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Navadra (Again) Photo Log

August 20-25, 2015

The kid boat convoy headed back to Navadra and what a great surprise that Nirvana was there. Then Fluenta showed up and we totaled 6 kid boats in all. The kids camped on the beach for 3 nights and had a great time all together. Thanks to Breeze, Field Trip, and Lumbaz for some of these photos.

Logbook – August 20, 2015 (Viwa to Navadra)

Passage Log Highlights

  • 0745 engines on
  • 0830 SB engine off, main + genoa
  • 1240 SB engine on
  • 1259 engines off Navadra

Daily Notes

  • Motorsail to Navadra. Caught 2 mystery fish
  • Nirvana was at Navadra
  • Kids swim, party on Nirvana
Breeze undersail with Field Trip not far behind
Heading back to Navadra

Logbook – August 21, 2015 (Navadra)

Daily Notes

  • Lots of kid boat fun!
  • Kids camp on beach. Adult happy hour on beach
  • Spontaneous dinner with Danny and Genie on Lumbaz
Beach Happy Hour!

Logbook – August 22, 2015 (Navadra)

Daily Notes

  • Tim/Mark – sewing project on Exodus
  • Fluenta arrives!
  • Hike and swim
  • Happy hour @ other beach – much easier dingy landing
Sewing project.
The kids had fun boogie boarding
Basecamp 3.0. (1.0 = Fulaga, 2.0 = Gau)
We went for a little hike, and although I didn’t go all the way to the top, the photos still turned out pretty good.
Beautiful view of the island to the south (Photo by Fluenta – http://sv-fluenta.blogspot.com/)
Another beach happy hour
Nils loved his bowl of pasta and Chico loved anything he dropped

Logbook – August 23, 2015 (Navadra)

Daily Notes

  • T – spearfish, no fish here, help Mark w/ outboard
  • Kids on beach all day
  • S/V Honey arrives
  • Mom photo exchange on Exodus
  • Beach potluck
Breakfast campfire (I’m not sure it shows in this photo, but they were roasting marshmallows for breakfast.)
Evidence! Marshmallows for breakfast (Photo by Fluenta – http://sv-fluenta.blogspot.com/)
Beach photo shoot
Nirvana crew
Lumbaz crew
Fluenta crew
Field Trip crew
Exodus crew
Of course, the Field Trip quad copter made an appearance
Photo by Field Trip – http://svfieldtrip.blogspot.com/
Photo by Field Trip – http://svfieldtrip.blogspot.com/
Brenden and Gigi
Brenden and Nils

Logbook – August 24, 2015 (Navadra)

Daily Notes

  • Adios Lumbaz 😦
  • Fluenta vs cruise ship
  • Kids stay on beach all day again – pack up camp at 4pm
  • Fluenta kids over for Minecraft
Fluenta versus cruise ship
This is what Brenden looked like after camping on the beach for 3 days
So sad to say good-bye to this special family

Email to Family and Friends dated Aug 24, 2015

Subject: Exodus – The kids have gone native

We have been back at Nevadra for a few days, and we were joined by two other kid boats so that made six in all. The kids have been camping on the beach for three nights, and this morning it was evident that they have really gone native. They are totally dirty, don’t answer the radio, and when Brenden came back to the boat to get water he said they didn’t need any food right now because Alex has gotten them coconuts. Amazing. They also tried to scare the cruise ship tourists who were snorkeling near the beach. They haven’t been doing school, so we need to get back into it, but it’s fun to hear what the kids think of to do on shore for days without iPads or computers (oh the horror!) Yesterday they played a game they called “simple Brenden,” which was basically a game of “would you rather…” and they had to justify and defend their choices to each other. They are such a good group of kids! They are breaking down camp right now because today is a sad day of good-byes as our good friends on Lumbaz are heading to port to prepare for their passage to Vanuatu. We are planning to start heading north of the Yasawa island chain tomorrow and we should be with our kid boat friends on Field Trip and Fluenta for at least another week or two.
Love and miss you all,
-D.

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