When my mom and sister landed in Fiji, I have only wish for everything to be close to perfect... So far the first few days were and still are but the weather decided not to cooperate with my plans. A big Low pressure was on it's way and will be heading right over us with winds steady at 35 knots with higher gust. Our main concern is to find a decent anchorage, which is not easy around this neck of the woods. 
We high tailed it to Naviti which had a nice bay to tuck into. As we "tucked" into our bay we played and went on a wonderful hike only to come back, pull up a new weather file and find out the wind might not be in the favorable direction. We pulled anchor and went near a village for a slightly better shelter from the wind. That night as we sipped our first Margarita the wind started to pick up. The wind was coming in gust and jerking the boat around. Needless to say we were happy the anchor was set nice but none of us got a lick of sleep. The next day was rainy, windy and gusty. We hibernated on the boat and played with new toys, painted our nails (except Paul ;), and commented on the gust. They came down the mountain at around 45 knots+. It was another sleepless night but in the morning you could see the sun peeking in through the clouds and the blue sky trying to say hello. We all believed it would be a good day and put on our bathing suits. And, you know what, it was!!!
We sailed down to Waya (downwind) and then tacked into the bay of Waya and found a beautiful anchorage in front of the village with the most incredible view of the steep cliffs and peeks. I am proud of my girls for weathering the storm. It was quite the scene as we all were inside eating crabs that were delivered earlier by a villager and sipping margaritas while the wind was making the most horrendous sounds outside and the boat was being pulled around like a little toy. As I type, Paul is just finishing cleaning a huge red snapper he just caught off the back of the boat and it's pitch black outside (9pm).
We high tailed it to Naviti which had a nice bay to tuck into. As we "tucked" into our bay we played and went on a wonderful hike only to come back, pull up a new weather file and find out the wind might not be in the favorable direction. We pulled anchor and went near a village for a slightly better shelter from the wind. That night as we sipped our first Margarita the wind started to pick up. The wind was coming in gust and jerking the boat around. Needless to say we were happy the anchor was set nice but none of us got a lick of sleep. The next day was rainy, windy and gusty. We hibernated on the boat and played with new toys, painted our nails (except Paul ;), and commented on the gust. They came down the mountain at around 45 knots+. It was another sleepless night but in the morning you could see the sun peeking in through the clouds and the blue sky trying to say hello. We all believed it would be a good day and put on our bathing suits. And, you know what, it was!!!
We sailed down to Waya (downwind) and then tacked into the bay of Waya and found a beautiful anchorage in front of the village with the most incredible view of the steep cliffs and peeks. I am proud of my girls for weathering the storm. It was quite the scene as we all were inside eating crabs that were delivered earlier by a villager and sipping margaritas while the wind was making the most horrendous sounds outside and the boat was being pulled around like a little toy. As I type, Paul is just finishing cleaning a huge red snapper he just caught off the back of the boat and it's pitch black outside (9pm).Happy Father day to all you dad's out there.
well, here it's 94, humid, no wind !!! had a great Father's day at Phil & Nat with all the 3 Dads !!! Big kisses to all, Denise & Paul xoxo
ReplyDeletePictures Girl!!! I sent you that huge red snapper. Glad he got it! Happy Fathers day Paul!
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