July 6th – 9th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Friends Diana Young and Peter Bruckman of s/v \”Quickstar\” arrived today. They had with them Anja (An-ya) who is from East Germany. Anja is a PADI Dive Master and sailing instructor. She used to work for Sony\’s Play Station division in Germany and is on a […]
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July 4th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We got up early for the 25 mile journey to Savusavu and the mini gauntlet of Nasonisoni Pass. It\’s 1 1/2 miles long and about 100 yards wide. You cannot see the reef for the most part, but again, the chart was spot on. The Eastern sun was
July 3rd, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, \”Bligh Water\” is the area between the two main islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu here in Fiji. If you look at a world map of the area, you\’ll see what looks like a nice passage between the two islands. It\’s actually extensively encrusted with coral reefs.
July 1st – July 3rd, 2011 Dear F&F, Well, after the sail tearing debacle and the up the anchor debacle of Manta Ray Bay Island, we YET AGAIN returned to Vuda Point for repairs. The sail was a total loss and I\’ll have to eventually replace it in Australia. The windlass had what appeared to
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/07/04 00:14 LATITUDE: 16-46.67S LONGITUDE: 179-20.06E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: 311T CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1013 AIR_TEMP: 33.9C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Savusavu. Lots of boats. Happy 4th.
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/07/03 03:10 LATITUDE: 16-55.35S LONGITUDE: 178-59.31E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: 054T CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1011 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House -ANCHORED – Ravi Ravi Anchorage, Nasonisoni Pass tomorrow. 25 miles to Savusavu
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/07/02 01:21 LATITUDE: 17-18.70S LONGITUDE: 178-13.77E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: 090T CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 30 BARO: 1011 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Northwest corner of Viti Levu. Will cross \”Bligh Water\” tomorrow to Vanua Levu, weather permitting.
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/07/01 03:37 LATITUDE: 17-23.39S LONGITUDE: 177-47.74E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: 059T CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1011 AIR_TEMP: 28.3C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Northwest Viti Levu, en-route Savusavu (in 2-3 days)
June 26-27-28, 2011 Dear F&F, Oh My! June 26-27 We headed to Waya Island and found it frankly not overly interesting so we continued on to Manta Ray Bay Island to see the Manta Rays….not so much. We anchored next to friends on s/v \”Wetnose\” and settled in for the night. That night we went
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/06/28 06:49 LATITUDE: 17-40.93S LONGITUDE: 177-23.15E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: 059T CLOUDS: 20% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1016 AIR_TEMP: 22.8C COMMENT: Beach House – Docked – Vuda Point….more windlass and sail repair, oh joy! Kate leaves tomorrow.