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Wednesday April 21, Last week I mentioned the connection I made with another boat that was in Papeete also heading to Fiji this week. We’ve been in contact with them via Iridium text messages. They departed 2 days before us. This morning we can visually see them, Mike and Sue on s/v Ocean Sapphire, aContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 6”

Tuesday April 20, Day-5, Distance to Fiji 1319 nautical miles The sails were un-reefed this morning, for more speed to power through the waves they are full and flying great. For dinner we had left over bow tie pasta in a marinara sauce with onions and peppers then I wilted 1/4 of a cabbage addingContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 5”

Monday April 19, Day- 4 The Garmin InReach was reset, as it appeared to be not working. All is good now. Blueberry Pancakes for breakfast! Light winds in the morning, as the day progressed the forecast was 15-20knots of wind. As the waves started, they come before the wind, we took down the pole fromContinue reading “Bula Fiji-Day 4”

Sunday April 18, Day-3 Forgot it was Sunday, Dan made eggs for breakfast. We’ll have pancakes tomorrow. It’s a spinnaker kind of day. Wind 8-11 knots. We took her down at sunset, it’s safer not to fly a spinnaker at night with one person awake. We did leave the pole up and attached it toContinue reading “Bula Fiji-Day 3”

Saturday April 17, Day-2 Light winds, 5-8knots true, code 65 sail is flying. By late afternoon the the wind had dropped to 2 knots, the sails were rolled in and engine turned on. We motored through the night. Oh my the stars, the Southern Cross and the Milky Way. *Iridium Go Notes* A relaxing sailContinue reading “Bula Fiji-Day 2”

Friday April 16, Day 1, mailed a couple boxes off to Ben, Tahiti souvenirs for all the adult kids. Departed Papeete 12:30pm, sailing past Moorea. The distance from Tahiti to Fiji is about 1800 nautical miles. It should be a 12-16 day passage depending on the wind. “Bula” is ubiquitous Fiji greeting, a simple “Hi”,Continue reading “Bula Fiji-Day 1”

Monday April 12, we are beginning preparation for leaving French Polynesia. As in most countries we’ve visited, the process is tedious with several places to visit, get papers emailed to the Harbormaster, go to customs, immigration, get a PCR COVID test. And of course they are not all in the same location. We were visitedContinue reading “Nana Tahiti!”

Monday April 5, walked around Papeete a bit today just abut everything is closed for Easter Monday. We did stop at Les Reves de Lucie and shared a delicious chocolate croissant. Tuesday April 6, our new solar panels were delivered. They were partially installed, as we needed to get plastic washers requiring a walk toContinue reading ““Let the Sunshine“”

Monday March 29, sundowners on our boat with Janaki and Graham from s/v Leela, she is originally from Australia, he’s from the UK. They had lived in the USA for about 20 years, in Texas and New Hampshire, as well as in Canada. Tuesday March 30, our friends Didier and Magaly left for Raiatea thisContinue reading ““More Power Scotty””

Thursday March 18, breakfast at the ferry terminal for free WiFi. Later purchased a new SIM card for my phone, $80 USD for 10G of data, that expires after 30 days. AT&T is supposed to work here through their International Day Pass, but it doesn’t, it’s only one bar of service, can’t even text. ForContinue reading “Friends, Wine & Waiting”