Last time we were in Vava’u we were saying goodbye to good friends (Lady Carolina) but also making some new friends too (Iguana). I’m glad to say we made some new friends this time too.
There was already a kid boat in Port Maurelle when we arrived, and after dropping anchor Tim made the boys go over and say hi. For some reason they have to learn the same lesson over and over again: 1) Dad tells them to go say hi to a new boat 2) They complain and don’t want to 3) Dad makes them 4) They have fun. The boat was called Del Viento, and they had two girls aboard and were from California too. And although this was the first time our paths had crossed, we found out we knew a lot of the same people (Lumbaz, Lady Carolina, Kenta Anae, just to name a few.) The ice was really broken the next morning when they were trying to retrieve a piece of their prop that had broken off at a depth of about 50-70 ft. Tim and Brenden tried their best to help find it, but unfortunately without luck. But after that we spent the day dinghy surfing and then having happy hour on Exodus. And after that we two boats were pretty well inseparable until we went into the boatyard. We taught them resistance and had some of the most epic games since the Iguana era.
Oh, and it turns out they are kind of famous. They co-wrote a book about cruising with kids and they have a very popular blog. And since they wrote about us, that makes us famous too. Yeah, we’re hardcore. Del Viento Blog: Link
Dinghy surfing in Port Maurelle (photo by Del Viento)
A kid boat caravan of two on the way to Neiafu
Gresham Family Exodus 