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 →
Category Archives: Captain’s Log
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 →
Captain’s Log: Qamea, Matei, Vaiani Bay, Matagi
Hi All, I’m still trying to catchup the blog: this will cover from June 6 until present!! After Qamea we went 10 nm to the anchorage at Matei Taveuni. This is where the airport is located and where we will drop Craig and Jeanette off. The anchorage is surrounded by reef but we were able … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Viani Bay to Qamea
Hi All, It’s been a while since the last update so trying to catchup…..ok, here goes: We left off the last blog as we arrived in Viani Bay after a gorgeous run from Cousteau. We were very fortunate to take that window as the winds picked up quite a bit thereafter and the window closed … Read More →
Captain’s Log: Savusavu to Viani Bay
Hi All, We were blessed again today to have an ideal trawler weather for our 42nm passage to Viani Bay!!!!! Winds were <5 knots and the seas <2′ eventually calming to nothing when we got in the lee of Taveuni island. We were heading east into the tradewinds and thus had looked for an ideal … Read More →
Repairs in Exotic Places: Frickin Frigo Freezer
Hi All, Well after 9+years of Mr POS Grunert and POS Frigo freezer we have done what Jerry Dow told us to do right from the beginning!!!! We have bought a chest freezer and installed it on the Fly Bridge!!!!!! Of course, this was “fixing things in exotic places” and a 3 day ordeal…..why o … Read More →
