[password] 70swinger
[position] 17 55S 176 59E
[status] hi guys, we?re on our way to Vanuatu. Fiji is fading into the distance behind us now. We almost didn?t make it though...
We went to the fuel jetty at Denerau to get diesel but someone was using it. So I opened the diesel filler cap and waited. Then the water hose came free, so I took that, walked it to the front of the boat spraying it everywhere and put it in the water tank filler. Anyway water ran back down the boat and into the open diesel inlet. We started the boat, got part way out of the narrow channel then the motor died. Got the jib up and sailed in the light wind until the current took over and we went sideways. Luckily a local came past and we waved him down. He towed us to the anchorage off the bay. I then spent half the day yesterday getting water out of the tank, injection pump and replacing fuel filters.
Should be a 3 day passage to Aneityum, the southern most island in Vanuatu. A lot of motoring to start with then quite strong winds for the 3rd day.

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