Thursday 17 November 2016
The latest edition of ‘The Pacific Crossing Guide’ written by Kitty van Hagen and published by the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation has hit the shelves. We were pleased to be able to contribute to this voluminous work which not only covers places to visit in the Pacific but provides a wealth of information on…
Monday 10 November 2014
The Lau Islands in eastern Fiji are rumoured to be a blast to the past, a group of islands where traditions are still upheld and the modern world is shunned. Sailors coming from the east, as we did, have to sail right past them when arriving in Fiji as customs have no check-in points in…
Tuesday 4 November 2014
So Adina is all set to leave lovely Fiji and head for Vanuatu. The last two weeks we’ve been exploring the more remote Northern Lau in the east and then had a brief stop in the well travelled Yasawa Islands in the west using Musket Cove as our base. For the last few days we’ve…
Sunday 2 November 2014
Getting a strong feeling our feet were slowly but surely sinking into the comfortable mud of the Savusavu creek, we decided the weather looked good enough and we needed to head off before we became citizens of Savusavu with its lovely people. Destination Fawn Harbour, a seven hour sail away to the east. Well, make…
Friday 31 October 2014
Putting our hands up in the name of honesty, we admit Fiji was not top of our priorities when planning our Pacific route. You get just a little spoilt on a yacht as you can visit some parts that planes have not yet reached. And we’ve focused on making the most of the more unexplored…
Saturday 4 October 2014
Adina has arrived in Savusavu, Fiji. We are now at 16 degrees 54 minutes south and 179 degrees eighteen minutes EAST. Technically that means we are now on our way home! It just may take a year or two… We’ll be in Fiji for 4-5 weeks before setting off for Vanuatu where our voyage takes…