A Great Sail

We had a wonderful sail yesterday with consistent winds and gentle swell all the way to Nuku Alofa. There were 3 boats behind us when we left, all bigger than us and we left them behind us. We sailed a close reach all the way with full rig for a change. We averaged 5.9 knots which wasn't too bad as we had only 10-11 knots of wind. We made it to within 2 miles of the anchorage before we had to turn the motor on. As we approached the outer reef, I saw a whale blow and we sailed past a mother and her calf as they stayed on the surface. We were maybe 100 meters away. It's the longest time we've been able to watch them. Last night we celebrated at Big Mama's Yacht Club. It was a great evening hampered only by the fact that screwed up our food order and prepared 3 meals instead of 4 so I didn't get any dinner. They kept apologizing but no food appeared so we left. Today is officialdom day and scoping out the town.

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