The waterway in front of Savusavu is a very active place with the widest range of  vessel valuation we’ve ever seen. The upper end is occupied by a float plane that ferries people to remote locations on steamy mornings.

 

Then there is a large fleet of racing dinghies operated by a 20-year-old sail club for lucky local kids.

 

Other youngsters have just as much fun paddling their skiff around.

The weird category is dominated by this three masted floatel that takes adventuresome tourists on week long excursions when its not careened on the beach to have the steel on its shell replaced.

The low end of marine insurables are the nearly free bamboo rafts that bob around the bay loaded with fishermen.

Sometimes you pole them, sometimes, you paddle them, sometimes you  swim them.

We feel right at home among a people who will assemble anything that floats to get across the bayou. 

Yachties are the farthest ranging and even the little ones will give you the high points from the latest copy of Ocean Voyager.