GPS: 17 46.559S 177 10.766E
Run: 85.2nm (154.2km)
Hi guys. We are on the sunny side of Fiji.
We left Suva yesterday and sailed overnight, to arrive here at Musket Cove first thing this morning. It was a good sail and with the wind behind us Imagine sailed from 5 to 7.5 knots making good headway until about 4 this morning when the wind speed dropped to 6 knots. We need 10 knots to get Imagine going, so it was motor time. Musket Cove is a resort and marina on Malololailai island just west of Nadi.
This anchorage is very popular as there are about 30 boats here at the moment. Week of 12 September this year they will hold the annual yacht regatta which is extremely popular and there will be a load more boats then. Fortunately we should be in Vanuatu by then! First thing we did when we arrived was go for a swim off the back of the boat. We haven’t been swimming in the water since we left Wallis due to either being in port where no one in their right mind would go swimming or due to bad weather. Last night we witnessed “green flash” phenomenon. It is something sailors talk about, but don’t all see. Out at sea on a calm clear evening as the sun goes down and disappears, there is a green flash. Well we wouldn’t call it a flash that lights up the sky, but as the sun disappeared over the horizon, for about a second the small bit of sun left turned green.
