Day Four - Fiji bound

Hooray...we are in Fiji waters. We've had a rough crossing, however, last night the wind goddess was in our favour as she turned the winds to a more favourable south west (instead of just west which was dead on our nose). It rained quite a bit last night, but there was enough wind to carry our sails (reefed). When I got up for the 4:00 a.m. shift the wind had died and the rain had subsisted. I did a 4-hour shift hand-steering in the pitch black. A little disorientating, but I came to trust the instruments.

Peter didn't get much sleep as he was on high alert for a reef in the middle of our path. Once we passed it just before I came on shift, he was able to rest easy and get some shut-eye.

If all goes well, we should have a calm day of motoring, under totally overcast skies. It might well rain, but we are only 10 hours from our destination, so even if it does our spirits will remain high.

Our very good friend Scott (from Beachouse) is currently in Sava Sava and we will hail him when we arrive, since it will be after dark. He will assist us coming in through the reef and he has already arranged for us to have a mooring ball, so that prevents us from having to stay offshore floating around for the night.

Anja has been a wonderful addition and it has been great getting to know her and learn about all her many travels around the world. We will all go diving together once we get organized in Fiji.

Thanks for following along with us on this crossing. I'll next update the blog, as always, commencing again this Friday.
Until then....enjoy the beginning of the summer months - laugh, play and build sandcastles.