November 28, 2023
We have been knocking off what decommissioning we can on Sky Pond each day and it has resulted in less work on the hard, so first thing this morning was changing my flights home. Of course calling multiple airlines and going back and forth on options and prices takes forever. But I did get everything changed so next up was…
November 28, 2023
You might want to skip this one, not the most exciting day. Up at 5:00am and first thing I hauled Carl up the mast to remove the Windex (wind sensor). That completed without injury we moved on to removing the jib (it was too windy yesterday). Those projects complete we decided to move into the nearby anchorage by the resorts…
November 27, 2023
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…
November 26, 2023
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…
November 25, 2023
What a peaceful night, wow! Just a touch of wind to keep berth comfortable and the perfect amount of movement on the boat, like rocking a baby to sleep. So in case you were wondering, yes I did sleep very well. We are coming up on a full moon so the tidal swings are more significate than typical and with…
November 24, 2023
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…
November 23, 2023
Thanksgiving, at least in the States but we celebrated just the same. So much to be thankful for but more on that later. I enjoyed a morning beach walk again, paddle boarding to shore and this time walking north. This direction was much slower as there were a lot, I mean a lot, of volcanic outcroppings that had to be…
November 22, 2023
A recovery day? Maybe. After back to back 4:00am departures and long days at sea, it was nice to not have that pressure today. We took our time, had coffee and read the news while the boat gently rocked. Magnificent. Of course all good things must end and I got to work, the freezer in the fridge needed to be…
November 21, 2023
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…
November 20, 2023
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…
November 19, 2023
The point of today was to dive The Chimneys, we woke to 15 knots of wind and rolly seas, that would have been fine but it was the cloud cover that had us worried. We bided our time and around 10am patches of blue sky were visible, we ended up waiting until 12:30 to get the best sun angle and…
November 18, 2023
No doubt about it, today was a day in the water. We started early going out to the reef, a few miles from the anchorage, and scouted out a smaller pass that we hoped to use when we depart in a few days. With the dinghy we could easily make out the route and with a phone a track was…