E38 – LATALOLA BESAR TO KAIWATU
The anchor is dragging! As is often the case, I slept with one eye open and noticed the change in Starlight’s motion during the night. By the time I had figured out there was an issue and was on deck, we had already dragged completely off the narrow shelf...
E36 – NAMTABUNG TO LATALOLA BESAR
Glass out conditions. We hauled up the anchor from 20m at Namtabung and headed west in a flat calm sea into the incredibly deep waters typical of eastern Indonesia where depths often reach the hundreds and even thousands of meters not far from shore. Out into open water, we...
E35 – SAUMLAKI TO NAMTABUNG
Checking In at Saumlaki… We found the process at Saumlaki confusing as our agent had failed to show and without internet, we were unable to reach him. Checking in shouldn’t normally be delayed by more than 24 hours, so we took it upon ourselves to check in and went...
E34 – DARWIN TO INDONESIA (PT 2/2)
Arriving in Saumlaki, Indonesia… The second part of the crossing from Darwin to Saumlaki, Indonesia saw our Raymarine main GPS chart plotter fail to lock our GPS position even with it’s own internal GPS. So, I ended up using our backup tablet with Navionics installed. This works OK, but...
E33 – DARWIN TO INDONESIA (PT 1/2)
Departing Australia… We cleared out of Cullen Bay Marina in Darwin with the Australian Border Force who we’re very friendly and had us on our way with no problems at all. Cullen Bay Marina utilizes a lock to enter and leave the marina due to the huge 9m tides...