We said a tearful farewell to the girls last night when we dropped them off at the airport – it is far too quiet now and we are missing them !

Best to keep busy so we had a 6.00am start this morning, motored for an hour to the town of Latouka where we checked out of Fiji and now we are just leaving through the reef to set sail for Vanuatu, 500 miles away. We should arrive on Wednesday in time to join the rest of the yachts for the welcome party that evening.