Sailing the Vavau & Haapai islands | E059
11 de dezembro de 2025 · 9 min · 173 visualizações · Ha'apai Islands
Sailboat glides over turquoise Haapai waters under blue sky
O que este vídeo aborda
Nicki and Mike aboard Zen Again spend several months cruising the Vavau and Haapai island groups of Tonga before departing south toward Tongatapu.▶ 0:01 In Vavau, they anchor at Port Morelle — a poor-holding anchorage with thin sand over rock — then Te Pana Bay and Lisa's Beach, using the time to begin a thorough hull clean required by New Zealand biosecurity rules, scrubbing recesses and niches across multiple stops.▶ 0:38 An overnight passage from Lisa's Beach to Pangai in the Haapai group runs in east-southeast wind on a trisail-sized main and triple-furled Yankee, slowed deliberately for a dawn arrival; radar confirms position in the dark near the northern tip of the group.▶ 3:06 After a week at anchor off Pangai in strong winds, they hop south in company with OCC yacht Thestral, a Northwind 435, visiting Uoleva Island, Hafiva, Namuka Iki — one uncomfortable night in 3–4 metres with waves breaking over the reef at high tide — and Kelifesia, where charts understate the water depth on the bay's western side; anchoring in 8 metres over sand and coral rather than pushing further in for a sandy bottom.▶ 3:48 A 50-mile passage to Tongatapu finishes with a tack into the harbour, anchoring briefly before moving to Big Mama's.▶ 7:55 Satellite imagery would have identified the better holding at Kelifesia that the charts missed.▶ 6:39
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