Welcome to our new website

Since starting Tropical Tease nearly eight years ago I have dreamed of being able to display our boat designs on line in order to facilitate orders from our many return clients from the cruising community and for new customers who wish to order and have artwork completed for their boat shirts in advance of their arrival in Vava’u Tonga. You can now order from anywhere in the world – even if you are not coming to visit us here..

We specialize in custom designs and line drawings for all boats and offer a number of packages for boat shirts for our customers to suit all tastes and budgets. Our in-house designs are all created here in Vava'u by our resident artists or staff and are unique to Vava'u. All of our shirts are made from high quality American cotton (or cotton blends).  And don't forget to get at least some of your boat shirts in our now famous Tonga Dirt Shirts – take a little bit of Vava'u with you! (see www.tongadirtshirts.com)

Our "Cruiser Packs" are very popular.  The Basic Cruiser Pack includes 6 Tee shirts, Polo shirts or canvas tote bags with a choice of one of our large designs on the back and one of our small logo designs personalized with your boat name on the front.

Our Deluxe Cruiser Pack includes 18 or more T shirts, polo's and/or bags and includes a detailed computer drawn outline graphic of your boat for the back of the shirt and your own customized logo for the front. We create these graphics from your sail plan, vessel line drawing, your original designs, or from very clear photos.  We now have quite a library here at Tropical Tease of various boat models drawn over the past few years in this manner already on file and we may have yours.  We also have several very talented artists who can convert your design or logo into an original Tongan kupesi art piece for your shirts – see some of them in our galleries. There are many ways that we can help to put together a pack suited to your needs.  Visit our  GALLERY  to view our designs or find your own boat shirt design from your travels here in past years.

One of the main reasons I have not set up a web site before is the problem with mailing parcels from Tonga. Unfortunately our mail is not very reliable. Those of you who have been lucky enough to visit this paradise will know the length of time for receipt of parcels can vary from a few weeks to several months. However, despite this challenge, we will endeavor by some innovative methods to get your purchases through but this still make take some time.

And the best way to see all of your choices is to come to paradise................come to Vava'uucome to Tropical Tease!