Bula from Fiji. This our last post from here. We are NZ bound.
Our plan is to depart early am 01 Nov (NZ time). We expect to be 8-10 days. 8 would be awesome, but the wind is a fickle mistress.
Position reports post to oceantracking.com. Our call sign is WDJ9035. You'll note that initially we will be heading a little more west. We will not be getting a rhumb line sail. Sadly. Once the high pressure system we are leaving on clocks around more easterly, we will head more southeast too.
So starting tomorrow we will be without internet. I will be posting on the blog. Www.evergreenadventures.blogspot.com. As always we love hearing from you while we are underweigh. Our sailmail is wdj9035@sailmail.com. Keep those cards and letters coming (who is old enough to remember that phrase ?). Dennis will also be checking in each evening on the northland radio net . We think it's 1900 hrs NZ time. Josh is the adult in charge of us while we are off the grid. He mentioned that it is weird that in the US he can't have a legal drink but here he is our key go to person. We love you Josh. (no, don't jeez mom me.)
We left Denarau today after a busy morning checking out and using up the last of our Fiji dollars. Back on the boat the dinghy came up on the deck and last minute things got stowed. The sail to musket cove was pretty full on and likely what we can expect the first few days. Not awful, but not a nice beam reach either. It is of course as windy as it been. Anchored in 20+kts of wind. Only took two tries ..
I have been pre cooking some food, and we have a good selection of easy to cook meals. This is our first long passage just the two of us. Hopefully we will both arrive in one piece - Evergreen too. :)
Off to enjoy my last flat night for a week. Talk soon
Hope you had a great adventure!
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