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[position] 19 51.036s 174 24.912w

[status] At anchor in paradise - Uoleva island, a perfect tropical island sou’west from Pangai. Yesterday we unlashed the Stand Up Paddle (SUP) boards from the dinghy davits and went for our first SUP in Tonga. Uoleva has plenty of coral and reefs around it, however compared to Minerva Reef it is far less ‘alive’ with underwater sea creatures. Mike played in the tiny waves rolling slowly over the reef. Warwick and Layne went for a walk along Uoleva, after their snorkel. And MALibu took Moonfish’s tender and went for a snorkel too. We met an Italian couple who had walked around Uoleva, they were staying on the island on one of the two resorts – there was no power, it seems ‘resort’ is used rather loosely in Tonga. We had cocktail hour on FUSIO last night, which was lovely. And then a quick bang-up-meal of bolognaise with buckwheat pasta and powered parmesan – it tasted much better than expected. Sasha was in bed early, leaving the boys to their nightcap, as M
ike the captain had requested we be up for the GHR weather report. Unfortunately this morning we all forgot about the time difference and got up at 7am Tonga-Time, and only realized after waiting on the SSB for 15mins that we’d missed the weather report completely. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.

[speed] 0knots

[heading] 11M

[weather] A beaut of a morning, calm with cumulus clouds dotted around the horizon. Wind less than 5 knots. Moonfish is pointing towards the north currently – but I am not sure if that is wind or current related.

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