Arrival in Levuka, Ovalau island, where we clear into Fiji. Not many boats clear there, but the clearance is rather straight forward, although it drags on all morning. We decided not to stop at Savusavu, Vanua Levu Island, which is where most boats clear. The reason is we need to get to Denarau on Viti Levu, where we will leave the boat before our scheduled flight on June 24. It's another 200 miles from Savusavu. A depression is looming and we cannot afford to be stuck in Savusavu, waiting for the weather to turn around. We leave the next day, heading to Denarau, taking the southern route. We have to beat 30-40 knts south easterlies for about 35 miles right on the nose ... it takes us almost 10 hours!! Finally, around midnight, we turn the corner of the southern coast of Viti Levu and we're good all the way to Denarau.