22 May, 2011

We arrived in Suva, Fiji on Friday at about 1000H.
We covered 1120 nautical miles in 6 days and 22
hours for an average speed of 6.75 knots. We had
every kind of weather possible from no wind for a
few hours to 25- 30 kts of wind from  every direction.
We had strong head winds for 10 hours which was
quite uncomfortable but for the rest of the voyage
we made quite good progress and the  last 36 hours
was with the wind behind us at less than 20 knots
which allowed a very comfortable ride into Suva.
The crew did fine except for the first 12 hours which
were quite rough and the was some mal de mer for
myself and Terry. The admiral was the only one to keep 
her food down for the entire trip! We went though
a large convergence zone and didn't see much sun for
the last 4 days of the trip in fact it rained almost 
continuously during that time and we kept the back
curtain enclosing the cockpit for the entire time to
keep us dry. There was a full moon but we didn't
see much of it due to the heavy cloud cover. There
were no boat malfunctions and apart from some attention
required to the domestic fresh water pump and the outboard 
motors for the dinghy all is well mechanically. We are
anchored up outside the Royal Suva Yacht Club
and for a fee they arranged the arrival of customs and
immigration who showed up some hours later. They  weren't
too interested in looking around the boat which
was fortunate considering the booze locker was probably
over the limit.We spent the day wandering around Suva and
doing chores waiting for the weather to clear up. The
internet is pretty poor and will do an update with photos
when I can.