Category Archives: Fiji 2011

With years of cruising the Bahamas and the US, I have become accustomed to believing what the electronic charts say ( with a grain of salt). When we started cruising with Steve, he was quite insistent that we not only … Continue reading →

In New Zealand, we loaded our freezers with meat and chicken and our basement storage area with all manner of dry stores – we could have done without most of it. We in fact have turned in to a subsistence … Continue reading →

The Yasawa group lies to the west of Lautoka and the main island running in a north/south line. In Lautoka, we had another round of customs hassles so we were only too glad to leave. It seems that before visiting … Continue reading →

Dropping back a few days before Nadi, it was actually fortuitous that we did not proceed directly from Suva to Nadi. With the engine Murphy gauge issues sorted out, it was too late to proceed direct. We reviewed our Lonely … Continue reading →

While in Suva, we stopped by the local tackle store and bought all the latest and greatest lures they suggested for this area. We also bought a large spool of 80 pound test line and re-spooled one of our 50’s … Continue reading →

Awhile back, I did a post on Iron Lady’s booms and their authorized and unauthorized uses. We now have one use that falls in the “never again” category. Enroute to Suva, Deb encouraged this bird that had been hanging about … Continue reading →

Plans for the day were to pull the hook very early and head for Nadi from Suva – roughly 11 hours and a reef entry at Nandi so we wanted to reach there while it was still light. At first … Continue reading →

The transit from Tonga to Fiji took us a total of 44 hours at sea. While it was my first tradewind passage, it was pretty much what I anticipated it would be. The winds blew a consistent 15 to 25 … Continue reading →