OK, despite the fact that we’re getting ready to “hunker” down in advance of a possible storm, we had a great day today.  A 20 mile run from Musket Cove to Saweni Bay (just south of Lautoka).  Blue sky, turquoise water and 10 knots of wind on a broad reach meant 4 plus knots and five hours of glorious sailing.  One of the great days of sailing!

The wind is going to be building now over the next four or five days until the storm event predicted for early next week.  That’s why we moved over to the mainland for a little protection.

Stay tuned to this one.  It could just go away or get very bad.  We’re watching this very closely.

The "blue dot" is us. The red, yellow, purple is a tropical depression heading our way.

This is a screen shot of the GRIB forecast for early next week (Tuesday).  What you really don’t ever want to see, ever, is a “flag” on these things.  Flags equal over 50 knots of wind.  If you look closely you’ll see a flag in the NE quadrant in the “purple” area of the low.  We’re hoping this dissipates before getting to Fiji.  We’re currently anchored in Saweni Bay, but as of Friday we’re moving about 6 miles south to Denarau where (hopefully) we have a spot in the marina.  We’re watching this closely and hope it will veer off or dissipate.  Stay tuned though, it could be a wild ride!