an action research experiment

August, 2011

Jo preparing lovo at Lawaki, Beqa

Jo preparing lovo at Lawaki, Beqa

2011 Hibiscus Crew Commentary

Bula! We’re Manu and Monica, two fresh-faced would-be sailors who just might love the land too much, and part of this year’s Kiwi contingent in Solodamu. We crewed on Hibiscus III on and off for a month since she set sail from Opua, NZ at the end of May. Manu and maimai 2011Manu and maimai 2011The voyage up was a bit of a bumpy bash to windward, but at least all the sailing since then has seemed cruisey by contrast...Jo preparing lovo at Lawaki, BeqaJo preparing lovo at Lawaki, Beqa

Review of Drua Literature

Drua - Turnball Library collectionDrua - Turnball Library collectionBula. Over the past couple of months I've been undertaking a review of all the literature I can locate pertaining to drua and Fijian sailing culture. The results are attached at the bottom of 'The Story So Far" page as PDFs. One is a compendium of sources and the other is my summary of the current of knowledge on these "products of barbarian genius". Email me if you need these files in another format. The compendium is pretty dense but I thought it was worthwhile trying to get all the scattered sources into one place.

Large drua in hangar - Admiral Paris

Large drua in hangar - Admiral Paris

Camakau sailing - Admiral Paris

Camakau sailing - Admiral Paris

Thamakau sailing -Fiji

Thamakau sailing -Fiji

Matui's Drua - Lau

Matui's Drua - Lau

Drua - Turnball Library collection

Drua - Turnball Library collection

Drua

Drua

Camakau sailing Suva 2010

Camakau sailing Suva 2010