Bula Fiji!
by World Cruising on 5 Jul 2016
Fiji World Cruising Club
The World ARC fleet is now reassembling after the three weeks cruising period in Fiji; the rendezvous in Musket Cove starts the sixth of July with a welcome drink and a BBQ in front of the beach, then the Fijian Feast the seventh and the Skipper Briefing the eighth.
The start of the Leg from Musket Cove to Port Resolution is planned for the July Ninth at 1000 local time.
Musket Cove is a beautiful resort on the Island of Malolo LaiLai, part of the Mamanuca group and is especially welcoming to visiting yachts. There is a wonderful clear water anchorage over white sands, a small marina, then shops and restaurant on the beach, and it’s an ideal place for the fleet to meet up after several weeks of free cruising and all the crews will appreciate being on the dock or the moorings, close to one another.
The World ARC fleet cleared into the Northern Lau Group in Fiji in Vanua Balavu around the 15th of June
World Cruising Club obtained special permission for the fleet as normally visiting yachts to Fiji are required to clear into the ports Suva or Savu Savu from which the Lau Group are a difficult sail back to windward.
By clearing directly into the Lau Group this beautiful and remote islands have been available for the fleet to explore since the beginning.
The participants really enjoyed cruising in Fiji the weather was excellent and the Fijian people very friendly and generous.
One of the top destinations was the Blue Lagoon followed by Champagne Bay both in Yasawa Group; another popular spot was Manta Ray Pass, the Mantas come to feed there and are a great snorkeling and diving spectacle.
Yachts are now getting ready to sail to Port Resolution on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. Port Resolution was recently devastated by Cyclone Pam and many yachts in the fleet are carrying lots of equipment, stores and supplies they are very generously donating to communities of Port Resolution and the Port Resolution Yacht Club.
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