There is a first time for everything !

Coordinates:16 59.64 S 178 40.94 E
Crew health: great

At anchor at Cocoanut Point near Nabouwalu village
We were up and away from Savusavu at 6.30 this morning to sail all day in light winds . We dropped anchor at 4.45 pm
Nasonisoni Passage was the only coral pass today , quite long but reasonably wide, so not bad.

We had been in Savusavu Fiji for 6 days and had a great time, met some interesting new people amongst the cruising folk, and a couple we had last seen in Samoa three years ago. We bought a fishing lure from Curly Carswell a local character who lives on his boat here - he guaranteed success!
We stocked up on fresh fruit and vegetables which are very good and also very cheap and had some tasty Indian meals out. We found two excellent bakeries and rediscovered coconut scrolls.
We met a friend from the Bay of Islands NZ who was moored further up the harbour. We had no idea he was in Fiji so that was a pleasant surprise. Wayne used to own a 38 foot Wharram catamaran but currently has an elegant 37 foot keeler.
The winds have been unusually strong of late for this time of year and many boats had been waiting since before we arrived here to move on. It seems like there will be lighter winds now for a while.
Last evening Denise had a bit of a surprise when she went into the marine toilet section of the boat . There, lazily swimming around in the water in the toilet bowl, was a moderate sized fish. It must have come up the sea water inlet pipe when the toilet had last been flushed. We gave the fish a gentle flush out into the sea again having wished it luck. As I said above there is a first time for everything - I have never seen that happen before !

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