fijian seas

Coordinates:17 30.6 s 178 52.4
Bearing:261 T
Boat Speed: 7.5 kn
Wind Direction: SE
Wind Strength: varies 18 to 30 at times
Sea state: moderate

Crew health: excellent

Fish caught: too busy navigating to fish

Other points of interest:
another great sunny day once the morning cloud had cleared , fairly strong wind but steady , have a reef in mainsail so as not to worry with gusts
We have just passed between Katafage Island and Malevuvu reef ( which was lurking somewhere although we could not see it ) and into the Nanuabalavu passage , onwards to the south of Mago island next . It is exciting to be in new territory although great care must be taken with navigating as many mariners have ended up on reefs coming through the Lau group of islands . particularly in the days of navigating with sextants and relying on good sun sights.
The new navionics chart app on our Ipad is a pleasure to use especially compared with our old Navman chart plotter, which although still working is not so easy and clear to use. Amazing how quickly tmes have changed , twenty years ago when we set off for Tonga we had a large and expensive hand held GPS and just paper charts.
We are not sure when we will be nearing Savusavu , it depends how the winds hold in the next 24 hours or so .

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