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We had gone through the Wallis passage on a slack tide with three other boats: <I>Fourstar</I> and <I>Tai Mo Shan</I> from NZ, and <I>C Star</I> from Australia. Due to the fact there were 2 sea stars in the fleet we became Maple Syrup for the passage. Light winds, starlit nights and then motoring for the last 20 hours.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ad50c80.jpg" border=0 width="592" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Savu Savu</div> <bR> <div> After a pleasant week in Savu Savu we said goodbye to the <I>Fourstar</I>  crew (they were heading to the US for a visit) , shopped at the market, then  headed off with <I>Tai Mo Shan,</I> <I>Aotea</I> and <I>C Star </I>for Lautoka<I>  .</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0af50bc0.jpg" border=0 width="592" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Family at the market</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b336bc0.jpg" border=0 width="566" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Anchorage at Naigani Island</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0bf4dbc0.jpg" border=0 width="333" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Emma at the spreaders</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b99dbc0.jpg" border=0 width="413" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  C Star from Australia</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b750620.jpg" border=0 width="592" height="354" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Sundowners </div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b550bc0.jpg" border=0 width="592" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Light winds, Aotea in background</div> <bR> <div> At the end of September we used the travel-lift at  Vuda Point Marina to haul out <I>Sea Star</I> to repair the saildrive. Incredibly, thanks to Matt on <I>C Star</I>, we were back in the water by the next day and headed out for a week exploring the Yasawas. We returned to Vuda  to provision, buy new water pump seals and fuel up for the the trip to Tanna. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c621250.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="293" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> hauling out at Vuda Point</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d4e96f0.jpg" border=0 width="489" height="367" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  northern Yasawas</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d2c1570.jpg" border=0 width="449" height="343" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Anchored off Malaki village</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ca50520.jpg" border=0 width="592" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> View of Malakati </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d950810.jpg" border=0 width="592" height="385" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Kava ceremony</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>