At 6:30 we were off out of Viani Bay. In the lee of Taveuni the seas were flat with the wind curling over the top and coming at us, albeit lightly, from the south west. Aiming to get out of the lee sooner rather than later I took us 10 degrees to the port of the shortest path (cos 10 = 0.985 so we only added 1.5% extra distance to do this). We did indeed pick up the wind and put out the sails and were able to sail all the way to the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort alternating between a broad reach and wing on wing.
We had three lines out for some excitement and that we briefly obtained. The fishing line had a brief zing. I looked back and saw a rather large sail fin leaping out of the water. All that ensued were tangled lines, a snapped 80lb line and a lost lure. Still, it was quite amazing to get a glimpse of these beasties that lurk in the water, normally unseen, around us.
The allure of the the resort we’re anchored off is the free internet which we’ve used to catch up on mail, news and computer updates. In amongst all this I’ve uploaded the grainy video we took of the kids dancing in Daliconi.
I’ve also turned off all the ads. The current ones are rubbish and spoil the site.
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