As we left Fiji through the Navula Passage the wind started at 5kts off starboard, by the time we got out of the passage the wind had swung around to 27kts off our port. The wind has stayed on our port side all the way so far. The Sea was very messy as the ocean comes up from 2000m deep to only metres deep off the reef. It took us a couple of hours to get to where the swell had settled down.
We have the main sail reefed to number 2 and have been using the staysail overnight and most of today. The wind has finally dropped to 15kts and we have put out the headsail. We are making good time, averaging 6.5kts. They are predicting the wind will stay like this over night. We will see.