On the way to Marsden Cove Marina

We're off to Tonga, almost

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July 11th 2010
Well where do I begin. Firstly let me say we (Tom, Aileen, Doug and Hakura) are safe and sound. I’ll go back a week to 4 July when I was winching Tom up the mast to fix the wind instruments. I got him halfway when the winch jammed (a word I will come to use a lot in this story). No going up so I let him down slowly. A quick check of the winch showed that one of the thingies had fallen o ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more