We decided to leave Viani Bay with Joanne and Serge on Spirare on July 19th. Monty and I both did not want to leave Viani…

The morning after arriving in Viani Bay, Roland from Dolphin Bay Divers arrived with his dive boat and jumped in to have a look at…

To leave Nasasabo Bay and go into Viani Bay, we needed calm conditions and good visibility to see the coral heads in the passes as well…

We anchored between A-Train and Spirare in Nasasabo Bay, inside Dakuniba Pass.  Our first evening started out peacefully. We had a lovely sunset with a rainbow…

We rose very early on the 8th of July and freed Whistler from the mooring, our home for the last 3 ½ weeks.  We were heading east…

On Canada Day, we hiked up the hill overlooking the bay and harbour. It was a hot sticky walk but the breeze helped to keep…

Blog-2015-06-30 June 21-June 30, 2015 Curly’s seminar ran 4 hours covering Fiji’s culture, weather, navigation and interesting history. He provided some waypoints for leaving Savusavu,…

June 21, 2015 A couple nights ago, we were invited to come aboard A-Train for some refreshments.  After a rum and coke, no one felt like…

June 18, 2015 It has been stormy in Savusavu since our arrival 4 days ago.  aWe had a heavy rain storm one night. Monty was…

We followed  Serge and Joanne aboard Spirare, another Canadian boat, out of the Whangarei River.  For the first few hours we motor-sailed keeping the east coast…