We are working our way south along the west coast of Fiji with the island Vatulele as our destination. Today, for the second leg of our trip, we motored head to wind on our way Read More …

With Michelle on her way home, we did laundry for a day and a half – sheets, towels, napkins, tablecloths, dishrags and every last item of clothing we could find. Nice to have everything fresh Read More …

With Michelle winging her way home to SoCal, today was reorganization day aboard Raven. Taking advantage of the fact that we are berthed at the Denarau Marina and enjoying shore power and full water tanks, Read More …

Michelle’s flight home was scheduled for 11:20 pm Monday night, so we left Musket Cove and motored into Denarau Marina to position ourselves for her departure. Denarau is a world of its own – an Read More …

Well, I didn’t do a very good job of keeping up with the daily log but we had a very full week sightseeing, diving, and moving Raven from anchorage to anchorage while Michelle was visiting Read More …

If I get too enthusiastic with my travel descriptions, Sailmail cuts us off and Mike and Rod get alarmed about their weather reports…so I need to keep it moderate! So you will receive this email Read More …

This morning we raised anchor and sailed 10-12 miles to a new location ideal for Michelle’s first scuba lesson. We outfitted her in Mike’s gear and Anouk took her into shallow water with a sandy Read More …

Here we are in Fiji already settling into the Raven routine. Raven was waiting for us in Vudu Point Marina. It’s a great so-called hurricane hole, protected from any heavy wave action stirred up by Read More …

  We’re down to the last few days of our trip – I don’t know that I’ll have another opportunity to upload photos until we’re back in Tucson, unless it happens Friday or Saturday. Our Read More …