Tuesday April 27, Distance to Fiji 763 nautical miles The wind is 15-20knots and we’re close reaching. The sails are both double reefed to keep the boat flat. Our buddy boat is 2 miles behind us. Regarding the trough I mentioned on Day 9, our weather person had this to say: ”The leading edge ofContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 12”
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Bula Fiji- Day 11
Monday April 26, good morning wind! With the code sail up we’re cruising 7knots in an 12.5knots of breeze. When the wind shifted we took her down, only to have the halyard break, again for the fourth time! The sail had been laying on the deck, and halyard attached just before raising. The halyard wasContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 11”
Bula Fiji- Day 10
Sunday April 25, Overnight lying ahull, we drifted back about 7 miles East. Come morning we slowly regained our loss of miles. Blueberry pancakes for breakfast! Dan worked on water maker, he added epoxy to the cracked end fitting, hope this will be a temporary solution till we can find a replacement part. Drifting slowlyContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 10”
Bula Fiji- Day 9
Saturday April 24, with less than 3 knots of wind, we dropped the sails and are just bobbing in place. Later the wind picked up to a screaming 4 knots and we rolled out the sails and started moving west again. We’ve heard there is a low trough that could form over Fiji in theContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 9”
Bula Fiji- Day 8
Friday April 23, Distance to Fiji 989 nautical miles The day was spent adjusting and readjusting sail trim. With winds less than 8knots the entire day with rolling seas. We tried the spinnaker, it was a bit to choppy for it. Later we set the Main and Genoa on opposite tacks, or wing on wing,Continue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 8”
Bula Fiji- Day 7
Thursday April 22, Distance to Fiji 1046 nautical miles Crazy wind day! The sky is gray with tiny patches of blue. Winds are light,shifty with quick rain squalls. We’ve jibbed at least 5 times, had an over 100 degree wind shift. We are sitting above a high pressure system that’s moving away. Good news! OurContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 7”
Bula Fiji- Day 6
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”
Bula Fiji- Day 5
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”
Bula Fiji-Day 4
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”
Bula Fiji-Day 3
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”
