S 17°18.738′ E 178°13.903′ In morning Henk, Maria, and I took the dinghy to go ashore of Nananui-i-Cake island. Joe, still sick preferred to stay on board and rest. There was a solid looking pier at one end and we went there. We could tie the tender safely and keeping it out of the way…

S 17°38.693′ E 177°23.542′ Yesterday, Henk caught a Spanish Mackerel. Therefore we had a last night’s dinner together on board of MaRe. Decision was just made in last moment. Joe made pan-fried eggplants and boiled potatoes. Maria brought boiled and smoked mackerel. (They have a little device to smoke fish on board; I need to…

S 17° 27.146 E 178° 14.910 This is the Catching up mentioned my narration ‘250911 On the way north’. I picked up Henk & Maria with my dinghy to go ashore. Joe was too sick to join; she still suffers from a cold and swollen tonsils. At the first place where we wanted to go…

S 17° 24.390 E 177° 41.356 We lifted the hook at 0930 to start our roughly 30 NM sail to Saweni Bay, already close to Nadi. It appears a good place for me to prepare for departure to Vanuatu. First it look as if we could use the sails at least for while but after…

S 17° 23.322 E 177° 47.636 SV Dina Helena, was as always, about 0.5 – 1 NM ahead, thus in the anchorage bay also in front of us. As the bay was very shallow, I wanted to drop the hook at the 5 m line in the middle of the bay. Water was murky; no…

S 17° 20.120 E 178° 04.192 Along our route today the coast line is very much deserted. Only a few houses are to be seen. Nothing, which looks like a village. Big bays, small bays with plenty of reefs to be seen. The hills are too a larger extend ‘dry-brown’, palm trees are missing. The…

S 17° 34.266 E 178° 40.601 Finally, I could catch up with all what we experienced in the village of Naigani Island. This is the last narration about our time at Naigani Island. During the day after the festival all people were busy with saying good bye to loved ones and seeing them off. Thus,…

S 17° 18.275 E 178° 09.294 Have still to catch up with some narrations but we are on the way again. Following the recommended route we have several narrow passage and many turn today. Thus the weak wind today (7 – 9 KN TWS) is pretty good as wind drift is very small. Today’s route…

S 17° 34.266 E 178° 40.601 Next morning, when I woke up I got up immediately. Meme was also up already so she showed me where I could brush my teeth. It was outside on the backside of the house. Perfectly fine when one considers that Fiji is only around 17 deg S, where it’s…

S 17° 34.266 E 178° 40.601 I started the day before making dough because I thought I’ll bake 20 l’epis as a contribution from our side. Thus, Friday morning I got up early to start forming and baking. We left MaRe at 1700 with 20 l’epis in my backpack. This time, the tide was still…