Bua Bay and Coconut Point Photo Log

September 15-20, 2015

The stops we made at Bua Bay and Coconut point were pretty uneventful, in fact we didn’t even get off the boat, well except to hang out with Fluenta. Thank God! They were still with us, or we all might have gone out of our mind from boredom.

Bua Bay is a huge mangrove lined bay on the east side of Vanua Levu. While we were there an earthquake happened (I don’t remember where exactly) and the Tusnami warning emails started flooding in. The forecast was that we might see a few tenths of a meter of tidal variation (which is nothing to be concerned about), so we did the logical thing. We had a “Tsunami Party.” We hung out on Exodus eating and drinking and talking, so it really wasn’t any different than our usual nightly cruiser get- togethers, but at least this one had a cool name.

At Coconut Point there is a ferry terminal for traffic between the two big islands in Fiji: Vanua Levu and Viti Levu. There was a small town there also, but we never did go ashore and explore, even though we talked about it several times. The kids stayed entertained one day by stringing lines in the water between Exodus and Fluenta and swimming back and forth. No, it was not a double halyard rope swing or anything, but they had quite a bit of fun with it.

Logbook – September 15, 2015 (Yadua to Bua Bay)

Passage Log Highlights

1028 engines on
1401 engines off Bua Bay

Daily Notes

Speedo didn’t work most of the way
Caught & released a walu
2 new kid boats – Seabatical & Tinker Bell
Kids Minecraft on Exodus, Drinks on Fluenta

Logbook – September 16, 2015 (Bua Bay)

Daily Notes

Moved anchor over near a beach. A/B raised anchor w/o assistance in strong winds.
Boys to beach w/ Fluenta after school, then Minecraft on Exodus
T – worked on watermaker