Fiji: Day 93 - Ovalau

Sunday, October 27, 2013

We departed at first light this morning, 5:30am. It was the shortest time between waking and leaving yet (half-hour) and everything went really smoothly. However, it is supposedly daylight savings time here today, so we actually left at 6:30am.

Goodbye Savusavu for the last time!

Winds were calm all day at just a few knots on the stern all day. We just threw up the whisker pole to salvage any wind we could and motor-sailed the whole way. It was a 65 mile trip and we did it in 11 hours.

We saw some dolphins on the way, but they just gave us the finger and passed on (they were travelling in the opposite direction).

Hello Ovalau!

We dropped anchor just in time for cocktails!

Levuka is the name of the town here (Ovalau is the island). This used to be the capital city of Fiji many years ago, but now it is Suva on Viti Levu. It's not the nicest spot, seems rather dirty and abandoned, but that may be because it is Sunday.

This is what 9 months of sun and salt will do to your shirts.