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Sunday July 18, pancakes for breakfast! The drone was flown this morning, launched from Trance. The beautiful Bay of Islands on Vanau Balavu. Another ride around on the dinghy at low tide. Late morning, s/v Coral Trekker departed and s/v Estran arrived, Oscar, Philippine and their three children from Belgium. They are also part ofContinue reading “Fiji Week 11”

Sunday July 11, blueberry pancakes for breakfast. It was the last of dehydrated blueberries. Flew the drone this morning at high tide. Dan went snorkeling at the northern pass with boats s/v Indego2 and s/v Enola. The water is cold here, too cold for me. Later we borrowed s/v Enola’s kayaks. We also saw KateContinue reading “Fiji Week 10”

Sunday July 4, 🇺🇸 Andy (from the UK) on Venture Lady said it best this morning on the “net”, “Happy 4th of July, the original Brexit”. *Sourdough Notes* Baked a Belle, I was a bit concerned as the Levain took 24 hours to rise, normally it’s 6-12 hours, and the consistency was different than usual.Continue reading “Fiji Week 9”

Sunday June 27, Dan went on a hike today with a couple of other boats, they we gone about 6 hours. I stayed on the boat, did some cleaning and had some nice quiet time! Sundowners on Barracuda with Kate and Graham, Alison and Andy (s/v Venture Lady), Ally and Mike (s/v Cachalot) and LisaContinue reading “Fiji Week 8”

Sunday June 20, we participated in long boat fun races today, a lot harder than it looks! These are the boats we raced, four person crews. During dinner we were entertained by the Copra Shed Marina staff performance of traditional Fijian dances, followed by a fire dance and songs. Later in the evening the karaokeContinue reading “Fiji Week 7”

Sunday June 13, it’s a rainy windy day. Our family had a picnic at Bens house, (actually it was on Saturday East coast time, Sunday, Fiji time). The adults received the souvenirs we mailed to Bens house, from Tahiti. For the girls a black pearl strung on adjustable length leather rope, the guys a HinanoContinue reading “Fiji Week 6”

Sunday June 6, blueberry pancakes for breakfast! For dinner the marina hosted a barbecue for all the boats here. Monday June 7, provisioning in the morning, then off to Fawn Harbor for the night with Kate and Graham on s/v Barracuda. Tuesday June 8, departed Fawn Harbor by 8:30am for Viani Bay, arrived around 12:30pm.Continue reading “Fiji Week 5”

Sunday May 30, blueberry pancakes for breakfast! We video chatted with all our kids. Boat cleaning day, dinner with Mike and Sue here at the marina. Monday May 31, the infamous FedEx package finally arrived to us! Our friends Kate and Graham on s/v Barracuda of Islay brought along from Tahiti. The package arrived afterContinue reading “Fiji Week 4”

Sunday May 23, we arrived in the Bay by 8am, dropped anchor near the island. We are not allowed to go ashore. Namena Bay a Marine Protected Area. It is a barrier reef system home to a variety of rare species of fish, invertebrate, and coral. In February 2016 the eye of Cyclone Winston passedContinue reading “Namena Bay”

Saturday May 15, with wagon in tow we did a bit of provisioning. Found this nice store on the north end of Savusavu selling fruits and vegetables. We departed the marina early afternoon and anchored by the reef at entrance to the bay, snorkeled in the shallow water. Mike and Sue are divers so theyContinue reading “Fawn Harbor and Viani Bay”