"The sea finds out
everything you did wrong." - Francis Stokes
This leg was about where equipment failed or was about to fail, or life happened! In this case OWL did not want to play anymore - spare fuse installed (internal fuse not mentioned in the manual); we found a reef in the dark - backed off carefully; and the anchor became firm friends with a bombie - 45 minutes of 'circling the wagons' had it back on board.
An overnighter through Selat Pantor brought us to Kalabahi.
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| Whales and dolphins are in this area |
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| Like 'Find Wally' this wonderful house was hard to spot |
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| This is basic sailing |
Kalabahi.
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| Yachties at Kalabahi |
Another batch of wine put down. This was done after the visit by Quarantine and the Police. It was a time of presents: a sarong from Maureen of "Giddyup" and a photo of Tientos by Pat Gannon from "Minke II".
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| At 26 tonnes, we cleared in as a ship |
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| A welcome to Kalabahi |
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| A crowded anchorage |
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| Pat Gannon captured Tientos in the morning fog |
Balarin
More Police visits and a very active volcano.
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| The sulphur can be hard when you are allergic |
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| Inter-island cargo is all by sea |
Given Tientos' colour, there is always lots of horns and shouting when a 'snap' moment occurs.
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| SNAP |
This is where the anchor wrapped around a bombie, but we did have good holding in the continual bullets of over 30knts .
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| Despite the bullets, this was a quiet anchorage |
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| Heading out for another night fishing |
Lembata
This was a very pretty spot giving us our first opportunity to swim astern. Great little restaurants ashore and lots of beach dancing.
Keith visited the local water filtration plant; Australian made, the water is available in 20 litre containers and perfectly potable.
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| Welcome to Lembata |
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| Wonderful beach side eateries |
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| Tientos under Lewotolo |
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| The phinisis are a way of inter-island travel |
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| Beach performances by the locals |
May all your bars be wooden and well-stocked!
