Travel Log in Short!

Tonga to Samoa, weather not as forecast, illness, squalls, breakages and delays, causing us to sit on the boat over the weekend and not able to clear customs etc until the Monday. One week in Apia, one week in Savaii Island, then a slow trip to Wallis. Ten days in Wallis, very friendly people, interesting churches and monuments, five days of no wind, then five days of squalls, rain and headcolds. Paige celebrated her 12th birthday while we were there, with chocolate cake and lasagne. On to Futuna for just a day, as the wind was pumping and we needed to keep moving, which ended up in our best passage ever of 1000nm in four and a half days, with an average speed of 9.1 knots and a top speed of 22.09 knots! Arrival into New Caledonia had the navigational hazard of cruise ships and freighters coming through narrow passes at the same time as us! Again we have had the pleasure of meeting new people and old friends since our arrival five days ago, and now we are in the process of getting sorted to leave again and will continue heading west by the end of the week.