Sunday Island

We departed Bora Bora French Polynesia on the 10th of July to sail to Tonga. We had planned for an 8 day passage but we knew the weather would be light.
The weather forecasts have been quite unpredictable, so we kept to the rhumb line – a direct line from Bora Bora to Tonga.
The last few days have been very light, but we managed to keep above 5kts until yesterday morning when we finally had to turn on the engine to assist us.
Yesterday afternoon it was dead calm, with a low swell, and we have a tradition to jump in the water mid ocean at each major point such as the equator, or on this case the international date line. Isyy, Max & myself had a great swim around the boat. You could see deep into the 6000m deep ocean. Last night at 0200 we crossed the date line and proceeded into the future!
We arrivd in Neiafu Tonga at 1700 this evening, and whilst we wait for customs we are now alongside one of the Tassie built Adams 14 “Risky Business” built by the Edmond brothers and a bit of a race champion in its tiime, now owned by a couple from the Central Coast .
A bit tired to write too much about our adventure now, but wanted to let you know we are safe in Tonga. . . stand by for further news & adventures.