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Saturday September 4, We made it! Confined to the boat, maybe for the duration while we are here. The country may reopen September 7, but then we’ll need 8 days of quarantine and 2 COVID PCR test $$ before we can go ashore. The plan is to depart around September 10. Our timeline is centeredContinue reading “Indonesia”

Tuesday August 31-Day 29, today we parted ways with s/v Ohana. They need to stay in Indonesia till the end of September as they are waiting for medication for their daughter to arrive. It was a pleasure getting to know them, hopefully we’ll meet up again in South Africa. Departed our anchorage by 11:00am headingContinue reading “Week 5 – Journey to Indonesia”

Tuesday August 24-Day 22, Total nautical miles traveled 2783, 128 nautical miles traveled in the past 24 hours. Wednesday August 25-Day 23, Happy 42nd Anniversary Dan❤️! Total nautical miles traveled 2931, 148 nautical miles traveled in the past 24 hours. Another Australian Border Force flyby this morning. Crossed into the Timor Sea in the afternoon.Continue reading “Week 4 – Journey to Indonesia”

Tuesday August 17-Day 15, Total nautical miles traveled 2091, 48 nautical miles traveled in the past 24 hours. 7 am, partial fog and little sun, barely being able to see the reef. The anchor came up cleanly then the wind gently pushed us backwards safely away from the edge of the reef. A trip lineContinue reading “Week 3 Journey to Indonesia”

Tuesday August 10-Day 8, Happy Birthday Rachael! Total nautical miles traveled 1013, 177 nautical miles traveled in the past 24 hours. Waves don’t look as big in photos. Don’t you wish sometimes the camera could sees the view your eyes see? Wednesday August 11-Day 9, Total nautical miles traveled 1189, 176 nautical miles traveled inContinue reading “Week 2 – Journey to Indonesia”

Tuesday August 3-Day 1, Happy Birthday Max! We departed Denarau at 10:30am along with s/v Ohana, US flagged vessel from in Argentina, a catamaran with 5 adults and 6 kids onboard, for Lombok Indonesia. Hopefully we will be together with them for countries west, too. Oh my the stars, the Milky Way, the Southern Cross!Continue reading “Week 1 – Journey to Indonesia”

Sunday July 25, we forgot it was Sunday again, no pancakes. Late morning we flew the drone, the reef was spectacular. After lunch we took the dinghy out to the sandbar, at low tide it’s quite visible. It’s a popular place to hang on the soft sandy beach. Musket Cove has more of party beachContinue reading “Fiji Week 12+”

Sunday July 18, pancakes for breakfast! The drone was flown this morning, launched from Trance. The beautiful Bay of Islands on Vanau Balavu. Another ride around on the dinghy at low tide. Late morning, s/v Coral Trekker departed and s/v Estran arrived, Oscar, Philippine and their three children from Belgium. They are also part ofContinue reading “Fiji Week 11”

Sunday July 11, blueberry pancakes for breakfast. It was the last of dehydrated blueberries. Flew the drone this morning at high tide. Dan went snorkeling at the northern pass with boats s/v Indego2 and s/v Enola. The water is cold here, too cold for me. Later we borrowed s/v Enola’s kayaks. We also saw KateContinue reading “Fiji Week 10”

Sunday July 4, 🇺🇸 Andy (from the UK) on Venture Lady said it best this morning on the “net”, “Happy 4th of July, the original Brexit”. *Sourdough Notes* Baked a Belle, I was a bit concerned as the Levain took 24 hours to rise, normally it’s 6-12 hours, and the consistency was different than usual.Continue reading “Fiji Week 9”