Steve and I were chatting a day or so ago covering preparations for when we rejoin Iron Lady on July 22nd. Seems that little has changed since the “Interesting Times” post.
A fellow in a cat anchored up 15 meters away and dropped just enough chain for the anchor to hit bottom (about 15 meters). Our close neighbor next appeared on the his back deck with cocktail in hand. Disgusted, Steve lit up the main and moved. Predictably, our ex neighbor dragged on to another cat in the middle of the night. Several times now, the Pilot has come by to ask Steve to move due to large container ships coming in – once with only 10 minutes notice despite the fact that Steve was far from the fairway.
All of the above has prompted a few waggish comments at the Royal Suva Yacht Club bar.
One bloke suggested that Steve should write a book entitled “The Best 100 Places to Anchor in Suva Harbor”. Very short book – there aren’t any.
Another suggested we rename Iron Lady the Wandering Trollop. Maybe we should just stay anchored in one place and let a few of those plastic boats with puny anchors have an encounter of the metal kind 😉
Anyway, after bunkering on Monday, Steve will be off to Denerau and Iron Lady will be happily showing Suva harbor her stern at 10 knots.
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