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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”

Saturday May 8, Savusavu is located on the south coast of Vanua Levu Island, the second largest island in Fiji. it rained most of the night, off and on all day. Great time to get my blog post published. While on passage, I write them in “Notes”, them transfer to WordPress when we have internet.Continue reading “Savusavu, Fiji”

Friday May 7, Day 1 of Quarantine in the books! The yellow floating thing is how they “locked” us the quarantine area. Our boat with a full keel and protected prop and rudder, I’m sure we could scoot over it. Day 2 of Quarantine. This morning we were released!!! Motored over across the river toContinue reading “Quarantined”

Thursday , May 6 9:00am local time, we arrived in Savusavu, Fiji. Greeted by the Fiji Navy we were escorted to the quarantine area where we’ll waited for the Health Ministry to come administer COVID tests. We will need to stay here until the results are available, within 72 hours. There is currently one otherContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 20”

Wednesday , May 5 Happy Cinco de Mayo, Flashback one year ago today we were in Santa Barbara, California with John and Joy with Margaritas and Taco pie! 120 miles to go!!, we should arrive Thursday morning. We had good winds last night so we went with it. Cruising 7-8 knots most of the night.Continue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 19”

Tuesday, May 4, 225 miles to Fiji! It has rained all day! We finally saw the sun and blue sky as it was setting. We made homemade chicken noodle soup in the pressure cooker for lunch, so good on this dreary day! *Iridium Go Notes* Drive Thru Boat Wash Tue 4/May 23:58 GMT+12 16º 24.323Continue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 18”

Monday, May 3, Distance to Fiji 355 nautical miles The Vava’u Group, part of Tonga, the Friendly Islands has restricted waters because of COVID. The waters are patrolled within 12 miles of their islands. If caught within the limit you will be fined or worse if you get too close. It’s a very gray day,Continue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 17”