S 17° 06.637 E 179° 05.607 The passage through the reef was easy. With the coordinates of especially from Don, I passed with more than 20 m of water under the keels. Here the Navionics chart is correct. No strong current to be seen and felt. When we approached the island I saw a boat…

… and hanging at a mooring ball of Waitui marina to be able to leave very early in the morning – we planned to get up at 0600 and to leave at latest at 0630 – for Namena Island. Originally I planned to drop the anchor but the water is more then 20 m deep…

DHL was the main thing I had to deal with. There was first my Big Blue, my gennaker, which needed to be shipped to NZ for repair. When I arrived with the sail in its sail bag well tied up at the DHL office in Savusavu, I was told that it needs to be packed…

Today I wanted to see something of the island and took off myself as Joe wanted to work on her bachelor thesis. I headed SW out of Savusavu. Until the Jacque Cousteau Resort, I hitch hiked. At the shore I met an Australian couple and chatted with them for while before taking off to walk…

S 16° 46.728 E 179° 19.856 …writing this narration and waiting for the shuttle boat back to Nawi Marina. Left early this morning to check out some things on the Savusavu town side. Got all the information I need and enjoy now this quiet while a of waiting for my cappuccino and a waffle in…

S 16° 46.524, E 179° 20.039 … waiting for the shuttle boat to bring us back from Savusavu to the Nawi Marina, on Nawi Island. The Nawi Marina, in which we entered on the 21st, is located on a tiny island separated by a 150 m across a little stretch of water called a “creek”.…

S 17° 04.674, W 179° 57.492 As the wind is not good at all, we didn’t make a reasonable progress, and the forecast even shows more unfavourable weather, I decided to use the engines for the last 60 NM. I don’t run engines on normal cruising RPM but a bit less to reach the most…

As I wrote a friend just before, there is no need to sail always 9, 10, 11, and in peaks 12 KN. Since yesterday wind is down thus speed is down. However, I honestly miss my Big Blue. It would be the ideal sail today. What’s not available is not available. “Sha nai naa” it’s…

S 17° 33.355, W 178° 14.397 We are drifting, We are drifting, Stormy waters, stormy seas…. Since about an hour, all sails are down and MaRe is adrift. Adrift is also Joe. She asked if she is allowed to catch a humpback whale. I denied because the deck would get dirty. Now she is looking…

The sunrise sky was special. The eastern half of the sky was covered with a layer of clouds, thicker and thinner. Through the thinner parts and small holes a yellow-greyish light came through and the thicker clouds made a dark grey contrast. The uncovered part of the sky was blue with a tiny of violet…