Slight delay, we are still in Suva – looking at departing Monday morning to western side of Fiji.
We decided there were a few jobs we wanted to complete before setting off again. Andrew spent most of today working on making the lazarette (black hole) flush with the rest of the stern deck, giving more space and less likely for people to trip up on. He also worked on the water tank breather pipes, some of them seemed to be split and the system wasn’t working as it should. A few other odd jobs and some more tomorrow.
One of our neighbours is a 3 masted tall ship which was built in Scotland (100 years ago). She is sometimes based here and sometimes Nelson. They say there is a lot of work to do on her but are travelling to Vanuatu, NZ, Australia and then to Scotland maybe February or March next year to celebrate the 100 year anniversary. One of the crew we see quite often has been on the vessel for 7 years. He did tell us the name of the boat but we didn’t quite hear him and don’t like to keep asking, but picture is attached.
