From Calm to Chaos: Our wild wide from Tahiti to Tonga Part 1 S9 E2

Finally back to sailing videos! In early September of 2025, we departed Tahiti with our dependable crew Mike for our sail to Tonga, which is approximately 1,500 nautical miles. This trip is notorious because there is a squash zone in the middle where low pressures coming east from New Zealand trip up the trade winds and can bring some wild weather to this area. We danced with the low-pressure systems by going north and south a hundred miles frequently along this westbound route with our trusty weather routers' advice. This is a two-part video, and the second one has more extreme weather, so stay tuned for that. Www.svhappytogether.com Music: Sailing by Leisure Cruise Burning For You by Blue Oyster Cult. Lido Shuffle by Boz Scaggs