May 12


Ok!  Patches of blue sky at last!  The wind was still about 25 knots out of the west, but I managed to get the anchor up and motor out of the bay against the wind.  One aborted try to raise the main later and I decided this was a motoring day.


Of course the wind shifted as I wound my way between reefs.  Always just about in my face.  Still, I made Koroinasolo Inlet in 8.5 hours, dropping anchor at 5 pm.  Koroinasolo is a great weathering hole, a 1.5 mile deep bay that runs N-S with surrounding hills.  Also one of the prettiest bays I’ve seen in Fiji.


The people on the other hand…


It seems to be the custom to drive by visiting yachts and…hop on!  WTF?  At least the first guy only asked for ‘cake’ for his two kids.  I gave them each a cookie and he seemed satisfied.  The next guy (Henry) showed up after dark.  I’m laying on the settee and all of a sudden there’s a light shining in from the cockpit.  Henry took it upon himself to invite to stand on my swim ladder.  He wanted to come into the cockpit, but I said I was about to turn in for the night.  That seemed to satisfy him and he left.


I didn’t do sevusevu when I came in (it was 5 pm!).  I wonder if these guys are just checking if I’m legal or something.   

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