Day Three

This will be short and sweet as the conditions are very bumpy and uncomfortable to be below. We made it through the night with just a little excitement when our wind vane broke. Peter managed to fix it hanging off the swim platform, but it took 25 minutes in the pitch dark.

We are currently not in a good position. We only managed less than 4 knots all night...with the motor going. Puts us in to the dangerous reef-laden Lau group AFTER dark tonight. We will maintain an increased vigilance as we draw near to the island group. We are not able to stop there as it is not an official check in point - plus we can't enter it for an anchorage after dark.

We have about 3 metre swells with wind currently 20- 25 knots North West - the Fiji weather report which we just downloaded is showing thunder storms ahead and a change to West winds...which will be dead on the nose. So it may take us two more nights to get there of beating in to the waves and weather.

Should be an interesting 24 hours. Stay tuned tomorrow.