Trouble brewing in sailing paradise - sailors warned away

9:21 PM Sun 12 Jun 2011 GMT

'Minerva Reef, remote, safe anchorage, pristine - but stay away!' .

Cruising sailors are being advised to stay away from Minerva Reef, one of their favourite stopping places in the Pacific, between the islands of the South Pacific and New Zealand. The Reef consists of two atolls, one of which is an almost perfect circle. It boasts pristine waters and safe anchorage, and has an amazingly colourful history. Now it's in the news again, and all because of the escape of a high profile Fijian politician who took refuge in Tonga. The Fijians, recognising that Minerva Reef is a sore point with Tonga, who claims ...

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