Author Archives: Peter Rossin
Maurelle Bay
We are currently anchored in Maurelle Bay (still in the Vava’U area – the most northern group of islands in Tonga). I am a bit behind in my posts, but today was so neat I will jump ahead and catch … Continue reading
FPB 64 Booms
The booms are an important part of the FPB system. The “official” functions include: putting out the booms with flopper stoppers when at anchor for roll control putting out the booms with fish for roll control when underway should the … Continue reading
Scanning Sonar
I have mentioned that one of the things that has really worked well for us is our scanning sonar. Of all the electronics, I initially thought I was being extravagant when I chose to put it on the boat. Not … Continue reading
Haano – Part 2
While in Pangai, we spent some time researching where we should go next. Of the many sources of information, a pretty good one is the local cruiser’s bar populated with Palange (white folks). We were having a cold Maka beer … Continue reading
Haano – Part 1
Tonga has three main island groups – NukuAlofa to the south, the Ha’apai in the center and Vava’U to the north. We are currently anchored at Haano which is the northern most island of the Ha’apai group. A local dive … Continue reading
Fishing System
Fishing has been our main source of food – we really have yet to break in to any of our stores of frozen vac packed meat from New Zealand. In fact our freezers are more full then when we left … Continue reading
Pangai
We were hoping for cray, but after waiting for Joe to show up with a suitable allowance for Tongan promptness (1 hour later than agreed) we gave up and raised the hook bound for Pangai. Pangai is about 35 nautical … Continue reading
Eat at Nomuka Joe’s
Thanks to our late departure from Nufa Aloka and a 60 mile run, we did not arrive in Nomuka until late in the day. The anchorage is between Nomuka and Nomuka Iki which is uninhabited. With the light fading and … Continue reading