Goodbye Tonga!
Kokamo's Pacifc Meanderings
Tom and Rachel
Thu 24 Jun 2010 19:38
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Kokamo is at 18:41.9S
174:01.8W
Sorry for the radio silence folks -
we have been having just too much of a lovely time up in Vava'u.
The trade winds have properly kicked
in and so we've had some lovely sailing over the last few days and, much to
Tom's joy, also managed a few days kite surfing!
However, we are now setting off
on the next adventure and heading to Fiji this morning. Chris (van
Tulleken) has come to join us for this leg and has already surpassed himself as
crew by catching four large squid for our dinner this evening (beating our
previous record most annoyingly!). We have been catching quite a few skipjack tuna though
and Tom is determined to crack out the massive lure he bought in the fishing
shop on this ocean passage - hoping for a monster
mahi mahi.
This trip should take us
about 4-5 days so we should be in Savu Savu early next week. It is
looking like we will have easterly winds of 15-20 knots which will be
pretty dead downwind. Not quite ideal but should hopefully get us
there.
We are having a few issues getting
the satellite phone to send emails so we may not be able to update the blog
often during the passage.
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