Tonga - Fiji

Questionable Logic
Ewan Briggs
Sun 16 Aug 2009 08:51
Position: 18:33.90S 178:10.85W
 
We seem to have lost the sun again - not really seen it since Tahiti. The wind has been pretty strong too - registered up to 38 kts at one point when we were getting the main down. Lukily it has mostly been behind us, and has now eased and is round onto the beam. There are a few patches of blue sky, so maybe we'll see some more of the sun today. We've been taking it pretty easy, mostly with just the #4 jib up and making about 6kts. We experimented with main and spinnaker yesterday, but the wind seems to know when we're making sail changes and did not approve - adding 10kts in the space of a few minutes to encourage us to change our minds - it worked!
 
We're just approaching the Oneata passage which takes us through the Lau Group at the eastern end of Fiji, and have just over another days sail or so to Savusavu where we intend to check in (wind allowing - the forecast looks like 4.4kts from behind by about this time tomorrow - not super useful!).
 
Happy Birthday Mum!