Dear F&F, September 21st – 23rd, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) We went up to check and see if the nice dive sites off the end of Yasawairara were dive able, but the weather was just too strong. So instead, we set sail for the 12 miles back to Nanuya-Sewa. We had a brilliant ride in fantastic […]
Nanuya-Sewa, Farewell Joe and off to Vanuatu….. Read More »
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/09/23 19:51 LATITUDE: 16-42.02S LONGITUDE: 174-23.18E COURSE: 274T SPEED: 8.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 16 WIND_DIR: 141T WAVE_HT: 0.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: ESE SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Luganville, Vanuatu – 1/3rd the way – 173 nm for day
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/09/22 18:42 LATITUDE: 16-56.61S LONGITUDE: 177-22.08E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 4 WIND_DIR: 140T CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 23.9C COMMENT: Beach House – DEPARTING – Nanuya-Sewa Island – Fiji for Espiritu Santo Island – Vanuatu
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/09/21 01:24 LATITUDE: 16-56.61S LONGITUDE: 177-22.08E COURSE: 128T SPEED: 0.7 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 13 WIND_DIR: 096T CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Nanuya-Sewa Island. We\’ll depart day after tomorrow…..
Dear F&F, September 18th – 20th, 2011 We headed up the coast to Yasawa Island\’s Narara Beach. The anchorage was perfect. The water a calm cobalt blue to turquoise in color. We dove \”Paradise Point\” and the reef off Vawa Island. Paradise Point is also a surf spot, but was calm today and offered a
Narara Beach…..Cobalt/Turquoise Waters……Yasawairara…… Read More »
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/09/19 02:39 LATITUDE: 16-44.00S LONGITUDE: 177-33.80E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 17 WIND_DIR: 120T CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Champaign Beach (Movie \”Contact\” with Jodie Foster filmed here).
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/09/18 23:01 LATITUDE: 16-42.54S LONGITUDE: 177-34.68E COURSE: 069T SPEED: 0.0 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: 123T CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Yasawairara (\”The end of the end\” in Fijian). Sevu-ing up, then 8 month beach.
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/09/17 23:22 LATITUDE: 16-48.47S LONGITUDE: 177-28.68E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: 099T CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1017 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Narara Beach, Yasawa Island. Possibly the most beautiful anchorage in Fiji…. Turquoise to Cobalt Blue. Palms and white sand…..
Dear F&F, September 16th – 17th, 2011 Joe arrived on the noon Ferry from Denarau and we immediately upped anchor and headed to Nanuya-Sewa Island. This is a lovely spot (photos not yet posted) and we anchored next to Claudia and Joerg of s/v \”Dreamtime\”. Joe, Anja and I immediately went for a dive at
Sawa-I-Lau Island…… Read More »
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/09/17 01:27 LATITUDE: 16-50.80S LONGITUDE: 177-28.08E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: 102T CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Sawa-I-Lau Island. Cave hike soon.