Fiji Yachting Association

It’s fantastic to see clubs working together to grow sailing across Fiji 👏⛵

A huge vinaka to RSYC Junior Sailing Program - The Suva Scallywags, Savusavu Junior Sailors, Royal Akarana Yacht Club & Sophia Morgan and all of the coaches and volunteers making this coaching clinic possible.

Opportunities like these help build skills, confidence and connections for our sailors while strengthening our sailing community nationwide. Collaboration like this is exactly how we continue to grow the sport.

We hope everyone in Savusavu has an amazing week on and off the water.

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Volunteers are the heart of sport ❤️

Clubs and communities simply wouldn’t exist without the people who give their time, energy and passion to support others.

To every volunteer & supporter, vinaka!

TONIGHT SUVA!! Join us for the final public screening of the Ocean Film Festival World Tour FIJI at the Royal Suva Yacht Club this evening.

Come and experience an inspiring collection of films celebrating our oceans, the people who depend on them and the adventures that connect us to the sea.

This event is more than just a film night. Every ticket helps support Fiji’s ocean sporting federations and their ongoing work to keep sport, health, youth development, water safety and a love of the ocean at the forefront of our communities.

Whether you sail, paddle, surf, dive, fish, or simply love the ocean, this is your chance to be part of something bigger.

Royal Suva Yacht Club
Tonight
Doors open from 5:30pm

Bring your friends, bring your family and help us celebrate the ocean that connects us all.

Together we can inspire the next generation to get on the water, stay active, and become champions for our blue planet.

See you tonight! 🌏💙

Our sailing federation extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends and many communities touched by the life of Ratu Manoa Rasigatale.

A respected cultural leader, storyteller and guardian of Pacific knowledge, Ratu Manoa dedicated his life to preserving and sharing the heritage, traditions and wisdom of Fiji. His contribution to our maritime and cultural identity will continue to inspire generations to come.

Fair winds and following seas, Ratu Manoa. Thank you for the stories, the wisdom and stewardship - for Fiji and the Pacific.

Rest in love and peace 🕊️

There are some people whose passing leaves a silence far greater than words can describe.

We mourn not only the loss of Ratu Manoa Rasigatale, but the loss of a living library, a master storyteller, a guardian of culture, and a man who dedicated his life to ensuring that our people never forgot who we are.

In a world that moves ever faster away from its roots, Ratu Manoa stood firmly as a bridge between generations. He carried the stories of our ancestors, protected the wisdom of our elders, and shared the history of our people with a passion that inspired countless Fijians to reconnect with their identity. He understood that culture was not simply something to be remembered, but something to be lived, nurtured, and passed on. To many he was a teacher, a mentor, and a friend, but to all of us he was a custodian of something sacred, a keeper of knowledge and wisdom entrusted to him for the benefit of future generations.

The Uto Ni Yalo family owes a special debt of gratitude to Ratu Manoa. Long before Mama Uto sailed her first nautical mile, before she became a symbol of hope, cultural revival, environmental stewardship, and Pacific resilience, it was Ratu Manoa who gifted her the name she would carry across the ocean: Uto Ni Yalo, the Spirit of the Heart. Few could have imagined just how fitting that name would become.

For more than seventeen years, that name has travelled across the Pacific, carrying aid to communities in times of disaster, inspiring young people, reconnecting countless individuals with their culture, and reminding us all that the ocean does not separate us, it connects us. Every voyage she has undertaken, every lesson learned aboard her decks, every community she has visited, and every young person whose life has been touched through her journey carries a piece of the legacy that Ratu Manoa helped create.

Names are powerful because they carry meaning, purpose, and responsibility. Through the name he bestowed upon her, Ratu Manoa became forever woven into the story of Uto Ni Yalo. His contribution was not simply the naming of a vessel; it was the gifting of an identity that would come to embody the values, aspirations, and spirit of an entire movement dedicated to culture, education, service, and connection across our Moana.

As we reflect on his life, it is impossible not to acknowledge the impact he had on Fiji. Generations have grown up hearing his voice, learning from his knowledge, and benefiting from his tireless efforts to preserve the traditions, stories, and values that define us as iTaukei and as Pacific people. People like Ratu Manoa do not come around often. They are the keepers of memory, the protectors of identity, and the navigators who help a nation remember where it came from so that it never loses sight of where it is going.

He has now joined the stars that will help navigate our future, and his work remains all around us. It lives in our language, our traditions, our ceremonies, our stories, our children, and our communities. It lives in every effort to preserve and celebrate our culture, and for those of us who have had the privilege of sailing aboard Mama Uto, it lives every time her sails are raised to the wind and she sets course across the ocean he loved so deeply.

Moce mada Ratu Manoa.

Thank you for the stories, the wisdom, and your unwavering service to Fiji. Thank you for dedicating your life to preserving the heritage of our people, and thank you for giving our beloved Mama Uto the name she proudly carries across the Pacific today.

May the winds be fair, the seas calm, and the ancestors welcome you home. Though your voyage has come to its end, your legacy will continue to sail with us forever.

Photo Credit: Zoomfiji. Thank you for capturing this image of Ratu Manoa Rasigatale.