Position: 17 degrees, 22 minutes south; 179 degrees, 40 minutes east
By Lisa-
We hove-to tonight around 5:30pm to listen to the Drifters Net on SSB, enjoy our Charismas, and have some fine dining courtesy of Ann – pesto tortellini with a salad of tomatoes and avocados. We are trying to get rid of the last of the fresh food before checking into Fiji customs – hopefully tomorrow, and Ann did a fine job throwing it all together. But since tomorrow is Saturday, we are not sure if customs will be available, or if we will have to wait until Monday. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a Saturday check in! It would be nice to get the first few loads of wet, stinky clothes into a washing machine, the first step in getting the boat all cleaned up and put back together after a long crossing.

Ann and I did some “goofing off” today. We dug out the Go-Pro camera and took some video of the non-stop wind and waves that kept coming at us yet again today. Then we created a training video on how to properly dispose of your blue bucket while underway in heavy seas on a starboard tack. We will post it on Youtube once we find some internet. Down the road, look for Part II on disposing your bucket on a port tack in all weather conditions. I think that after 10 days of practice, we have finally mastered the technique of ‘pick-and-roll’ using the salon table in a squatting position during the roll. Quite impressive! Not a drop spilled yet (knock on teak!).

Once this nasty squall that is currently attacking us passes on by, we will be under way again for one more night. Ahhhh, we are all looking forward to long stretches of uninterrupted sleep and a calm anchorage. But for now – all is well in the blue waters of Fiji.