With deference to Credence Clearwater Revival.
We sailed back to Savusavu from Dolfin Bay yesterday. I had experienced anchoring problems while at Dolfin Bay and got to go SCUBA dving FOUR MORE TIMES, unfortunately all of the dives were spent clearing the anchor problems. Yes, the problem got solved, but not without two very anxious nights in very shallow water with strong on-shore winds.
I loved Dolfin Bay. But as must be true with every paradise, Dolfin Bay had its own snake. In this case it had to do with a fairly poor anchorage compounded with a strong prevailing on-shore breeze.
The sail back to Savusavu started out slowly and quickly built into a pretty fast and furious ride. I was sailing only with my jib and still managed to see 11.4 knots on my GPS at one time. To the uninitiated, that speed, with the size and weight of Torrid, coupled with the fact that only one sail was up is impressive-----sometimes scary. Fortunately the wind ebbed a little and we were able to run down-wind all the way to Savusavu Bay.
A dinner guest came aboard about 4 pm in the form of a 20# Mahimahi. YUM!
Sorry, no pictures as things were pretty knarly for most of the trip.
I hope to leave to head towards Suva by Friday.
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