Navadra Photo Log

August 8-12, 2015

The two small uninhabited islands of Navadra and Vanua Levu (not that Vanua Levu) made for a great anchorage for several days.

Logbook – August 8, 2015 (Mana to Navadra)

Passage Log Highlights

1004 Engines on
1036 P engine off. Genniker
1148 SB engine + genniker + genoa
1339 P engine on
1355 Engines off Navadra

Daily Notes

Dinghy surf landing at Navadra
Hang out on beach, boys ride the surf on the paddleboard
Drinks on Et Voila

The tiny waves provided a fair amount of fun

Logbook – August 9 (Navadra)

Daily Notes

No school – T/B spearfish with Et Voila
Alex to shore, brought back coconuts
Met m/v Domino, granddaughters on board
Tim helped another m/v look for their lost paddle – received a bag of mahi mahi

Tim and Brenden heading out to spear some fish (no fish here!)

Logbook – August 10, 2015 (Navadra)

Passage Log Highlights

1020 Engines on to reanchor
1040 Engines off

Daily Notes

Surf day! Mom swam to the beach, D tried to boogie board

Email to Family and Friends

Subject: Exodus – Navadra

It’s beautiful here at the anchorage at the island of Navadra, between the mamanuca and yasawa island groups. The weather hasn’t been great with strong gusty winds, but at least the sun is shining. The water is a few degrees warmer here, so even mom and I have been doing some swimming. There is some swell that comes through the anchorage, but it’s not terribly uncomfortable or anything. The boys love it because it makes some small waves on the beach at high tide, and they can surf on the stand-up paddle boards. Brenden is even small enough he can ride the small waves on a surfboard. Being fun size has its advantages sometimes! I tried to boogie board, but no success. Later, when I saw that Brenden couldn’t even catch a wave on the boogie board, I didn’t feel so bad. The surf dinghy landings have been interesting, but mom’s been a good sport. Yesterday I even dropped her off a little way from the beach and she had to swim in while I went back to Exodus and took a paddle board in. Like I said, she’s been a very good sport! Spear fishing on this side of Fiji hasn’t been so great, so mom isn’t getting to experience all the great fish we normally have, but Tim’s managed to get a couple small coral trout so she’s at least tasted our beer batter recipe. Yesterday, Tim put his good neighbor skills to work and helped some people on a fishing boat try to find their paddle board paddle that had found its way overboard. They didn’t find the paddle, but for his efforts, Tim was rewarded with a small bag of fresh caught Mahi Mahi, so we savored that for dinner last night. The first couple days we were here with our friends on Et Voila, who have a lagoon 450 catamaran, so it’s just like Exodus only bigger and nicer! We also met a nice couple from California on a cruising power boat who had their granddaughters with them, so Tim forced the boys to go over one evening to socialize. They never want to make new friends, but they are always glad when they do!
We will stay here a couple more days and then go to the marina at Port Denarau to drop mom off.
Love and miss you all,
-D.

Logbook – August 11, 2015 (Navadra)

Daily Notes