September 27th: Had a sleep in as it is only 12 miles to Badas, on the island of Sumbawa. Departed at 7:30am and had a nice cruise, not too much wind. We checked out the Harbour first but not a lot of room to anchor and it was a very industrial, commercial area so we …
September 26th: did a few chores Robbie went and spoke to the Hotel boat staff as they had a lot of boats all with Yamaha outboards and we are having a problem with the rev counter – it has stopped working and the engine has stopped charging the battery. Robbie had pulled it apart and …
Ridge walk and snorkel Read More »
September 25th: Another restless night for me and I heard a voice shouting so got up. Oda had drifted and were trying to re-anchor. They were quite close to us at this stage. I woke Robbie and he got the huge spotlight going. This light has a range of about 500 metres, a long way …
Oda drifting in the night, engine trouble and missing Bananas Read More »
September 23rd: Departed Ambalawi at 6:30am and arrived into Kilo at 1.45pm. Still on the island of Sumbawa. It was a lovely village and we put the duck in and went in. There was not as much rubbish in the water or on the ground as previous villages which was very pleasant. We were greeted …
Kilo a house visit Read More »
September 24th: Can’t believe another month is nearly over. We have owned Southern Star for over a year now, wow that time has just flown by. We lifted anchor at 6:30am and headed out. It was quite glassy in the bay but the wind picked up as we left the protection of the bay and …
September 22nd: Departed at 6.15am for Sumbawa Island, still heading West young man! We had to navigate through the narrow channel between Komodo Island and the smaller island. Peter and Heidi had left just before us and were already half way through by the time we got there. Lucky for us one of the local …
Volcano, Barracuda, flying squid and anchor alarm Read More »
Machine guns! September 21st: Departed Pink Beach on the Southern side of Komodo Island at 6:30am for a short hop around to the Northern side. We checked out a few anchorages none of which were suitable and Oda decided to anchor on the Western side of the island Gili Lawa Laut which was a stunning …
September 20th: Went for a snorkel before 7am this morning with Peter and Heidi, we were the first boats there this morning, but a local tourist boat arrived soon after. Best snorkel ever, we saw loads of colourful fish, and 3 turtles. Robbie even patted one, it was quite tame. Back to the boat for …
Another snake in the duck! Read More »
September 19th: Woke up to another beautiful day, the water was flat calm without a ripple, there were none of the local dive boats at Pink Beach so we called out to Heidi to go for a snorkel, and I radioed Per & Elizabeth and woke them up to come too. We picked up Peter …
There is a snake in the duck! Read More »
September 18th: We had a real lazy morning, after our big day yesterday and all our muscles and bones were a bit sore after the climb. The downside to living on a boat is that we do not exercise as much as we do normally. We stayed in bed until 9:00am, shock – horror that’s …
There’s a floater! Read More »