Monsoon rain-clouds are testing my resistance to water. Despite being an Aquarius, my skin has become wrinkled as a raisin. Belitung is getting closer. 115nm, more or less.
This is something new! A tanker parked in the middle of the Java sea. If I had seen it during the night, I would have thought that I’m dreaming, but there it was, under the bright sun. Or wasn’t it?
At last, the Java sea has changed its face and the long days of struggling against the current are behind me. I’m cruising with favorable current and wind and heading to Belitung island.
I have reached the shallow part of the Java sea. It’s kind of weird seeing a 3.5 m depth mark on my GPS screen and not being able to see land.
It seems that I’m off the cargo ship highway Australia - China. Today I saw the first ship heading to Singapore. Brotherly feelings.
Is eating dry, un-cooked oatmeal bad for you? I don’t think so, and that is why it is my new-found snack of choice :)
I'm still in the Makasar pass. The wind changes all the time. The main goal now is getting around the South point of Borneo island. Keeping a safe distance ;)
The conveyor of the favorable current is out of business. Tides are starting to push me around both physically and mentally. The favorable current was a strong allay. Now things will be less predictable and there is only one way
Long forgotten feelings. I have found a favorable current. It’s tasty as a gulp of fresh air, when you open the tent door. This morning I was faced with a mighty storm of more than 20 knot magnitude, but the
The day before yesterday, my water desalinator ended its carrier. I took it apart and found the culprit - a 4x0.5 cm fish had blocked the pipeline. Water on!