Year TwoDate: 28/8/2009 16:30Weather: clear but very breezy (strong wind warning)Location: Naviti Island (17 04.933' S, 177 16.629' E)Author: KylieHello everyone. As you may have read our sailmail and navigation laptop died last week. What a pain! We have loaded the software onto my laptop and it is working reasonably well. Unfortunately it means we have lost the last message we sent to...
Hi everybody,We have had a problem with our onboard computer crashing. We think its hard drive has failed. As a result we have lost alot of peoples email addresses. So family and friends can you please send us some form of basic email to our sailmail address so we can update them onto the other laptop.Sailmail is now loaded onto this laptop and...
Year TwoDate: 22/8/2009 16:30Weather: clear but breezyLocation: Musket Cove (17 46.38' S, 177 10.98' E)Author: Peter.A week has now passed and we have a little to catch up on. We left Yadau Island on the 17th having seen none of the rare Fijian iguana's that are special to this island.Fijian iguana.We then sailed straight across Bligh Waters to the top of Viti Levu...
Year TwoDate: 15/8/2009 18:30Weather: Steamy with occasional heavy showersLocation: Yadau Island (16 49.00' S, 178 17.04' E)Author: Peter.The waters of Fiji are just teaming with life. We have spent the last two days day-hopping back east and on the way we have seen some interesting sights. We have sailed through small gaps in the coral reefs that at times feel a little too...
Year TwoDate: 10/8/2009 16:30Weather: Warm but with occasional showersLocation: Taveuni Island (16 41.15' S, 179 53.22' W)Author: Peter and Kylie.We have been anchored up off the northwest corner of Taveuni in Rabi Channel. It is easy to see why the area is world renowned for its scuba diving and although we have not done any we can comment about the snorkeling. We have...
Year TwoDate: 7/8/2009 16:30Weather: Warm but with occasional showersLocation: Matangi Island (16 43.83' S, 179 44.64' W)Author: Peter.Almost three years ago to the day our sailing journey really started. Although we were building the boat at the time and I had some plans, I was not too sure how Kylie would be with them. 3 years ago at this same island on our...
Year TwoDate: 4/8/2009 16:30Weather: WarmLocation: Fawn Harbour (16 43.55' S, 179 43.725' E)Author: Peter.We set sail back to the east early this morning but thanks to some light and variable winds we have not gotten as far as we would have liked. This however is not a bad thing as we are anchored up in a pretty little spot called Fawn Harbour. The...
Year TwoDate: 3/8/2009 14:30Weather: HazyLocation: Lesiaceva Point (16 48.59' S, 179 17.298' E)Author: Peter.We left Savusavu this morning and made a short hop around the corner to Lesiaceva Point the eastern most side of Savusavu Bay. We are currently anchored in front of the resort that bears the name of the famous French diver/marine biologist/inventor Jacques (i wont even try to spell his...
