JoliFou

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Posted: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 - 20:48

Bonnie Anse light on the bow! Entered Havannah channel at 17:30 nc time. Was a rough day with big seas from the side playing havoc with the auto pilot. Very pleased to be here, we are going to pull

Posted: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 - 08:51

Yesterday was pretty good sailing. Poled out jib for a while and reefed progressively as the wind built. Last night was frustrating as the building awkward sea state knocked us about throwing the

Posted: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 - 09:21

Spent a bit of fuel motor sailing yesterday, trying to keep on a schedule that would get us to Havannah channel on an incoming tide as our info is it can be really rough with 4 knots outgoing tide

Posted: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 - 08:18

Yesterday morning the wind did fill in again and we spent the day running quite square with poled out jib in 12 to 16 knots wind from about the east. The sea state became quite boisterous but

Posted: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 - 07:24

Pleasant sailing broad reaching and running in 15 knot ESE breeze. Sea conditions pretty good. Took the scenic route through Benga lagoon. Full sails until late yesterday when put 1 reef in the

Posted: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 - 10:21

Leaving Suva on the way to New Caledonia.

Posted: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 - 08:47

Kadavu island at the beautiful village of Nabouwalu. Yesterday Isaac kindly showed us the Split Rock dive site out at Alacrity Rocks. Stunning dive, beautiful visibility, pretty coral , variety of

Posted: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 - 12:21

After a long time in the Musket cove area enjoying surfing, kiting, friends and regatta week we decided we would like to see another side of Fiji before we leave. We took a likely weather window to

Posted: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 - 09:49

We have left JoliFou at Port Denerau for a week whilst we have returned to Sydney for Dads memorial. Thanks soo much to Carolyn Port for persistently pestering and sweet talking the marina staff to

Posted: Sat, 1 Jul 2017 - 12:03

We have arrived at Lautoka, surprised to discover that we need to wait for the biosecurity guy as he is clearing boats at Vuda point marina. The marina web site says you can't clear there on a

Posted: Sat, 1 Jul 2017 - 05:57

Bula Fiji! 4 miles from Navula pass. After a pretty rough night with little sleep the last couple hours have been a pleasure as the seas flattened and wind has moderated as we near the island. As if

Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 - 18:54

Land ahoy!! Just before sunset we spotted Kadavu island from about 50 miles away. It's been a mixed bag today, the wind has been stronger than forecast, varying between 20 and 30 knots. Sailing with

Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 - 09:06

Dad is being cremated this morning at 8:30 AEST, we will think of him, shed some tears and send love to our grieving family. Yesterday was a day of reaching with full sails in a varying SSE 15 knots

Posted: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 - 08:09

What a wonderful 24 hours of sailing we've had! Sunny (starry) skies, quite settled seas and 12 to 15 knots SSE. Yesterday mid morning we packed the gennaker away and moused the halyard, not

Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 - 08:27

Well done ETNZ! Sounds like it was a really comprehensive victory, a credit to the strength of NZ sailing, but also technology, design and engineering. We're going to have to deal with some very

Posted: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 - 08:48

Motor-sailed most of yesterday with full sails. Late in the day there was too little wind to fill the gennaker so we took all sails down and motored through the night. Fortunately the sea conditions

Posted: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 - 09:57

Yesterday's SSW wind at about 8 knots was just too little and too much from behind to make any progress. We spent the whole day and last night motoring with just 3rd reef main strapped in the middle

Posted: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 - 08:48

Yesterday turned into a beautiful days sailing as the expected Westerly filled in and strengthened to about 17 knots. We deployed the loose luff gennaker for the first time in over a year and with

Posted: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 - 09:36

Late yesterday afternoon the wind lightened further and we motored all night with just 3rd reef for stability. Heading a little East of the rhumb line to allow for possible easterly trades later, but

Posted: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 - 16:00

Tragic news this morning, my dad David passed away last night. With westerlies forecast we elected to continue to Fiji rather than turn back. We will fly home for memorial. Almost as if out of

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