By the time the weather broke a bit, it was time for us to head on north so we will have to reserve the Exploring Isles in the Lau group for another time. Having said that, there were some beautiful … Continue reading →
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SuSui
In my last post, I talked about what Mom Nature gives you. We wanted to go to the Bay of Islands but the weather was being difficult so we moved across the atoll to SuSui instead. Unplanned but wonderful none … Continue reading →
Thikombia Lau
The Lau Group is a string of islands stretching some 150 nautical miles from north to south about half way between Viti Levu (the main island of Fiji) and the Kingdom of Tonga to the east. These islands are very … Continue reading →
Dinghy Launch/Retrieval
A number of you have asked about how we launch and retrieve Beer Can (our larger aluminum dink). I will start with a bit of commentary. Our last boat was a Nordhavn 50 and the dink was stored on the … Continue reading →
Suva Again
Just a few pictures this time – you can look at our other posts on Suva. Our primary reason for returning to Suva was to pick up our daughter, Kim and her friend Paul who were flying in from the … Continue reading →
Reef Grief
I thought long and hard about doing this post. As you might gather, we struck a reef and nobody likes to admit they screwed up. Anyway, I figured that if we sere going to do this blog right, it should … Continue reading →
Iron Lady Dinks
I thought you might be interested in the dinks we have aboard. We have one small inflatable dink that is good for rowing and powering short distances with a little 3 HP Yamaha. On passages, Little Lady (the inflatable) lives … Continue reading &#…
Fishing System – Mark 2
Fishermen tend to believe that some boats are fish magnets and others aren’t. Ian, our relief Captain from Rarotonga, has lots of big game fishing experience and he says that Iron Lady is a fish magnet of the super conducting … Continue rea…
Non Sequitor
We are now in Savsavu – a long way from Natadola which was our last report. Internet access has been non existent. The weather – untypical of Fiji – has been awful. It has been painful having some of our … Continue reading →
Natadola
After the crew rebellion, we put in to Natadola with its Intercontinental Resort. It was pool, beach and spa time for all concerned courtesy of a huge approaching 1020 millibar high with very strong southerlies for the next few days. … Continue r…
