2015

September 11th was our first night at sea and it was a busy one with winds on the beam between 18 to 25 knots.  We did several…

This blog may be more of interest to our sailing friends.  A few people wanted to know what we thought of the service we received, so…

We decided to sail over to Port Denarau, on the mainland of Viti Levu.  It had a big marina and excellent provisioning was available in…

We left around noon from Dravuni and sailed over night to Musket Cove, navigating the pass in the reef next to Namotu Island at daybreak….

We departed Dravuni Island about mid day.  We were torn but it was time to find some provisions. We put out the fishing lines and…

We heard that manta rays were known to frequent a reef by Vuro Levu Island, about 6 miles south of Dravuni.  Gaia had gone the day…

We dinghied to shore of Dravuni Island and were met by a local man.  We asked to whom we should do our “sevusevu” (offer our yagona…

Around 730am on August 30th, we left the spit anchorage at Fulaga. We motored around the little islets and shallow reefs and proceeded out the…

We paid our host family a final visit, for the last time, FINALLY!  It was about 11am, but Ma, whose full name is Manaini, insisted we…

After church, we hung around the village anchorage for 3 or  4 more nights.  The weather had not been great with wind and rain and…