for a direct trip home. This is as near perfect sailing as can be....flat seas, bright warm sunshine, 12 knots on the beam, everything up and making 7 knots toward our destination....long may it continue!
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14/10/09, Vava'u, Tonga
We have just had an amazing week with our Grandson Eden (7) and my father Peter (87). Both did extremely well on board and luckily Tonga fronted up with some of the best weather we've had so far. Eden enjoyed himself and picked up driving the dinghy within the first 5 minutes of being here, he snorkeled, swum, drove the yacht, played on the beach with other yachtie kids, played and won dominos, nearly beat his Poppa at Backgammon and loved going fast being towed on the 'biscuit'. There were no tears or grumpy moments in the entire week and that goes for his Great Grandad too!
If you're interested we have more photos of their stay with us in the photo gallery.
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