Wednesday 28th October 2015
Life in Tasmania
is very busy and very land-based.
But I still keep
in touch with sailing friends – Facebook and blogs, so good.
Many adventures
and misadventures…
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| Stefan and Wendy, in King & Queen mode |
Stefan, on SV Juliana, fell heavily on his shoulder
inside the boat and has a broken left clavicle so his arm in a sling. He has to rest it for at least six weeks. The
have sailed from Indonesia to Gove and are making their way back down the east
cost of Australia. They have had to call
for volunteers to come and crew.
Fortunately their autopilot is now working – they had to cross the sea
with a makeshift arrangement, which must have made things just a bit more
difficult than necessary.
Our friend Sue has
just had her first stay in a 3*** hotel.
Andrew is VERY proud of her for being able to survive…she usually is
only a 5***** girl!
Phil and Cheryl
have had a fabulous time in Raja Ampat and are now on their way back to
Australia:
They loved Pulau Wayag, which they likened to a Jurassic Park
set.
Our second anchorage was next to a white sandy beach in a snug hideaway. Here Phil got ill eating candle nuts and vomited his bottom denture overboard. Next morning with the help of the mighty Garmin chartplotter which registered "manoverboard" and our track, Howard threw 2 large Bintang bottles overboard to indicate the possible "teethoverboard" spot. Miraculously Howard free dived 10 metres and found Phil's teeth!
Our second anchorage was next to a white sandy beach in a snug hideaway. Here Phil got ill eating candle nuts and vomited his bottom denture overboard. Next morning with the help of the mighty Garmin chartplotter which registered "manoverboard" and our track, Howard threw 2 large Bintang bottles overboard to indicate the possible "teethoverboard" spot. Miraculously Howard free dived 10 metres and found Phil's teeth!
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| Phil and Cheryl |
They also loved my favourite anchorage off Pulau
Friwin. Simon found them and took them
off in his dugout outrigger canoe in the early morning, to trek up the mountain
to see the fabled red bird of paradise.
They enjoyed this experience immensely but…not a single bird
appeared. We were SO lucky to see two!
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| One bird of paradise |
They went to Pulau Birie, and the Raja4divers resort
on Pulau Pef.
And then to Doom, where we spent many days…
Next,
we anchored off Pulau Doom, Sorong and were helped immensely by John and Janus
from the island. And then......things took a downward spiral.
We
were charged $100 each to extend our visas quickly.
Sadly
Howard got sick and has been diagnosed with dengue fever since returning to
Townsville.
$200
of our precious tied down fuel, containers and covers were stolen off the boat
while we slept! This is our only theft
in the 2½ years we have been cruising
but it was a horrible experience.
Other than that…they
had the best time!
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