[password] gypseaheart
[position] 20 16.75S 174 47.98W
[weather] 10 knts from the SSW, 2 meter seas, 100% clouds, 1013 baro and rising as of 2200 hrs Sunday local time
[speed] 0 knts
[heading] 0 T
[status] Anchored at Nomukaiki Island in the Ha'apai Group of Tonga to wait out the unsettled weather systems for a few days. On Sunday at noon local time, the wind switched from the NW to South in a couple of minutes and blew 30 knots for 30 minutes before settling down to 20-25 knots for 8 hours with some light rain.
HMS Bounty stopped at nearby Nomuka Island to pick up water for the breadfruit plants it was carrying to feed the slaves in the Caribbean and the mutiny occurred just 5 days later.
We see many humpback whales in the area. Whale watching and even swimming with whales is a major tourist attraction.
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