Last Updated on September 6, 2019 by Amy April 30, 2017 – Seattle, Washington This is the presentation we gave at my Grandma’s retirement community in Bellevue, WA on April 30, 2017, covering the first half of our sailing circumnavigation. We cover a lot of topics from how we got started and the basics of…
Last Updated on January 18, 2020 by Amy With our departure from Fiji this week, we conclude four and a half months sailing Fiji over two seasons. Our first visit was in 2016 for six weeks, where we hung out in Savusavu, one of my favorite cruising ports in the South Pacific, did some…
Last Updated on November 28, 2019 by Amy The furthest north our adventure took us was to an area of Fiji called Blue Lagoon. There are several islands here; Nunaya Levu, Nanuya Lailai, and Nacula Island. These islands are all in the Yasawa Group of Fiji, an island chain on the northwestern side. Nanuya Levu…
Last Updated on November 28, 2019 by Amy Manta Ray Resort was one of my favorite stops in Fiji. We visited twice, and each time found the grounds beautiful and the staff very friendly. We visited while cruising Fiji on our sailing catamaran, Starry Horizons.  The first time we came, we had David’s brother, Thomas,…
Last Updated on November 18, 2019 by Amy Getting to and from Fulaga is challenging. There is a supply ship that comes on a (somewhat) regular basis, but it makes stops along the way. Tui, our guide in Fulaga, told us it took him 5 days to get to Suva via the supply ship. The…
Last Updated on December 30, 2021 by Amy Fulaga (pronounced Fulanga) is an island on the very southeast section of Fiji. It is the most remote inhabited island we’ve been to. There is no airport, no ferries operate to the mainland, and while there is a supply ship, it’s irregular at best. Nevertheless, the villagers of…
Last Updated on December 30, 2021 by Amy While Fiji has a pretty extreme number of tourists every year (700,000 tourists a year, with a population of just 900,000), most tourists flock to the western side of Fiji. We are getting to explore the east side, a rarely-seen and hard-to-get-to area. It’s much easier to…
Last Updated on September 13, 2023 by Amy One of our favorite pieces of gear aboard Starry Horizons is our marriage saver headsets. These Bluetooth headsets are easily the best way to communicate with each other while on our boat. Why Do You Need Marriage Savers? David and I are anchored in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia…