The Mosi situation is also a worry due to as soon as the cruisers leave and the people that decide to stay for cyclone season the mosi spraying stops as many can attest to the backed up toilets when they have their frequent water problems.

I hear someone has written about their bad experices with baobab Marine, I’d love to see it if any of you have read it.

I watched Vuda grow over the last 13 years I have been here and it has just become a ticket for a few greedy white guys “businessmen” to take most for a ride thinking they are entitled to rip you off as there will be others that don’t get the word. It may be ok for people paying the likes of Directors in Florida, but I have seen brand newly painted boats that hole for the season get their bristol topsides peppered by the staff and their weed wakkers and the reaction from the owner Tony Philips was “that happened on your way up from NZ, not here. I was there when the boat was put in the hole and it was in mint condition. Poor flash girl had to be resprayed and paid for by the owner. As far as leaving the boat in the water, If you are there it may be ok but no less than 5 boats have mesteriously almost sunk on the mooring since Baobab set up shop there. And before that a bunch of boats got things stolen off of which never was exposed as the police don’t do much for the cruisers here. They investigate, but the getting a connvition could take years. I personally am waiting for a sinking of my boat while in Vuda over 5 years ago and the company has pretty much had to let it go to court as if they admmitted guilt they would have to pay the $45,000 damage cause their insurance company would not pay for it.

Thankfully there are more up coming marinas so you’ll have more choises and don’t have to get totally raped.

Regarding having work done on your boat in Fiji: You could try Denarau. Based on the Fiji guide to marine facilities, it sounds like a pretty place to get work done on your boat, but you will be very disappointed. Vuda Point is pretty much your only choice. Baobab Marine operates in the boat yard there, and can do an amazing array of jobs. I’ve had a lot of very good work done there and can recommend them. You need enough experience to be your own “project manager” so that you can manage the job to your schedule and quality standards.