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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”

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”