Day 9 to Fiji
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 4 Jun 2015 12:00
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Really Getting
Nearer
 13:00, just as I reappeared ‘from
down below’ - having just sent yesterdays blog, the excited call of the captain
Land Ahoy. Music to my
ears. We could make out Kanduva Island, sadly not a
check-in place or Beez would have been on her way. Another quick day passed,
Bear finished his stew and fought tooth and nail to arrive at four all on the
backgammon theatre of battle. Some risky moves from me in a ‘this may or may not
work out’ proved successful. Huh.
 Sunset
went from reds and oranges to very soft pinks, unusual as this evening it was at
the back of us. Very strange for the moon to blaze out to the left of Beez nose.
I came on at two after what seemed like the bed was cantering around the room.
Lightning. Mmmm. Out to my left I could see white pulsing glows every three or
four minutes. The wind picked up to gusts in the high twenties and I was pleased
to see the flashing slowly begin to appear behind me. An hour later all was
settled but the sea stayed a bit on the lumpy side. I listened to more Ancient
Mythology and finished the Trojan War just as Bear arrived for his morning
shift.
 Some cunning tacks show a lovely
zig-zag track but in the huge current we were not getting anywhere fast. We
could be doing this traditional stuff for several days to come, however, Bear
rolled the genoa in and we are now purposefully motoring to
get on the course line once more. Hopefully, when we get more into the
islands we will make better progress to get in tomorrow afternoon. If not a
gentle loll overnight for a Saturday entry.
Noon summary: Motoring
more or less into windward
Noon
position: 18:32.74 South and 179:00.22 East
Noon to
Noon: 100 nautical miles
Miles
Covered: 1123 nautical miles
Miles to
Go: 137 nautical miles
 ALL IN ALL LOVING THE
HEAT
BOTH LOOKING FORWARD TO A
SWIM |