Neiafu
Back in Neiafu, we has custom t-shirts made with a Hans Christian 43′ Ketch drawing on the front and different prints on the back. Jacintha got to learn about silk screening and help apply a logo to the back of one of her shirts.

Ukulele Lesson
Since getting my new 8-string ukulele in the Cook Islands, I’d been trying to figure out how to play it. On my 4-string Hawaiian uke I play a finger-picking style of classical and Hawaiian music. But a Tahitian uke is played quite differently in a fast strumming style. So I talked to one of the guys from The Strings band who I played along with while drinking kava one night, and arranged a 2-hour private lesson. He brought his son to help translate and play guitar to compliment the uke. I learned a lot and went back to the boat with chords and  a few riffs written down to practice.  The price was a bottle of vodka and his taxi fare home!

We also went to another Tongan feast where I helped roast the suckling pig, then joined The Strings band again with my uke.

Blue Marlin caught in Tonga