[password] TwinkY6433
[position] 19 50.948S 174 25.167W
[weather] S 3.5 knots, 1013 baro
[speed] Anchored off Uoleva Island, Ha?apai, Tonga
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[status] Luckily it eventually cooled down and we had a fantastic calm, still, sleep. Bliss! We did a couple of jobs in the morning, including Steve having a go at polishing our solar panels. They had gone all milky and we?d been told it was because they were cheap Chinese ones, and that there was nothing we could do and polishing them wouldn?t help. Well, just as well I didn?t listen to them and bought some plastic polish anyway - they have turned up like brand new again! They were about 1/5 the price of the ?recognised? brands, so I didn?t expect much more than a couple of seasons out of them. Hopefully by the time we?ll need them again after returning from Site Office, the technology would have moved forward significantly and these will be obsolete anyway. We then moved further north. We were planning to go to Pangai, but there was talk on the radio of the Harbour master banning all yachts from outside the port - just where we were surprise to be going. Turns out some plonkers (sounds like the same boat that?s had several anchoring issues already) anchored in the middle of the shipping channel. The Harbour master rightly asked them to move. The rally leaders have sorted it out now and we?ve been designated a spot. In the mean time we pulled in to Uoleva and anchored up here again - this was a spot we got to last year. We did a couple more boat jobs, went for a swim, and then went ashore for a short walk and catch-up with other boats at the Uoleva yacht club/Sea Change eco resort bar. We didn?t stay long though, as were driven back to the boat by the flys and the approaching rain (hatches were open and Jenny was on deck on charging duties.). Quiet beer in the cockpit now and the drizzle has cooled things down nicely. Time to read a book and relax.

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