Saturday, June 18, 2011

Fawn Harbor

Hello All,
We traveled 30 miles today to a nice quiet anchorage on the south coast of Vanua Levu. The wind was light but in our face the whole way so I had to motor. We left Savu Savu at 1000 and got here at 1700. We had to maneuver a small pass to get in here but it was still good light and I had way points for the GPS to enter so it was no problem. We will spend the night here and then go 16 miles further east to a famous bay called Viani Bay. I am told the coral and the water are world class so we are looking forward to that. We have 16 more miles to go so we will get an early start and hope to get in the bay in the early afternoon.
There is another famous place we will see before leaving the south east coast of Vanua Levu but I will leave you on pins and needles and fill you in later when we get there.
On a side note, most of these places are uncharted or very vague on a chart so I have collected since last year what we call snail trails on a GPS. A Snail trail is way points and positions done by a previous boat and has saved the info on a plotter or computer to give to others to use for safe navigation. There is always doubt so you always come in with the sun behind you. The water is very clear so you see the hazards most of the time. If it was easy everyone would do it.
We will be off to Viani Bay in the morning and when I get in I will tell you how everything went.
That's all for now.

PEACE

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