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09 November 2016 (+12 UTC Eastern Hemisphere) Dear Friends and Family, We had a lovely easy sail all today and last night. We expect more of the same tonight. The nice current push we\’ve had, around 1-1.5 knots has given us a very nice day\’s run of 194 nm. As such, we\’re ahead of schedule […]

08 November 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We had a slow night with shifting winds. The winds were strong and light and this morning we went through some squalls. Overall, just a normal day. Today, we\’ve had good winds from the port beam and have been flying along. This afternoon however, both

07 November 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We checked out of Vuda Point, an hours journey north of Port Denerau, 5 days ago and slowly worked our way through the Mamanuca and Yasawa Islands of Fiji. These are the two most Western groups of the chain and along with the Lau (most

27 October 2016 (+12 UTC) We again rose early to go the last 60 miles from the NE of Viti Levu inside the reef system to Denerau Marina near Nadi (pronounced Nandi) on the SE side of the island. Nadi is the second largest city with only Suva the Capital being larger. Viti Levu is

26 October 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We departed Savusavu at 0520 this morning in the rain and SSE winds at 20-25 knots. The first few hours wasn\’t much fun, but after that we re-entered the large reef system at Nasonisoni Pass on the south side of Vanua Levu, we had lovely

October 23rd, 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, Today, we crossed the International Date Line and are now officially in the Eastern Hemisphere! We had a long motor boat ride yesterday from Vanuabalavu to the north tip of Taveuni Island and this morning we left early and headed to the anchorage where we

21 October 2016 (+11 UTC) Dear Friends and Family, This is one of the most stunning anchorages in the South Pacific. Yesterday, we did the hike from the Batavu Bay to look down at this gorgeous setting. There are about 10 large \”mushroom\” like rocks that range in size from a small to a very

21 October 2016 (+11 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We arrived yesterday mid day and found another boat, \”Kinabalu\” with Bob and Judy aboard. They had just arrived from Taveuni, Fiji The sail from the Ha\’apai was quite breezy until we were about 70 miles out and went through a dissipating low pressure system.

13 October 2016 (+12 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We did the trip from \”New Potatoes\” as the cruisers call Niautopotapu in about 25 hours and covered 175 miles – all of it motoring into light southerlies. We beat the re-establishment of the trade winds which was our goal as it would have made

12 October 2016 (+12 on UTC) Not across the date line yet, but \”politically\”, we\’re in the Eastern Hemisphere. Dear Friends and Family, We had brief 4 days in Niautoputapu (Forbidden or Secret Island), but it was quite interesting. This island only gets about 20 visiting yachts a year and that\’s a lot more than