Explore Sailing Voyages in Tonga 🇹🇴

We anchored for a couple hours to check into Tonga. Good check in experience, brought out 3 officials to the boat in the dinghy , they really enjoyed my oatmeal coconut cookies. Left for better anchorage, motored there in headwinds

Nice short sail with just the genoa. Beautiful day. Anchored and had a nice snorkel. With shifted 180 degrees overnight, stayed light fortunately.

Motored into a light headwind. Cloudy day. Calm water.

This was probably our roughest and most challenging passage yet. Quartering waves with a short period causing the boat to pitch dramatically. Very wet, the coucpit was partially flooded at least 5 times. New leaks found, starboard rail was repeatedly put underwater. Top gust of 37 knots. Stella handled the conditions very well besides the leaks.

Rough as balls for 2 days, had to slow up for Tonga Passage, most of us were sick

Very broad reach with confused Sea from same direction (SSE). Good when it was 20kts as it kept the sails full, not so good when under that. It was a nice sail but I had to stay on top of the wind shifts and strength, making adjustments accordingly to stop sails flapping in the breeze.