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Farewell Good Friends

Posted on September 15, 2011 by steve

Now that we’re in Denarau the boat work begins. Helen has ramped up into interior organising / cleaning mode. For the last year the front starboard berth has been used for storage. That has now (almost) all been stowed elsewhere. … Continue reading →

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Can’t Keep Us Away

Posted on September 14, 2011 by steve

As the morning progressed, the tide lowered and the waves had a harder time breaking over the reef. We completed two washes and replenished the water tanks. We ate lunch at Namoutu but left straight after as the anchorage was … Continue reading →

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Bouncy, bouncy Namoutu

Posted on September 13, 2011 by steve

Our plan had been to reach Namouta Island and rest here a couple of days before heading to Denarau. We’d heard it was a nice anchorage with good holding. As expected, there was little to no wind so we motored … Continue reading →

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Mana

Posted on September 12, 2011 by steve

While we’ve been here in Fiji I’ve settled on looking at three sets of information for my weather forecasts. The first is a synoptic picture, something very much like the picture that is shown by weathermen on the TV showing … Continue reading →

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Return to the Blue Lagoon

Posted on September 8, 2011 by steve

As sun rose on the morning of Helen’s birthday we were treated to a beautiful ‘red sky at morning’. According to the rhyme, it was time for us to take warning. However, according to the weather forecast we should be … Continue reading →

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