Year Two
Date: 31/7/2009 08:00
Weather: Perfect
Location: Savusavu (16 46.63' S, 179 20.05' E)
Author: Peter.

During our travels we are starting to notice that there a few different styles of cruisers. In no particular order here are our observations.

The Dreamers:
This seems to be the largest category as far as we are concerned. This is a group of people that dream about going cruising, perhaps they already own a boat, perhaps not but for one reason or another they can't or are unable to do it. We meet so many of these. If you are one of these on the edge, just do it. We love it, it is a fantastic lifestyle (not holiday).

The Fliers:
This group of cruisers all seem to come from the around the world group. They seem to fly into Port, spend a short time there and just as quickly and quietly, sail on back out to the next country. They either seem to be cruisers that are time short, therefore see each country quickly, or they have one goal. To sail around the world. Each new country is just some stop off point to sleep before the next crossing. Tick, been there done that "I've sailed around the world"

The Townies:
This group of cruiser sails from one major town to the next and just sits there. Indefinitely. You never see them anchored in some small bay or at an island. They just town hop. We think it may have something to do with the bars or shopping but we are not exactly certain yet.

The Explorers:
This group of cruiser likes to take a bit more time and see as much of each of their new surroundings as their time limit allows them. They seem to move along slowly like a snail and can be seen frequenting some anchorages multiple times if they like it. They also seem to spend much of there days either in the water or ashore looking about.

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