FOOD POISONING ?

It has been a rough few days, and especially nights. I believe I've had a bout of food poisoning, bad chicken, I think.

Although I feel much better today, I've decided to stay on a liquid diet and fully flush out my system. Yuck!

On the upside, Almost all repairs on Torrid are complete as I near my departure for the Island chain of Vanuatu.

My wind gague needs repair. I think it was damaged during Cyclone Mick. My lightning rod also seems to have gone missing and must be replaced. I'm contemplating installation of a new, larger refrigeration unit for my ice box. It will be nice to have a completely reliable compressor.

I'm arranging to buy paper charts for Vanuatu and New Caledonia. My investigations of the yacht entry requirements and extremely high costs for travel to Australia have led my to the idea of giving "OZ" a pass. I'll probably sail to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea instead.

My only other "issue" is the return of my firearms from Customs/Police in Savusavu. It looks like I'll have to pay to have a police officer to fly from Savusavu to Nadi, round trip, at no small expense, in order to get my weapons to Lautoka.

Next week Ihope to sail out to nearby Beachcomber Resort as I'm getting quite bored sitting in Vuda.

Otherwise, no cyclones on the horizon and all is well.