We opted to do an overnight trip and there was a full moon smiling at us all night, lighting the way through the tight and slightly scary Beqa strait. Sunrise was glorious with pink clouds over the Fijian mainland, the moon bowing at the sun's entry.
Seeing rows of crashing surf on either side of us at the entrance was sobering, and progress was slow against the strong current, until Rob found a more favourable tide stream and then it was fairly easy to get in… now we were in sailing paradise, if only that wind on our nose would stop! We stopped at Momi Bay to sleep for the night.
We reached Lautoka the next day, after a long sail with head winds but struck it lucky, despite it being a Saturday, when the boss of customs just happened to drop in to his office and he processed our clearance, for a weekend charge, then drove us into to town to the market! Sabine was smiling to have an extra day up her sleeve at the resorts!
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