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we did the tonga charter with the Moorings in 2000 This was an adventure cruise through cruising world. we had a flotilla of 6-7 boats that left the lower group of islands and sailed open ocean to the northern group called Vava''u the majority of the cruising was done in the upper group. The ocean was very big for the trip up 15-20'' waves. Ultimately the cruising grounds were nice, different in a lot of ways from the Caribbean
The islands were even closer together and accessible from only on side in a lot of cases.( no beach) If I had to do it over I probably should have gone to Tahiti/ Bora bora instead I think it probably is more exotic than Tonga