Month: October 2013

October 14, 2013 near Savusavu, Fiji

This was at a small reef called Split Rock (or sometimes Point Rock) near the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort not far from Savusavu, Fiji. I think the fish might be used to handouts. What do you think?

Split Rock location (waypoint): 16 degrees, 48.431 minutes south and 179 degrees, 17.468 minutes east.

We actually went here to try out our new outboard motor(long story to follow someday). We motored the four miles from our slip in Savusavu – a long trip at 4 knots! It was worth it. So much in fact, that we did it two days in a row.

The Short version of our outboard saga: our Torqeedo electric outboard is dead. Our new Suzuki 2.5HP 4-stroke gas outboard is really nice (and will be even nicer once the parts broken in shipping from New Zealand are replaced)! -Rich

October 7, 2013 in Savusavu, Fiji

Newsflash… It rains in Fiji! I guess that accounts for all the incredibly lush, green vegetation, ya think?

Actually, it was supposed to be raining a whole lot more right now than it is. The gribs show a big, black splotch that should be rain but all we’re really getting is a light drizzle.

This splotch is in this area a lot – here or just north of us. It’s formed when two different air masses collide and is called the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ). Good thing we like the rain. -Rich

October 4, 2013 in Savusavu, Fiji

Sometimes the vegetarian pizza from the place across the street is just cheese with a few pieces of pineapple. Sometimes it has every vegetable imaginable. Sometimes it even has some kind of worcestershire/barbeque sauce like tonight. The only consistent thing is its inconsistency… that and it always tastes great!

Lest you forget where we are because of all of Cyndi’s New Zealand posts, here’s last night’s sunset at the Marina here in Savusavu, Fiji. We’re having a wonderful time just kicking back, doing a little boat work, waiting for a new outboard motor, reading and relaxing.

-Rich