Sunday, October 27, 2013

Fiji: Day 95 - Suva

Tuesday, October 28, 2013


We woke up this morning to the captivating pitter patter of an early spring rain and the scent of freshly slaughtered tuna in the air. That is the tuna factory lit up in the distance.

It was a 50 mile journey to Suva. The forecasted weather stated light winds on our bow all day, but boy were they wrong. The morning started out that way, but within an hour or two we had 20+ knots of wind and 10+ foot waves. We maxed out our engine RPMs and were only able to make 2-3 knots of speed. After about six hours of hammering into the waves, we were finally able to turn west and make use of the wind, but the massive waves were still crashing over the rails and blasting us in the cockpit.

It was a long and rough ride, but we made it to Suva before sunset and we able to drop anchor for the night.

Suva is a huge shipping port for the South Pacific, so it is a really dirty harbour and there are big cargo ships and fishing vessels everywhere.

When we dropped anchor the first time, we immediately noticed a better place to set (that wasn't downwind of some sketchy work boats). When I pulled the anchor up to move to the new spot, I wasn't surprised to find some old wire and other garbage wrapped around our anchor. That was after only a few minutes on the ground. I can't wait to see what treasures are attached to the anchor when we pull it up two nights from now!

We were hoping to get here before the battery shop closed so we would only have to stay one night before heading to Robinson Crusoe, but we didn't drop anchor until nearly 6:00 and so it looks like we'll be here for at least two nights.


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