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NZ->Fiji: Day 7

Land was first spotted by Paul shortly after 10am. Off in the distance Matuku faintly emerged from the mist. It took sevaral hours before we made our closest approach by which time Totoya and Moala were both now visible too. It gave us a sense of arrival but reminded us we still had a days […]

NZ->Fiji: Day 6

I’m trying hard to remember anything that set yesterday apart.

We started the day with a lot of squalls which caused a lot of activity aboard the boat keep the boat and crew safe. As a result we decided it wasn’t good to have my shift overlap the morning radio call so we all got […]

NZ->Fiji: Day 5

A very typical mid passage day. Hard to distinguish it from any other. We did catch another mahi mahi, slightly bigger than the last. Some of it went on evening sashemi which went down well with the boys. Helen, unfortunately, is not so keen on raw fish.

It’s definitely getting warmer with the last two […]

NZ->Fiji: Day 4

No problems today. In fact, quite the opposite. We caught a small but dinner for four sized mahi mahi which Helen cooked up very well. I also had an excellent response from my efforts to source and deliver new battens for our head sail. After lots of offers from friends up in Opua and Whangarei […]

NZ->Fiji: Day 3

Fourth day and night at sea.

It is so nice to be heading in the right direction. The winds and seas are just right and we’re bombing along at 7-8 knots in a straight line to Fiji.

I discovered some further damage to the boat. One of the pulleys on our traveller through which the […]