Friday 6th
We all headed into Denarau this morning at 7.30am. It took till 9.30 to clear customs because there were so many boats leaving, there was a que.
Once cleared we hauled anchor and set sail. At 12.00 we came across a local boat in trouble. There outboard motor had stopped and they needed help. We called for help on the VHF radio and the Fiji Navy boat was soon on its way. Before it got there another local boat came along and was able to tow the small fishing boat back to shore. It was after 1.00pm when we were able to get back underway.
As we ventured out into the 3m swell and 30kt winds Julia and then Austin discovered the swell is different out here and they took a bucket each. By evening the swell had dropped to 2m and the wind was a comfortable 20kts.
I was the only one game enough to eat dinner (spaghetti Bolognese). B had crackers.
