{"id":41007,"date":"2016-10-10T07:45:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=41007"},"modified":"2016-10-10T11:24:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T16:24:29","slug":"fiji-a-great-cruising-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/fiji-a-great-cruising-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji &#8211; A Great Cruising Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-100.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-100.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 100\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Cochise\u2019s<\/em> all too short visit to Fiji has come to an end. It is time to head over the horizon.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-101.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-1012.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 101\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just as we\u2019ve gotten into the cruising routine, it is time to move on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-102.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-102.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 102\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whether it is the lovely sunrises and sunsets&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-103.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-103.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 103\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;or the pleasant and good natured local inhabitants, the island nation of Fiji is a special place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-104.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-104.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 104\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is difficult to put into words how much we have enjoyed our brief stay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-100-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-100-2.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 100 2\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rather, we will let a few photographs speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-106.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-106.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 106\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Cochise<\/em> is secured and heading\u00a0offshore. Her fuel tanks are filled. Storm covers are fitted to the hatches. Fridge and freezers are loaded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-107.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-107.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 107\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And while we will miss Fiji, we are excited to poke our nose outside the reef, towards French Polynesia, and see what a 2000NM passage against the trades brings us. This next phase may\u00a0test both\u00a0<em>Cochise<\/em>\u00a0and the crew.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-108.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-108.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 108\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then again, maybe it won&#8217;t. It&#8217;s all a question of seagoing comfort. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-109.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-109.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 109\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-110.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-110.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 110\" width=\"1100\" height=\"776\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-111.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-111.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 111\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-112.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-112.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 112\" width=\"1100\" height=\"743\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-113.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-113.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 113\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-114.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-114.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 114\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-115.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-115.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 115\" width=\"1100\" height=\"546\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-116.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-116.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 116\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-118.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-118.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 118\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-117.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-117.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 117\" width=\"1100\" height=\"954\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-119.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-119.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 119\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-120.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-1201.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 120\" width=\"1100\" height=\"565\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-121.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-121.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 121\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-122.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-122.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 122\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-123.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-123.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 123\" width=\"1100\" height=\"825\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-124.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-124.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 124\" width=\"1100\" height=\"734\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-125.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-125.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 125\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-126.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-126.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 126\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"FPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-127.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IFPB-781-Cochise-Fiji-1271.jpg\" alt=\"FPB 781 Cochise Fiji 127\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cochise\u2019s all too short visit to Fiji has come to an end. It is time to head over the horizon.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,180,248],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dashew-blog","category-fpb-78","category-logs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41007"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41027,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41007\/revisions\/41027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}