Aradonna

Aradonna is a Young 43 centre cockpit sloop. Karl and Heather sailed her to Tonga, Wallis and Fiji in 2014. It was an amazing experience! In 2015 we sailed our floating home to Vanuatu and New Caledonia. In 2017 we will sail to Tonga again and on to Fiji to visit the Lau Group.

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Posted: Mon, 26 May 2014 - 08:59

Anchored at Kelefesia Island, the southernmost island of the Ha'apai Group. Beautiful sheltered spot surrounded by coral reefs. See the blog for more about our travels in the past few days.

Posted: Thu, 22 May 2014 - 16:28

Welcome to paradise! Now anchored in Tongatapu. Arrived at the pass at 9am, into the Harbour at 10.30 and finally cleared customs, immigration, health and quarantine by 4pm. The locals supplied fresh

Posted: Thu, 22 May 2014 - 07:34

Posted: Wed, 21 May 2014 - 16:45

Sunny skies, water temperature now 26 degrees. Can almost taste the tropical fruit. Lazing in the bean bags sunbathing and reading. Heading 026M at 5.4 knots, motoring for a while as 15 knots from

Posted: Tue, 20 May 2014 - 16:46

Great snorkeling at the reef yesterday and a surprise visit from NZ Airforce Orion, they flew overhead for about an hour collecting details of all 26 vessels. Left North Minerva at 7.30am today

Posted: Sun, 18 May 2014 - 16:08

Will stay at North Minerva until Tuesday, pending favourable conditions for passage to Tonga. --

Posted: Sun, 18 May 2014 - 06:45

Very windy night, started anchor watch at 8pm as winds over 40 knots and raining. By midnight winds 45 to 50 knots from SE with peak gust recorded at 1.37am of 58 knots. Barometer 1007. Now 6am winds

Posted: Thu, 15 May 2014 - 12:30

Arrived at North Minerva Reef at 10.30am. Absolutely stunning. A lake in the middle of the ocean. Been for a swim and caught up with some of the ICA fleet, others still to arrive. Water is an amazing

Posted: Thu, 15 May 2014 - 08:09

2 hr from Minerva. It will be rush hour there at the pass

Posted: Wed, 14 May 2014 - 17:17

Happy Birthday Karl! Very light winds, flat sea. Heather and Karl both landed a Mahimahi this afternoon - 2 on at the same time - quite exciting. Fresh fish for the Birthday dinner. Will arrive at

Posted: Wed, 14 May 2014 - 08:08

Posted: Tue, 13 May 2014 - 16:51

Had a lovely 24 hour relaxing sail, didn't break any speed records, but a very peaceful gentle day. Just had a strike on the tuna fishing line, but it got away! Looking forward to another moonlit

Posted: Tue, 13 May 2014 - 07:35

250nm to Minerva

Posted: Mon, 12 May 2014 - 15:38

Beautiful deep blue sea, calm water, lovely sailing breeze. Peeled off another layer of clothes, don't need to be rugged up at night anymore. Sea temp 23.6 degrees. 340 nmiles to go to Minerva Reef

Posted: Sun, 11 May 2014 - 16:32

Both feeling better now we have our sea legs. Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers out there! Sunny skies, starting to warm up a bit now. 440 nmiles to go to get to Minerva Reef.
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Posted: Sat, 10 May 2014 - 18:04

Making good progress, left Opua 12.30 yesterday, about 125 nmiles closer to Tonga now

Posted: Thu, 8 May 2014 - 11:45

The weather looks fantastic for a wonderful sail to Tonga. We are positive that we'll depart tomorrow!

Posted: Mon, 5 May 2014 - 16:14

Weather has changed from earlier predictions, so the fleet has been given a "NO-GO" for tomorrow. Opua is grey with gusty wind and drizzle. We would rather be in the tropics but it is better to wait

Posted: Sun, 4 May 2014 - 10:12

Enjoyed a few days of sunshine at Moturua Island, including a swim yesterday. Beautiful! Now back in Opua, departure scheduled for Tuesday.

Posted: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 - 11:20

The weather gurus are telling us to wait. No wind for sailing and big swells expected north of NZ. No fun motoring for 3 days in big seas! Looks like departure early next week now. In the meantime we

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