Author Archives: KC2RIY

We had a fairly relaxed morning aboard the boat. I needed to sort out a credit card issue which primarily involved waiting for the cell phone network to come up so I could make calls and use (‘use’ is hardly … Continue reading →

While the rain poured down outside, I spent the first few hours of the day ordering boat parts using the internet over the local vodafone connection. We’ve been getting used to using the very slow GPRS rate and here it’s … Continue reading →

In the morning we motored around to the west side of Vanua Balavu and anchored off the small village of Daliconi. We motored almost all the way. For a while we did have the head sail up to assist but … Continue reading →

As planned we started the day with a trip in the kayak. We ended up paddling all the way around Qilaqila Island to the west of our last stop. The swell was coming in from the North East and we … Continue reading →

Feeling a little tired from the previously interrupted nights sleep we upped anchor in semi-darkness and were on our way out of our anchorage by about 6am. Departure had been slowed by mud on the chain which had to be … Continue reading →