While being in Suva, Tom, a Fijian sailor passed MaRe daily and stopped by to say “hello”. We had a cup of tea or coffee and talked about many things. He worked like some others from his village, on Canadian fishing boats. In Canada, he also got Canadian certificates and licenses. Here in Suva he…

S 17° 34.274 E 178° 40.626 At 1430 the anchor was down ain the NW corner of the island. We have a land shelter from E to SE. In the N there is reef which protects us from bigger waves. The anchorage is very quite. A small sandy beach is even here. Curious how landing…

A Visit to Dalice and Nasau villages on Makogai Island – Fiji August 9th and 10th made such a deep impression on me that it was difficult for me to write about it that same evening. That’s why this will be a throwback. The last image of the first day was Vina, an eight-year-old girl…

S 18° 05.365 E 178° 51.015 We are about 5 NM east of our WPT Suva E. My inner watch woke me up before Joe could do it. I like when my inner watch triggers me. I changed only the course and did not trim the genoa and small jip to slow down a bit.…

S 18° 25.697 E 178° 21.895 At about 1630 we lifted the anchor. It needed some cleaning because the sea bed at the anchorage was very thick mud, which gave us a good hold while at anchor. The anchorage was a really nice place. Tom, my Fijian friend, who took me to his village and…

S 18° 06.519 E 178° 23.711 I am still writing on my narration about Makogai Island and it’s wonderful people. A lot of time I had to spent on my new mobile phone. I always have highly customized Android phones and Linux PCs. The new phone was necessary because my old Huawei’s screen turned slowly…

S 18° 07.630 E 178° 44.748 You saw that the tracker (https://share.garmin.com/P435) is moving. We are on the way to Suva. Norah & Peter need to fly home. They will take a bus from Suva to Nadi Airport. What we experienced yesterday is a longer story, which I write down tomorrow. The night is pleasant.…

With the first daylight wer lifted the hook and went towards the pass through the outer reef. It turned out, as expected the WPT from Don, was perfect. So we went through the pass without any concerns. Thereafter it was pretty easy. With a bit of wind on the nose we had no choice but…

Someone had the idea to go around the island with the tender. As the island is really not big it’s possible to do it. Thus after a lunch we took off. Before we reached the NW corner, we passed a pier, leading to a long wooded stair going up the hill. With colorful blossoms at…

S 17° 06.645 E 179° 05.607 Around 1000, Norah and I headed out for some snorkeling. We went to Hope Reef, just about 100 – 200 meters away from MaRe. Back when I was a student in Osaka, I used to scuba dive a lot and saw tons of coral reefs with all kinds of…