The Finer Points of Hermit Crab Racing
So Giamma walks up to me on a beach. A beach attached to an island in the middle of absolute nowhere. The nowhere being the central Ha'apai group of the Tongan archipelago, about seventy miles south of the big smoke known as Neiafu, on the much more populated island of Vava'u. Tonga is not exactly a well known place anyways, I'd venture to guess more people have heard of Papua New...
How much anchor chain is enough?
It depends, of course, on where you spend your time sailing and anchoring. In the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, 60-80m is usually more than adequate. However once you transit the Panama Canal on your way across the Pacific, you will definitely want to consider putting on more.
The Adventures of Nunki’s Support Vessel
To be honest, up until a few days ago there wasn't much going on, so not much to write about. It's been raining here; raining a lot! We were all beginning to wonder if Tonga was like Seattle, Washington, or Northern England; just one of those perpetually wet places. Everyone has been telling us it's the El Niño, there's been quite a bit of apologetic explanations from the locals,...
Yes, I slept through the Tsunami
It was at around four this morning that the Tsunami warnings went off here in Tonga. Apparently this region of the Pacific received a meter high wave courtesy of the Chilean earth quake. For us here aboard Feelin' Good it was thankfully a non-event. Art has informed me that I slept through the whole thing, so I have no recollection of the tsunami's arrival. I will have no exciting...
Problem Solving in Paradise
Ah Bora Bora...seriously, enough of that, what's it like? Well, up close the mountain which forms the centerpiece of the island's landscape is beautiful, and diverse, with several distinct profiles depending on which angle one is viewing, but "Matterhorn like"? Umm, in reality not so much, imagine one of those tasty Teuscher Matterhorn chocolates you can purchase by the box full on...
Honestly Folks, I’d Mutiny too
Bora Bora, just saying the name has a lingering effect as if the resonance of the words inside your head somehow trigger pheromones, and instantly the people around you will be drawn in, wanting to get closer so they can hear what comes next: you were there? What was it like? Well, actually I can't say just yet because, for now at least, we are viewing Bora Bora's Matterhorn-like peak...
Out and About on Huahini Ita
François, weathered and leathered, greets us warmly as if he has known us for years even though we are just now meeting for the very first time. His broad smile reveals a few missing teeth, but his eyes are vibrant, alert, framed by decades spent toiling under a tropical sun. He is anxious to show us his life's work, his family's vanilla farm is his passion; he is a man possessed and...
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