Heading North

As you can see I have been very remiss about not keeping up to date AGAIN!

So since the last post we have headed North to Venua Levu, and surrounding Northern Islands.

It took us several days to make our way up the coast as we were in no hurry and often we had changeable conditions that lead us to start the day with plan A but ultimately ending in around plan C or D! Some notable experiences was tacking several times into head winds to get between the main island and reef, catching our first tuna, being boarded by some friendly Fiji Navy folk and finding our ideal anchorage.

After staying there an extra night we then headed across Bligh Water for on the of the most perfect days yet. Great sail with fair winds from behind. We were privaledged to catch a Mahi Mahi (also known as Dorado or Dolphin Fish) our first real big fish ever. We had a pod of whales swim close by, one of them even surfed a wave towards us, maybe for a closer look! Then a pod of bottle nose dolphins, with two babies came and played for a while. And to top it all off, the bay before our planned anchorage had some friends anchored there, so we were able to share our fish with them and have an enjoyable couple of hours catching up over a beer.

Since then we have been bay hopping as weather permits with some interesting happenings along the way and new friends met, but I will write that up at another time.

I would just like to say that today started out with a family swim before 7am as the sun was just touching the tops of the surrounding hills, we then had a "Good" coffee and hot muffins for breakfast and now the kids and Dan are off for a snorkel so I can have some peace and quiet to write this....BLISS.