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Blown gear box, food poisoning and DOLPHINS !
Once again, we found ourselves wallowing in the ocean, drifting backwards in the current. Our stomachs still churning from a week of serious food poisoning. We had sailed only 20nm in 32hours, ... Read More
Fijian Christmas
Laughter was drifting along the breeze, the happiness of Christmas filled the air, echoing off the huge rugged mountains that surrounded us, cows and horses grazed freely on the land, while the chicke... Read More
A week and a bit in the mangroves
“I am pinned, reverse, reverse, get me out” I screamed to the captain, he reversed and nothing happened. The mangrove had snapped and was stabbing me in the chest. The current had got us a... Read More
Cyclone snuggles
The Low pressure system has started to track away from Fiji, which we are great full for. In it’s wake we have been left with 3 miserable days of rainy weather. This has caused us a few issues, ... Read More
Becoming a mozzie banquet
We are sitting in cyclone limbo, whilst being consumed and sucked dry by mozzies. The flies are sending me nuts. Mozzies are slow and I can flatten the little suckers in the blink of an eye, flies tho... Read More
Deepening low pressure system
Our slow jog turned into a fast run, doing 7 knots up wind. Squall after squall came through, knocking us flat as we charged along. Our efforts were in vain as we missed the tide to get up the Lautoka... Read More
Great Dhal cook off with brewing cyclone
We all sat about with all our new friends, with a variety of dhals and curry. We had the chunky Pom dhal, the home grown local dhal and the Awsome aussie dhal. The camp fire crackled in the back groun... Read More