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Drizzle

Drizzle kept us on the boat for much of the day. In the evening it cleared enough for us to go ashore and eat out. We ordered three pizzas when two would have been enough. We ate well.

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Update

I have added pictures to two recent blog entries: Fawn Harbour and Snorkelling on the Rainbow Reef.

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Windy

We didn’t have any plans for the day so we just hung around.  This anchorage has mixed blessings. A reef protects us from most of the swell but we are exposed to the wind. With the wind up around 20 … Continue reading

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Thoughts on hybrid versus diesel

We lived on a hybrid boat for over three years and have converted to diesel. We have since sailed to Fiji from New Zealand and have built enough experience to share our perspective on the two systems. Motoring Nothing was … Continue reading

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Taveuni

Time to move on. Well, midday was time to move on. We’d learned from Jack that the currents in the Somosomo channel ran south to north when the tide was coming in. As low tide was 11:30 we decided midday … Continue reading

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