After a week of TLC farewell Alegria and Hello Donetes. Catalan for Little Women, the name is a reminder of our wonderful girls, the times we have shared and will share in the future. They will travel with us.
Well there we were, boat refuelled, jerry cans filled and secured, boat loaded, even called Fremantle Sea Rescue to log our trip: Snug and comfortable in our newly enclosed cockpit we departed, having carefully consulted all of the weather forecasts. But sometimes the weather just does not behave. That north-westerly front built quickly, hitting us with 25 knots of take this and not only turned the prospect of our trip to Mindarie into an uncomfortable one, but the weather window for our subsequent two day trip to Geraldton slammed shut with a resounding thud.:-( Faced with the prospect of an uncomfortable 4 or 5 five days paying extra fees in Mindarie Marina, which is quite exposed in north-westerlies, we reviewed our options and reluctantly decided to return to Fremantle. On the bright side we have a few extra days to stow the boat contents and complete some of the tasks left outstanding. Weather opens up next week, so mother nature has shown us who is boss an
This post brings us up to date on the first phase of our amazing cruise so far. Apologies to those who have been relying on this blog to follow our progress. A combination of internet access and laptop charging issues have meant that blog posts have been not as current as we would have hoped. We have now fixed the charging issue so hopefully good internet access will allow us to keep this up to date when we restart our cruise in February. We also post regularly to my Facebook page so you can seek us out on Facebook. Sunset at Gili Gede taken from Donetes Donetes Cruise 2017 Indonesia Central - Eastern Portion Indonesia Central Western Portion Gili Lawang Anchorages Having departed Moyo Island at 6:20am and travelled 54 NM we arrived at Gili Lawang at 4pm. The light was fading and the heavy cloud coverage didn't help so we could not see the reef that circled our preferred anchorage. After several attempts and nearly striking the reef we headed across
When we posted our itinerary that showed we were visiting Kilo again we received this encouragement to stop and visit the english students. Who could resist? Medana Bay to Wakatobi Donetes under full sail departing Gili Lawang (photo courtesy of Stars End 2) Linda swimming in the cone of a volcano on Satonde Island in Sumbawa We departed Medana Bay in Lombok on 15 March, ignoring the warning about the 'Ides of March' except that we settled our debts before leaving. Donetes and Stars End 2 departing Gili Lawang Finding ourselves still at the tail end of the north west monsoons we had decided to head north east to Raja Ampat. Our position in Wakatobi on 12 April Our planned course from Wakatobi to Raja Ampat and return From Medana Bay our journey took us to: Gili Lawang (Lombok) 15 Mar 39 NM Badas Harbour (Sumbawa) 16 Mar 47 NM Kananga (Sumbawa) 18 Mar 37 NM Kilo (Sumbawa)
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