We got into a different marina so the riggers could do work on the broken forestay, and they arrived on time and fixed it in a day. Great work from the team at PY Rigging services. All the work we needed to get done in Fiji was finished, we had all the provisions on board and full tanks of diesel and water; we were ready to go and excited to get moving again. When we cast the lines off, the staff from the marina sang us their beautiful Fijian farewell song (it’s the video) an

Crusing the Yasawas We sailed from Yadua Island to the Yasawas, a 50-mile-long island chain in western Fiji. We planned for about two weeks to explore the islands of the archipelago one by one. As Tony mentioned in the last post, when anchoring near remote villages in Fiji, you must do a Sevusevu, a traditional welcoming ceremony, with the local chief. In the first village we visited in the Yassawas, multiple people claimed to be the chief! It turned out several locals try to

Well, the last blog ended with two poems, so this time we have decided to spare you from any versed literature. You are welcome. The passage to American Samoa ended well—10 days in total and nothing eventful happened. That can make for a boring passage but hey, sometimes boring is welcome. American Samoa was a moderately interesting place, and we had an equally interesting stay there. Let us know how you think we define the word interesting after you read this. Upon arrival,

Once we left Bora Bora, more than 1,000 nautical miles of open ocean lay ahead of us. The passage to American Samoa would become our longest crossing since arriving on this side of the Pacific - and likely remain so until we’ll set sail across the Indian Ocean. Our original plan had been to head for Niue, but unfavorable winds forced us to reconsider. Instead, we decided to turn further north toward American Samoa, a tiny U.S. territory in the heart of the South Pacific. Unfo