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We had another very early start this morning to watch, what turned out to be the final race, of the America's cup. Congratulations to Team New Zealand for a well deserved win.

Then it was time to weigh anchor and set sail for the southern Yasawa Islands. What was supposed to be a five hour trip turned into a very long day of sailing, motor-sailing and motoring.

Having made our way through the pass between Kuata Island and Wayasewa Island, where we saw the most unusual rock formations on Kuata Island, we were looking forward to dropping the hook in Yalobi Bay, on the southern side of Waya Island. We had, however, no sooner cleared the pass when the wind shifted to the south, southwest and created a nasty chop that was going straight into the anchorage. So, Plan B - Head to the northern side of the island along the western route.

After attempting to follow previous tracks through the reefs and bouncing around in the stro ng winds and chop, we decided on Plan C instead - Go back through the pass and around the eastern side of the island. A much better idea! With a clear, deep, reef free route, we arrived in Nalauwaki Bay late this afternoon, plus we got to enjoy some amazing scenery that reminded us somewhat of Moorea Island and Boro Boro island in French Polynesia. The vegetation was also very unusual, in that it looked like grass growing on the mountain side, but it was, in fact, very dense forest.

Given the lateness of the hour and since it was low tide when we arrived, we had no way of getting ashore, so we'll do our "waka" presentation tomorrow morning for the possible "sevusevu" ceremony that will officially welcome us to the Fijian village. We're hoping they aren't annoyed with us for postponing the delivery of our gift. We did try to hail a passing boat to explain, but when Roy tried to wave them over, the father just waved back at him. When Roy continued to wave, the entire family started waving back at him and simply motored on by. Guess they're not too concerned about our presence then!

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