Hi All, As they say, no rest for the weary and we sure did not get much rest this past week: Vunisea on Kadavu Island: Later in the day after we arrived and gorged ourselves on the internet, we did go into Vunisea to try and find Bis’ family. And, we were successful…met Bis’ dad, … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Matuku and Passage to Vunisea Kadavu
Hi All, We are on passage to Vunisea Kadavu having left Matuku around 4:30pm. We should arrive around 8:00am. This is a 110nm overnight passage in pretty good conditions. Winds are in the 10-17kt range but almost dead astern….yea!!!! Seas are a little choppy in the 2-4′ range and somewhat behind us. Not too bad … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Fulaga to Matuku
Hi All, We left Fulaga yesterday, 8/6, for an overnight run to Matuku. I’ll follow this blog up with “Fulaga Part 5” in a few days. It is now 8:30am on a beautiful Thursday morning and we are safely anchored in a gorgeous lagoon on Matuku. Kathy has read Matuku is one of the most … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Fulaga, Part 5
Hi All, This will be last of the blogs about Fulaga. We had intended to stay 3-4 weeks and stayed 5 weeks, and we could have stayed longer. This experience has deeply affected us and is one we will cherish for the rest of our lives. Bis and the solar panel: As it turned out, … Read More →
Fulaga Fiji: Part 4
Hi All, And this adventure in paradise continues…..we are still here in Fulaga, now almost 4 weeks and we are not sure when we are leaving as the weather has turned too boisterous for us with some high winds for a while, 20-30+ knots, so looks like we are here another week+…..o darn!!!! The last … Read More →
Fulaga Fiji: Part 3
Hi All, This marvelous cultural and cruising experience continues….. The day after the fundraiser was Sue’s day to teach her art class in the school for 10 students with 20+ looking on. Kathy and I volunteered to help!! Sue makes prints which is a very complicated process but the kids caught on very quickly and … Read More →
Fulaga Fiji: Part 2
Hi All, Wow…..Fulaga continues to be one of the highlights of our cruising times….as Andy on s/v Spruce put it….we have sailed a lot of the world, visited many countries and cultures, and the people of Fulaga are the friendliest, most hospitable, nicest people we have ever met. They make us feel so welcomed and … Read More →
Susui and Passage to Fulanga
3:30am Thursday July 3: Sleepy time 🙂 )) Another very peaceful night passage…..sweet!!! We are on passage to Fulanga in the Southern Lau Group. We left Susui in the Vanua Balavu group at 3:30 pm yesterday afternoon and it has been a very calm and peaceful passage so far. About noon time yesterday a big … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Vanua Balavu
Hi All, We are loving Vanua Balavu. And yes, we have internet after a week or so with out. It was a little painful going through the internet withdrawal but once we got through the “hole” we found there was still life sans internet…..we did not go exactly cold turkey, we still had emails via … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Qamea to Vanua Balavu
Hi All, We are here safe and sound anchored outside the village of Daliconi on the island Vanua Balavu, in the northern Lau Group. We arrived around 1:00pm after a 9 hour, 60nm passage from Qamea. We arrived right on time so we would have excellent light to see all the corals except it was … Read More →
