Author Archives: Peter Rossin
De Novo Lovo
The trip up to Yanuca was butt ugly and unfortunately the anchorage off the village didn’t offer very much protection. We scouted around for a better spot and talked to another visiting yacht and the conclusion was to stay put. … Continue reading
Message in a Bottle
Our next stop was Yanuca – home of the former and future Lovo. Before heading off to the Lau group, however, we contacted Jack (acting Chief) who happened to be in Suva at the time and gave him the approximate … Continue reading
Qamea 2
By the time the weather broke a bit, it was time for us to head on north so we will have to reserve the Exploring Isles in the Lau group for another time. Having said that, there were some beautiful … Continue reading
SuSui
In my last post, I talked about what Mom Nature gives you. We wanted to go to the Bay of Islands but the weather was being difficult so we moved across the atoll to SuSui instead. Unplanned but wonderful none … Continue reading
Thikombia Lau
The Lau Group is a string of islands stretching some 150 nautical miles from north to south about half way between Viti Levu (the main island of Fiji) and the Kingdom of Tonga to the east. These islands are very … Continue reading
Dinghy Launch/Retrieval
A number of you have asked about how we launch and retrieve Beer Can (our larger aluminum dink). I will start with a bit of commentary. Our last boat was a Nordhavn 50 and the dink was stored on the … Continue reading
Suva Again
Just a few pictures this time – you can look at our other posts on Suva. Our primary reason for returning to Suva was to pick up our daughter, Kim and her friend Paul who were flying in from the … Continue reading
Iron Lady Dinks
I thought you might be interested in the dinks we have aboard. We have one small inflatable dink that is good for rowing and powering short distances with a little 3 HP Yamaha. On passages, Little Lady (the inflatable) lives … Continue reading