Passage from Darwin (Tuesday, July 30) to Kupang, Indonesia (Sail Indonesia Rally)
Day 1 (July 30) - Although
Dennis was still in pain, we finally took off in very light wind and calm
seas. How lucky we were to have single
hander Jim Pearson along for the ride!
Had chicken, rice and veggies for dinner.
Day 2 (July 31) – No wind, no
fish! Motor sailed all day. Clear skies, about 90 degrees Fahrenheit,
water about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Read
and checked in with radio nets. Brilliant
night skies lit ups with stars, the southern cross, milky way and other
galaxies. Same dinner entrée as day one.
Day 3 (August 1) – More of the
same from Day 2 except that we caught a lovely Wahoo. Passed wells and oil platforms along the way
– joint Australian and Indonesian project.
Chicken salad for lunch and Wahoo with zucchini, tomato, mushroom and
onion sauce for dinner.
We got buzzed by Australian
customs for the last time! So strange to
be leaving a very western world. About 150 miles from Indonesia, we saw a
fleet of Indonesian fishing boats – all old wooden boats painted red and green
with an oriental look about them.
Other boats underway with us
were Solstice (Southern California, USA),
Nahani (Vancouver, Canada),
Libertad (Santa Barbara, CA,
USA) and Galatea (Menlo
Park, CA, USA)
– most of the other rally boats had arrived by Wednesday.
Day 4 (August 2) – Still no
wind! We slowed down before entering the
channel to Kupang – too many fishing boats and nets to make this final leg of
our passage and arrived at Kupang on Saturday morning, August 3rd.
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