• Initial Take on Tropical Cyclone Winston

    On Saturday, February 20, 2016, Tropical Cyclone Winston roared over Fiji.  By the time it made landfall, it was a killer Category 5 storm, the worst one to have ever hit Fiji [...]

    2016
  • Passage to Fiji

    It can truthfully be said that many blue water cruisers do not like ocean passages.  The First Mate ranks with that crowd.   In fact, she immensely does not lik [...]

    2016