Preparing for offshore sailing
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Equatorial sailing. Gili Air to Batam…
The landscape in Eastern Indonesia has consisted of dry brown islands and clear blue skies. Then it changed as we neared the equator to lush jungle covered islands and massive puffy cumulus clouds that tend to drop their load in… Continue reading
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Passage-making, food and sea-sickness…
With any luck (but actually through good planning), by the time this blog post goes live next Monday, we will have made landfall in Kupang. I hope to be sitting on solid land enjoying a Bintang. Here is an insight… Continue reading
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Next stop Indonesia, and a visit to Humpty Doo…
Our time in Darwin is coming to an end, and the preparations are now underway for the passage to Indonesia. We’ve been reading our cruising guide and planning the route. The courtesy flags for Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka… Continue reading
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Darwin: a remote little city.
Darwin is a city that has been completely rebuilt twice. Once after the bombing of Darwin after WWII, and again after the devastating Cyclone Tracy struck on Christmas Day 1975. It’s hot, windy, and dusty at this time of the… Continue reading
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Thursday Island – Torres Strait
Torres Strait is a place you’re unlikely to visit unless you’re on a sailing boat, working for an airline or for a government department. Thursday Island (or TI as it is colloquially known) is the administrative hub for the Torres… Continue reading