November 8, 2023
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…
November 7, 2023
The sun rose as we slowly clicked off the miles to enter the pass of the next atoll, Vanua Balavu. After what seemed like an eternity, around 8:45am, we reached the calm interior of the atoll and with that I headed down to make my breakfast. Eating breakfast I noticed I had cell signal so with Carl’s help I spent…
November 6, 2023
A lazy-ish morning while we waited for high tide gave me a chance to soak into my brain the colors from the green vegetation to the explosion of shades of blue. I tried my best to lock it into my memory banks. Around 11:30am it was go time, so off we went. Getting through the pass was smooth sailing due…
November 5, 2023
Bread making was interrupted by…drum roll please…a water leak. Never something you want to have on a boat, in this case it was fresh water and coming from the carbon filter for the kitchen sink. Second only to painting, my least favorite job is plumbing. But fresh water being important it was time to dig in and resolve the issue.…
November 4, 2023
For a few days we had been watching the weather looking for a good window to start our progress north. The coming Monday or Tuesday were looking the best. And this morning the big decision of the day was whether to move to an anchorage near the pass. After the excitement transiting the pass on our arrival, we wanted to…
November 3, 2023
Whew what an exhausting day, in the best way. The plan was to float the incoming tide between blue pool 1 and blue pool 2. So 9am we took the dinghy to shore for the short walk to the pools. Getting to the river connecting the two pools we could tell the current was ripping! It was hard swimming to…
November 2, 2023
Can you say Deja vu? We pretty much did a repeat of yesterday. This time installing the Triton on the starboard helm station. With our experience from yesterday we shaved 90 minutes off the project, and while unseen, made the cutout opening very nice. Around two we pumped up the wing and headed off to go foiling. I had a…
November 1, 2023
We had unexpected rain light overnight which gave everything a nice rinse and along with it the strongest winds we have seen in weeks. It was really honking. But for some reason our anchor spot was in a more calm area than both north and south of us. Those areas were covered in large whitecaps. Win number one for the…
October 31, 2023
A lazy, lazy day. We didn’t know what would pan out for the day, however with not much wind foiling was out. And the tides weren’t ideal for snorkeling the blue pools (coming up to high tide would be very early morning and dinner time). Ultimately, Carl took on cleaning mildew off the doors, I got some quality time reading,…
October 30, 2023
Time to hop over to a nearby anchorage, after coffee we pulled the hook and motored a couple miles to a sand spit beach (only at low tide). A beautiful idyllic spot in just a few meters of water. Later in the morning I cruised the shore via paddle board and stopped on most of the beaches to look around.…
October 29, 2023
In the morning we headed back to the village to give our hosts some sheets that were no longer needed and some fishing lures. It being Sunday, we came across someone walking to church and after the formalities he asked if we were headed to church. Maybe we explained, but we needed to see Alfred and Bali. As we walked…
October 28, 2023
Oh the exciting life of a sailor, yesterday I washed in a bucket a pair of shorts, underwear, a t-shirt, and my swim rash shirt. That was enough for the day, but this morning I took on the placements (one color for each meal of the day) and our cloth napkins (way past when they should have been washed). It…