Category Archives: South Pacific

Taveuni

Posted on May 21, 2012 by steve

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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Boat Day

Posted on May 20, 2012 by steve

Sam was keen to get on with his studies so we were happy to have a boat day. Helen and I mainly read while Sam got on. We had a visit from Jack in the morning when he left us … Continue reading →

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Snorkelling on the Rainbow Reef

Posted on May 19, 2012 by steve

As the light brightened, Helen noticed that our chain was wrapped around a few bommies. It turned out we’d picked a pretty poor spot the night before. So before anything else, we raised the chain and anchor carefully manoeuvring around … Continue reading →

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Viani Bay

Posted on May 18, 2012 by steve

The morning was a wash out with heavy rain falling. The forecast suggested it might ease after lunch and it did. Shortly after making the decision to stay another day I made the decision to leave. The seas outside the … Continue reading →

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Fawn Harbour

Posted on May 17, 2012 by KC2RIY

About 7am, just after dawn, we raised our anchor and headed off. The wind was under 2 knots and the seas flat so it was pure motoring. We ran most of the way on the starboard engine in order to … Continue reading →

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