March 2008 Archives

"...If there is a tropical paradise in the South Pacific it is the northern Yasawa in Fidji. It is the combination of fantastic diving and extremely nice beaches that makes northern Yasawa unique. The beaches are the nicest we have seen so far during our round the world voyage and you can be completely alone there (se picture). Our stay in northern Yasawa is now coming to an end. The last days we have spent in the Yasawa Island Resort - the only resort on northern Yawasa. This is the first time in 15 months that we have slept on land! The resort is very nice with 100 staaf looking after a maximum of 40 guests! We will always remember this resort as one of the best we have ever been to - and we have been to quiet a few. It is the untouched secluded beaches that makes the resort so unique. On Thursday October 4 we leave Yasawa and start moving towards New Zeeland. Before we leave Fiji we have to clear out from the country and we also have to wait for the right weatherforecast. It is 1200 nm southerly course to New Zealand and the waters are pretty wild. It will take us one week. We expect to leave Fiji waters round Arnes birthday
on October 10..."

This is an excerpt from Yaghan blog...round world sailors, husband and wife, who started their voyage from Sweden 2006.

"Yaghan is a Hallberg-Rassy 62 built in 2003. She sails round the world via Antarctica 2006-2009. This blog comments on the circumnavigation as it proceeds. The comments are i English and Swedish. Yahgan departed from Stockholm, Sweden on June 1 2006 and is expected to return home again on July 28 2009. The total voyage is 44.000 nautical miles."