Whistler

Whistler is a Canadian built PDQ Antares 44ft catamaran. She is owned by Margy and Monty from Whistler, British Columbia. 2019 Season Intinerary: New Zealand to Tonga, other South Pacific Islands, and returning to New Zealand. Blog: https://www.svwhistler.com.

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Posted: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 - 07:14

Ark Gallery: Calm AS! Waterski conditions.
Photo from Saturday evening, Nuku Island beach party. See svwhistler.com for more.

Posted: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 - 06:49

Moored in Nieafu Harbour.

Posted: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 - 07:31

Nieafu Harbour. Monty got in a kiting session at Mounu yesterday. Starting to study weather for passage from Nieafu to Fiji, maybe mid next week.

Posted: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 - 07:22

Moored in Nieafu.

Posted: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 - 07:12

Moored in Nieafu. Had a nice sail up yesterday. Caught a couple yellowfin with whales surfacing to watch us reel them in.

Posted: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 - 07:18

Sailing to Vavau today. Customs have told us we hve to depart Tonga by end of September. They only gave us a 3 week extension on our 4-month stay.

Posted: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 - 04:22

Off Nukunamo Island, Haapai, leaving for Vavau this am. Had a nice day yesterday sailing up from Pangai. JJ, son of the Matafonua Lodge's owners, showed us some fishing tricks.

Posted: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 - 06:52

Anchored off Haapai Beach Resort, near Pangai. Checking out today. Sailing to Vavau tonight or tomorrow morning. Attached photo of the trough coming through on our AIS screen. Fortunate that the

Posted: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 - 07:07

Anchored off Ha'apai Beach Resort, just north of Pangai. Sailed down yesterday with sunshine and light northerly winds. Abbey and Lilly, delightful children of Matafonua Lodge's owners, accompanied

Posted: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 - 06:44

Anchored off Foa. Clouding over this am. Booked a whaleswim with Matafonua today and maybe go to the Sandy Beach's Tongan Feast tonight. Planning to head to Vava'U early next week.

Posted: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 - 06:57

Foa Island. Mackerel sky this am. Continues to be windy.

Posted: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 - 06:32

Foa Island. Windy over night, gusting to over 30 kt several times. A few squalls yesterday.

Posted: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 - 06:31

Anchored off Foa Island. Nice clear morning. Been very windy last several days. Wind generator has been doing an excellent job of keeping the batteries fully charged through the nights. Kiting

Posted: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 - 06:41

Anchored off Foa. Good kiting weather yesterday am. Wind died down a bit in the afternoon but came back up last night. Nice to see the sun this am but very windy.

Posted: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 - 07:00

Anchored off Foa Island. Good kiting weather yesterday. Ugly out there this morning.

Posted: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 - 06:59

Anchored off Foa. Did the spin around from North to West to Southeast over the last hour or so in very light winds. Winds picking up a bit now. Had a fabulous whale swim with Matafonua yesterday

Posted: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 - 06:32

Anchored off Foa again. Not enough wind to kite today. Will try to take free diving course.

Posted: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 - 05:35

Anchored off Haapai Beach Resort.

Posted: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 - 06:59

Anchored off Haapai Beach Resort. Sunny. Wind and seas are gradually calming down.

Posted: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 - 07:18

Anchored off Ha'apai Beach Resort. We had winds up to 35 knots yesterday afternoon. They eased a bit as the backed around overnight. Rough in the anchorage but anchor held well. Cloudy but rain has

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