The Tonga Cruise: Candids
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Our Moorings skipper Lepa, who sailed us the 160 miles from Tongatapu when Royal Tongan Airlines couldn't -
Relaxing in the gigantic cockpit -
Roughing it
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Dinner at La Paella -
The skipper contemplating ... what?!! -
Shore party
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John and Katie -
Chris and his Mom -
Our parrot mascot guarding the fruit basket
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If it sticks and it shouldn't, use WD40. If it doesn't stick and it should, use duct tape (even pink). -
The tomb of the island princess (honest!) -
Tom at the helm
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Joyce in typical repose -
Lepa trying to fix the halyard winch -
Tough duty, wrangling those lobster tails
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Buffet -
At table -
Really tough to crank that main
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On our way to church -
After church -
With the Peace Corps volunteer and one of the village kids
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John and Susan with their Moorings skipper for the return passage to Tongatapu -
Tom gritting his teeth on the upwind passage to Tongatapu -
When it rained ...
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it poured ... -
and poured ... -
and poured some more.
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Exploring the jungle -
Katie the laundress, apres le deluge -
Likeable faces from two generations
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Katie and Andrea -
Kip and Andrea -
No comment
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Going snorkeling -
I drink, therefore I am -
The annual jam
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Jamming with the owner at La Paella -
I'm reviewing ... the situation ... (the La Paella owner as Fagin) -
What's up with that?
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Must be something very interesting up there -
A coconut bra in the making -
Lunch at a "resort"
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Presentation -
More presentation -
Katie taking a rest on a ... on a ... never mind.
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Our 1936-vintage ride home, bravely facing the South Pacific -
Happy sailors on the way home
