[password] TwinkY6433
[position] 16 44.933S 179 53.905E
[weather] ESE 5 knots, 1017 baro.
[anchorage] Anchored in Viani Bay, Vanua Levu, Fiji.
[status] We left Fawn Harbour into ?sporty? conditions. The entrance to the pass, because of the change in depth, threw up some big swells and Steve on the bow said it was an ?E ticket? ride ;). We then motorsailed into up to 20knots until we got into the lee of Taveuni where the sea state gradually calmed down and the wind dropped to almost nothing. We made our way in and have anchored up in a lovely little bay almost completely surrounded by land. We didn?t have any luck fishing, but one of the cats we came along the coast with caught a yellow fin tuna, so we?re just about to cook that up for dinner.

We also found out what the story is with the ash - it?s from the volcano on Ambae in Vanuatu that is currently erupting. We washed a fair bit of it off the boat but from experience with Mt Yasur last year, we?ll still be cleaning it off when we get back to NZ. Oh well, such is life.

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