15 December 2019
Gotta Keep Sailing

It's real easy to get stuck in the marina. Music and dancing on Fridays and Sunday's, pizza night on Tuesday and yoga each morning We wanted to be in harbor to send off to home several of our new friends that were flying out for the holidays and help with securing their boats for the storm season while gone; Ninette was the last of the clan to fly home to Denmark. Time to get out and explore again as a couple of staff are feeling sorry for us and mentioned adopting us for Christmas.

The heat and humidity have been intense in Vuda and we look forward to fresh breeze and motion. Of course the day we leave it turns to rain with lightening and winds in the 20's on our nose. We'd tentatively headed north to new territory and maybe get around to the other side of the island to Suva about 150 n.m. away since weather has been so benign lately. We have to chew off small distances of maybe 25 n.m. a day in order to set anchor early enough each day for good overhead visibility when anchoring behind reefs. The Navionics charts have been fairly accurate in popular areas but less so in more rural spots like the north island. C Map charts are more off and reflect older paper charts but alongside the radar help when visibility is bad from storms.

Today we've decided to hibernate in a secure little bay behind a reef that is keeping the swell minimal in 25 knots of wind and thunderstorms. No reason to go out and get beat up as weather should improve tomorrow. In Fiji weather changes hourly. Eight days until Christmas and thinking of you all but loving the choice we made to get out here and explore.