12 – 15 August 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, When we left Komodo, we had a nice sail across the channel to Palau Sumbawa Island. As we arrived we caught up to an old guy named Don from North Carolina. He\’s an expat whose been living on his boat based out of Bali for the …
07-11 August 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, The wind on the north side of the Indonesian Archipelago is very light for the most part. In between the islands, we feel the effects of the SE Trade Winds, but other than that, it\’s pretty light. Motoring is more common than sailing. We stopped at the island …
03 – 06 August 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We left Kupang mid morning and motored up the Timor coast to anchor over night. This would break the trip up into two manageable day trips rather than having to sail north across the Sulu Sea all night in the shipping lanes. We found a small …
August 1-3, 2012, Eastern Hemisphere Dear F&F, We arrived at Kupang in the middle of the night and after adjusting our watches to the new time zone, were able to get a good nights sleep. The next day was quite the experience as checking into Indonesia is quite complex. The main reason I chose to …
28 – 31 July 2012, Eastern Hemisphere Dear F&F, We left our anchorage for the busy starting area about an hour before the event was to begin. Several boats had left hours earlier or the day before to insure their arrival with \”the fleet\”. There were about 110 boats in the starting area and it …