The weather was wet and windy and there was division amongst the fleet with some boats electing to miss the Ha’apai group and head straight for Vava’u.
We elected to go through the Ha’apai’s and our first stop was Nomuka Iki island. A local called Willie met us on shore and he showed us his house and let us shelter from the rain. A new yacht club is under construction along the beach. We hosted drinks for Willpower and while Ingrid and Chris were on board with us we experienced a short fierce squall with a complete 360 wind shift and whiteout conditions. It was quite scary.
