The Vava’u archipelago rises out of the sea, uplifted from the sea floor by tectonic plate movement, as ridges of limestone. There is seismic and volcanic activity along the entire Tongan island chain that sits on the edge of the Pacific ‘ring of fire’…
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#26 San Diego
While we’re waiting for hurricane season to officially end for a southward move, we have two things on our minds. Training aboard and outfitting Eliana for her first full season. San Diego is the perfect spot to do both. Now for the d…
Trip to NZ
I am going back to Tahiti on th 14th October. The Plan is to continue the journey on to New Zealand.
24×7 Rhythm: Watchkeeping
One of the things we learned from our trip to Alaska is that 24×7 operation with a
double-handed crew is achievable for us, and with reasonable comfort. We arrived at
the end…
October 8, 2010 – Costa Baja, Mexico
THE SECOND YEAR STARTS! The summer flew, as did we, first to Anchorage where we had just time enough to be amazed at how much all five grandchildren had grown, and then to the East Coast for a couple of weeks with a stop in La Conner on the way. Pau…
Beer on the Beach
Our jaunt to the beach for Happy Hour was a sweet change of pace. Once we figured out how to tie the whaler off so it didn't bash up onto the beach and become high and dry as it was a receding tide, all was calm and peaceful. To our pleasant surpri…
20 Sept 2010 – Bringing Arcadia I Home at last
This belated posting represents the end of the “Extended Sea Trial” we’ve been on since we first took ownership of Arcadia I in Skagway in late June of last year. After well over 10,000 nautical miles under the keel, …
Vava’u, Tonga
The last part of our crossing from Niuatoputapu to Vava'u was some of the smoothest water we have seen since our Mexico/Nuka Hiva trip. As close as you can come to "glass" in this huge undulating body of water, and three to four knots of …
Klag Bay, Alaska
When we planned the offshore
run directly from Seattle to Alaska, we'd allowed ourselves a day or so to recuperate
and several days for weather delays…
The Kingdom of Tonga – Niuatoputapu
The Kingdom of Tonga is the only South Pacific country that was never colonized by a European power. Tonga is a constitutional monarchy based on the British parliamentary system. The King however, does have quite a bit of power. He appoints the prime m…
