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Highlights of Fiji


A few season ending stats are always fun! Miles Traveled: 1024.1nm Days aboard: 60 Days paddleboarding 50+ Days snorkeling: 20+ Days wing foiling: 10+ Number of anchorages: 26 Number of 4:00am departures: 7 Number of nights on passage: 4 Number of marinas: 2 There are three gallery options: 1. 30 photos 2. 50 photos 3. Unabridged (scroll down) The unabridged…

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The final push to the finish line


We pulled up the anchor at headed for Vuda Point marina. The passage was longer than we thought but still an easy motor. Fueled up we headed for our slip for the night and got cracking on the boat work. It was super hot but that didn’t stop us from getting a lot done. The following morning we hauled out…

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Last passage of the season


Sadly the season is winding down and this would be out last significant passage, still only 25 nm but an interesting one. Dodging reefs this way, jogging that way between islands, and on the ready when an anchored fishing boat was close to our track. No drama and before 10:00am the hook was set on the sand spit in Musket…

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A school of sharks meet us in Navadra


The season is fast approaching the end and we needed to make some miles towards Vuda Point. Before coffee, we raised the anchor and found ourselves underway by 5:10am. Then came coffee. It was another day with nearly zero wind, so we would be motoring. On the plus side we could make water to be used in a few days…

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Waking to one hell of a mess


Going to bed last night we smelled a bit of smoke, but it isn’t that unusual in the Yasawa’s as they burn land before planting crops. This morning however, as the sun came up, it was shocking how much ash was covering the boat. And I mean covering. First order of business was washing the outside of the boat. What…

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Ground hog day!


Ground hog day, up at 4:00am and another 60ish nautical miles to cover. With the sunrise, again, out came the main (reef 2, 23 knots of wind) and jib. Soon we were cruising along in the upper 6 to low 7 knot range. Perfect! We managed to sail about 3/5th of the way before, as forecast, the wind dropped and…

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Sad to leave such an incredible reef system


With 60nm to go and a new anchorage to visit, we wanted to ensure we arrived early to have good sunlight, this meant a 4:00am departure. The night before, not thinking I had kept myself up past 9:00pm, totally unnecessary but thankfully I still had a good sleep and woke up refreshed. We slipped the mooring ball lines and we…

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A couple missed opportunities


We weren’t in a rush but around 6:30am we slipped off the mooring ball and started our motor over to Namena. A premier diving spot with 21 marked driving locations around the reef. Fingers were crossed for some amazing free diving, but first we had to get there. The sea state and winds were very calm and it was a…

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Diwali in Paradise, resort that is.


We have been watching an area that was looking to form into a cyclone for three days and had a bit of a scare a few days ago. We normally review the European, American, and Spire weather models but wanting to check all the boxes that day we added the PWE and PWG (Predict Wind modified models). That first check,…

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Plantation Visitation


It was a beautiful morning and soon the paddleboards were in the water, as we headed to a farm and lookout spot 300 feet above us. Reaching a dock, we started the climb up 270 odd stairs. Other than a few loose and rotten boards, that we managed to avoid, we were soon on the top of the hill and…

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