Thursday

Jerri: Tonga is treating us well. Two nights ago we were invited to a cocktail party on board Moonshadow, our friend John and Deb’s boat who we met in Fakarava. It’s a 62′ Deshaue (sp?) designed boat – very beautiful…

Tonga

Jerri: We made it! Never a doubt. We arrived to Vava’u late Saturday afternoon after losing a day crossing the international date line. We picked up a mooring ball near our friends on Speakeasy and sat down for an Anchor…

night 4

Jerri: I’m sorry that we can’t reply to comments on our blog posts. We send our posts and receive the comments via email over the sat phone. It takes too much time to log into the website. We love the…

Night 3

Jerri: The sailing continues to be extremely pleasant. This morning we put up the screecher and made good way with the perfect (90 degree) wind angle for that sail. Tim kept it up through his watch, but we took it…

Night 2

Jerri: We’re having a very pleasant night. The wind died down around 5:00 p.m. requiring engine assist for several hours. We’ve been back under sail power since around 10:00 p.m. and I’ve had a very civilized watch. I know it’s…

Tonga bound

Jerri: 12:30 p.m. night one and all is well. The wind is squirrelly tonight, we’re surfing a lot, and things were feeling a little sporty so I reefed the sails. It’s a lovely night under the stars, but after my…

For Finn and Gus

I’m posting this as a blog post so that others can enjoy but this post is for the two of you. Suwarrow is an isolated island in the Cook Island chain. It’s located at GPS coordinates 13 15.213S 163 06.454W,…

Night 5

I’m on watch at 11:00 p.m. on our final night prior to Suwarrow arrival. I wrote a blog post 2 or 3 nights ago, but decided there was too much whining in it so deleted. I want to share what…