Fiji to Vanuatu - Day 1

Harmonie
Don and Anne Myers
Thu 6 Aug 2009 05:50
17:34.617S  176:25.123E
 
All is well as we motorsail on a mostly flat ocean in really light winds.  The fleet of 21 boats left Musket Cove this morning (Thursday) at 10.  It's now 5:30pm and 14 of the 21 are still within sight.  Should be a busy night for the radar.
 
Fijian dolphins swam with us for a while to wish us bon voyage.  Very thoughtful of them, don't you think?  The water was so clear and the sky so blue that the dolphins were visible even 10-15 feet below the surface as they swam back and forth just in front of our bow.  Incredible beasts.  We just love it when the dolphins come to call.  I always talk to them in hopes that they will stay longer, but there were so many other boats around with which to play, they left us after only a few minutes and moved on to wish our neighbors well.
 
A couple of boats have already caught fish - a really big mahi-mahi for Scallywag and a nice wahoo for Lady Kay.  We haven't even had a bite yet, but the passage is young.  There will be plenty of time for fishing - especially given the continued light winds we are expecting.
 
More tomorrow as we continue west to Vanuatu.
Anne