July 9
We left Fiji on July 7, the first few hours were a bit light steering out through the reefs, once outside we decided to set the spinnaker. First time up the sock was wrapped and wouldn't pull up, so we dropped a bit, got the wraps out and went back up. By then the wind had built enough and gone forward enough that we were having trouble keeping control of the chute and nearly rounded up, so back down she came. That was a bit of a fiasco but luckily no harm done. Since then we've been sailing with more wind than expected, mid 20s or so.
So now we have 109 miles to go. This has been a fast leg. We can enter the harbor and drop anchor at night, it's not a tricky entrance like some. Hopefully we won't have cloud cover so we have some moonlight to help when we arrive late tonight (anticipated, unless of course the wind dies).
We've started our anti-malarial medication. The girls don't like the chewables but they will have to take them every day.
Off to make breakfast.
Pauline