Savusavu Kids Sailing

Last weekend Savusavu Kids Sailing club were host for the Fiji National Sailing competition.

The first few hours of Friday's start saw a delay, as there wasn't enough wind, eventually they were able to do some of the races, with the rest done on Saturday.

It was a fun two days for all the sailors, all having a lot of fun.

On the Sunday, there was a lovo & prize giving held at a local Plantation.
Savusavu team came away winners at the end of the day, good one Savusavu.

The visitors returned to Suva on the local ferry on Sunday night.
It was nice to see the new reclamation being used so quickly.

New Development For Savusavu

Work began last week on the reclamation of the foreshore beside the Copra Shed Marina.

The Savusavu Kids sailing club will move along, onto the new area, & a Children's park will be relocated next to that.

This new area will open up a whole lot more space for when the Cruise Ships & Yachting regattas visit Savusavu, therefore making Savusavu a lot more attractive for visitors.

Beautiful Day For Dawn Princess

This morning we awoke to a lovely sunrise, looks like we are going to have another clear day.

Yesterday was also a hot sunny day for the passengers off Dawn Princess, so once again they were able to enjoy our little town in pleasant conditions..

There seemed to be more younger people on board this trip, saw groups of them doing water activities as we came up the Nakama Creek.

I was able to get a shot of Dawn Princess as we came back into the Savusavu harbour, she looked a real lovely picture with all the hills as her backdrop.

Dere Bay Koro Island

The weather seemed a little more settled so we accepted a charter to take workers to Koro for a job.

All night the wind blew & didn't ease until about 3.30am, so we knew it was going to be a rough trip.

When we got to the boat about 5.30 everything looked calm & the sun was starting to rise so we thought maybe it won't be that bad.

I think we were just kidding ourselves, just as we approached the Savusavu entrance we could see how rough it was, 10 mins out ,Terry had to pull back & travel at about 10knots.

We hit some pretty big swells, & poor Searov groaned as she came off them.

Traveling at this speed slowed us down & added another 20 or so mins to the trip, but was a better ride.

Once at Dere Bay, the workers were off to do their job & Terry set about doing his boat & engine checks, then we went up to the lovely bure at the top of the walkway & relaxed until the workers came back.

The trip back was a different story, it took us under 2 hrs, some times it felt as if we were nearly flying!

Rain & More Rain

Over the last few weeks we have had a awful lot of rain, unfortunately this week even more heaver rainfall was experienced, causing a few land slips.

Most of the slips happened just at dawn so people were able to see it happening.

Fortunately for one family they were able to get out of their house, before it started to slide, a huge portion of the hillside at the back of the house came down & pushed the house off it's foundations.

We are still waiting on the repair on our alternator to be done, this has already taken 3 weeks +, now the part can't be found in Fiji so have to send overseas for one, guess there has to be a down side to living in the place called "Hidden Paradise"?

We have had a few hours of sunshine today so with any luck the ground will start to dry out, good weather for the garden though.

Dawn Princess Visits Savusavu Again

It looked like Dawn Princess's visit to Savusavu today was going to be a wet one.

It had rained off & on yesterday & we had very heavy showers most of the night.

As I loaded the car with flowers to decorate the Copra Shed Marina this morning, where the passengers would be disembarking, another heavy rain shower passed through.

Fortunately by the time the first load of passengers arrived at the dock the sun was out, & it turned out to be a lovely day after all, with the rain holding off for the whole day.

This afternoon there were a lot of happy passengers at the Yacht Club, listening to the band & enjoying a nice cold drink.

Savusavu

The weather in Savusavu has been lovely over the last week or so, hot sunny days & beautiful calm seas.

We haven't been out to sea lately, have been working on the property, trimming trees & plants. in case we get a cyclone early.

We lost so many banana & coconut trees in the last cyclone, so taking precautions.

I did manage to find a couple of fishing photos I had forgotten to put up.

Daylight savings started a couple of weeks ago, the body & mind is still trying to catch up on the hour we lost.

So now we are a hour ahead of normal time, making us the same time as New Zealand .