[password]Tusi2284
[position]19 15.82S 174 30.46W
[speed]7 knots
[heading]200M
[weather]SE 15knots, seas 1.5m, cloud cover 100%, barometer 1014
[status]We left Neiafu in Vavau, Tonga at 1130 this morning after clearing Customs and are now heading for Minerva reef. Last night in Neiafu we were treated to a spectacular thunderstorm and very heavy rain. At the height of the storm the thunder and lightening were occurring at the same time so it was right over top of us. The dingy was hanging from the main halyard so Tusi took on an increasing lean to port during the night. This morning the dingy was completely full of rain water. I lifted the dingy last night for the first time ever in Tonga because on Wednesday night another yacht lost their dingy and brand new outboard during the night while on a mooring in Neiafu harbour. If it had come loose it would have been easy to find because it would be difficult for a dingy to drift out of the harbour. The guy that lost the dingy has looked all around Vavau but by this morning had not found the dingy. So maybe it's lift it, lock it or lose it in Vavau now. Our ETA north Minerva is Monday morning.

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