fiji
Avocet's Adventures Around the World
Derry Ryder
Fri 2 Apr 2010 05:00
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ewe have moved ...........arrived fiji wed31/3
after 7 days from noumea .we have a new member of crew a french girl called
nollwen le marca nad on the 8/4 will have dan reidy joining from new zealand
where he has been for some time .weather here very hot we are at
lautoka north west end of main island . the trip was good .the main
halyard jammed after it came off the sheave and we anchored at ouen island
and donnacha went up and cut the halyard and we reathreaded the halyard and as
there was little light left we stayed at anchor till6 the following day no other
excitement we are now actually closer to ireland and while still 177 degrees
east are closer to home to the west of ireland as going east from castlecove to
here is 187 degrees whereas going west 173 degrees .we are also 4 degrees
further north.we will spend about 15 days here and move on to samoa .update soon
derry
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