Friday 19.09.2014:
We have now been here for a week and all my time has been spend on sorting
out boat problems. The batteries were very bad and I managed to find a shop that
could order them from the main island and have them shipped here. They arrived
Tuesday and we installed the three new batteries Wednesday. They are not the best
batteries and I guess I should have taken 6 new batteries, but they could not
deliver more than three. At least now the fridge and freezer are working again.
But I will need to change all six batteries soon, so the 24 V bank can be good again.
Then I had a technician to try to repair the forward looking sonar, which
has not worked since its installation in 2010. I had a technician wasting EUR
250 and my time while in Tahiti and he was incompetent. The chap here, after 2.5
h work found out that the control box was badly installed and caused a poor
connection. So yesterday we fixed that and moved the box to a better
location. It now works, I hope, again.
New Dawn has again been totally dismantled with tools all over and the
floor boards up here and there, steering wheel off, etc.. A total mass and surprisingly Kai accepted the mess and even gave a hand with some of the work, which was appreciated.
I am just now sitting for the fourth time at Digicel office, as the Data
SIMM Card (2 GB), I bought a week ago, was not activated correctly, so I have had
no Internet and even the new photos seems to have been messed up.
All this work has caused me not to be able to visit anything here, except
the small town. Well too bad and as the Visa to Tonga is only valid for a
month, I will miss this island.
We plan to do the shopping today and then set sails for a couple of
supposedly nice anchorages here in Vava’u, before heard south to the Haapai islands group.
The market in Nieafu is quite good and most of the prices are just OK, but some are expensive.
We moved to Port Morelle, which is not a Port, but a wonderful bay with a great beach and very clear water.
We took the tender to a tiny Nuku island. Apparently the King comes here to have lunch, which I doubt. The sand beach is very nice with soft sand, but the two houses behind the bush are nothing for a king.
That is me and my shadow.
Don't take and leave anything except ones footprint.
An interesting cave with loads of Bats.
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