Arrived Ovaka Island yesterday morning. Gotta love sailors never the right amount of wind. This time too much, so we were getting here too fast. Tonga is not the place for arriving in unfamiliar anchorages in the dark. So at 0230 we practiced heaving to. After several tries we finally settled on a sail configuration. Paul had the watch and Dennis and i went off. Dennis,went on at 0600 and got us back headed in the right direction. We had anchor down by 1130 and spent the rest of the day recovering.
First impressions of this new group of islands is that they are younger in geological terms. There are reefs, but the islands themselves are rockier, lusher and taller. I'll post pictures when the internet is better.
Not sure what is on the agenda today. Definitely need to provision in the near future which means heading to Nieafu.
Big Happy Birthday to my nephew Eli!!
Fair winds! http://royaltyyachts.com/
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