23rd August: We went into town with Per & Elizabeth. (Peter & Heidi had gone on a tour to see the local mountain village.) Sonni – a lovely young local man who helps Raymond (the Sail2Indonesia agent) took us to “Resto Mama’s”, a local restaurant. It was quite lovely, sitting out over the water. Sonni …
August 18th: We woke at 7.15am and departed for Alor Island. (Diomedea, Soul Sacrifice, Kiwi Blue, Moonbeam and us) We actually slept in, we were supposed to be leaving at 7am. Elonnisa came around the corner of the island as we left. Actually had a bit of ship traffic this morning and had to negotiate …
August 8th: Upped anchor at 5.30am and it was full of yucky, sticky mud (and god knows what else) Brilliant holding but very hard to get off the anchor. Job for the next nice anchorage is to put out all the chain and clean out the anchor locker. Also the bum of the boat has …
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July 28th:We caught the 8:00am ferry over to Thursday Island where we cleared customs, posted our books for our tax returns to the accountant, picked up parts Paul and Tracy had sent for Stormvogel, and some grocery shopping. The fresh food hadn’t been put out by then so it was a very limited supply. Eggs …
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