[password] NZL9424A27
[position] 18.42S 173.55W
[status] We have spent some time in Neiafu which is the main city of Vava'u. It is a busy harbour with lots of international boats around at the moment. As well as the 22 boats in our rally there is another rally here as well. It is called the ARC world rally. This is a rally that some of fleet are part of, but they are taking time out of the rally to spend more time in places of there choice, then when the rally comes around a year later they rejoin it. I am attaching the blog sites of an American couple, Sherry and Dennis, SV-Trillium.blogspot.com. John and Joyce are from England, www.yachtstarblazer.co.uk . We have spent time with both these couples over a few drinks. Both couples are very well travelled by sea with lots of stories. Glen went for a couple of dives with another couple from our fleet, who are also part of the ARC rally. Beluga Dive took the three of them out and they dived through arches and in caves on there first dive then another one of amazing large coral and tuna among other smaller fish. Glen is booked to do another dive this coming weekend. We stocked up with fresh fruit and veges then headed back out to the islands. We ended up at Kanutu Island which is tricky to get into with lots of reefs and shallows around it, but very worthwhile after you let go of the breathe you were holding all the way in. We meet up with some of our rally friends that we hadn't seen for over a week. Have been for two really good walks today and as a reward all the boats met on the beach for sundowners and chatter of the days activities. We will leave here tomorrow as will most of the boats and find some new anchorage and new adventures.
You would think that the fish life would be plentiful for catching, but alas this is not the case. Most of the boats are trawling every time they move from anchorage to anchorage, but there just doesn't seem to be much around. Oh well, so we wait another day!
Glen got the paddle board inflated today and has used it. He said it is really stable and is enjoying it. Me, not brave enough yet. Too many people that could witness the falling of thing!!
Will wait for a secluded bay. All well on board[END]