Hi everyone,
We are anchored off a lovely island just now and it's my favorite part of cruising. Just quiet and pretty and no noise and no karaoke. Of course, no wifi and no Sox scores! Last time they did well when I was unable to follow them on a daily basis. Hope that works again.
From Randal...
"Anchored last night in Kudat. Now have arrived just north of an island by the name of Palau Jambongan. Location is 06'45.404N and 117'24.368E. Real nice cruise today, never out of site of land. Tomorrow will be our first overnight passage with just Ruth and me aboard. It is 135 NM. We will leave tomorrow morning about 10:00 AM and at 6 knots should arrive at our next anchorage, Dog Nose, at 8:30 Sunday morning. This is a 22.5 hour passage. We have to leave late because if we leave early we will arrive before dawn and we want to arrive during daylight.
If you look at our schedule you'll see our next passage after that is 346.1 NM but we are thinking of running all the way to Makassa which is 677 NM and 113 hours, four days plus 17 hours. This is a little hard to plan because we're not sure of the boat speed. According to climate charts we will be facing a headwind but a one knot current going with us. We could plan on arriving at 12:00 noon but that would mean leaving our anchorage at 7:00 PM, well after dark.
There are a number of things we could do. I have anchorages laid out all along the west coast of Saluwesi we could duck into as we neared Makassa to hold up."
Me again
At some point very soon we will cross the Equator. Tonight we are 6.45 degrees north of the Equator. Each degree is 60 miles so we still have a way to go. It was my task to find out how cruisers celebrate the event called "crossing the line." We will take photos and make a big deal and I will tell you later.
Friday, August 15 3:44pm
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