E47 – CIENDAH BAY TO LINGEH
Leaving Ciendah Bay.
With the epoxy on the engine appearing to be a good, solid seal, it’s time to get moving again from Ciendah Bay. Obviously there is more issues and they are likely inside the heat exchanger, but as the engine is not overheating and the raw water leak is no longer falling into the bilge, I’m feeling fairly confident and keen to get going.
We managed to motor sail just a little bit early in the day with a light breeze, but it dropped away leaving the sails just hanging limp. I decided to leave them up as at least they were providing some shade and they certainly weren’t doing any damage to themselves…boy, was it hot! Later, I caught another light breeze and turned the motor off and was able to make about 3kts in a light 6kt breeze.
We chose Damo Bay as our overnight anchorage. I was a bit apprehensive as we wound our way down through the narrow channel into the anchorage, but it opened out as promised into a small, perfectly calm basin. This is definitely an all weather anchorage! Here I refilled the main tank which carries about 210 liters and that left us 15 liters left in our jerries. I planned to refuel at Bajo, Komodo.
Departing Damo Bay, I had Tan on watch up forward as the channel was tight in places and I didn’t fully trust our Navionics. I also ran the tablet with Google Earth so I could cross reference, but it turned out all was correct in the charts and we needn’t have worried.
Finding a small breeze outside, we set the sails again and sailed slowly west.
Arriving at Lingeh, a large sandy bay, we anchored as close as the depth allowed and immediately had a visitor from a local fishing canoe chasing some hooks. After we went ashore and made some friends on the beach including one young lady, who spoke excellent English she had learned from YouTube !
