October 18 – November 7, 2015
With a functioning watermaker and a boat full to the brim of provisions, we departed Savusavu on Sunday 18 Oct and stayed one night out at the Cousteau anchorage to be poised for an early morning departure. A day sail took us down to Koro Island, and although we thought we would stay only one or two days, we ended up staying six. Then we had a fast day sail up to the town of Somosomo on Taveuni where we stayed one night in order to top off our fresh provisions and say a sad good-bye to our friends on Fluenta. After that it was off to the island of Rabi where we stayed one night at Katherine Bay on the south end of the island. Then we made our way up the western side of the island and after a day stop at the main village of Nuka, we went up to the northwest side of the island to Albert Cove.
We departed Albert Cove in the evening on Halloween and had a downwind two day passage up to the northern most island in Fiji, the island of Rotuma. After five days at Rotuma we departed in the early morning on Saturday 7 Nov bound for Funafuti, Tuvalu.
(Savusavu) –> Koro Island –> Somosomo (Taveuni) –> Katherine Bay (Rabi) –> Nuku (Rabi) –> Albert Cove (Rabi) –> Rotuma –> (Funafuti, Tuvalu)
Gresham Family Exodus 