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Avocet's Adventures Around the World
Derry Ryder
Sat 8 Nov 2014 08:38
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Darwin to Bali
The World Arc Fleet regrouped in Darwin Australia
following a free cruising period of a few weeks. Préparations were made for
onward sail to Bali Indonésie. We left Tipperary Waters
Marina, Darwin on 31.08. 2014 for Bali. Crew; Derry; Margaret ;Donnacha,
Brian,
We had a pleasant motor sail accross the Timor sea in the
Indian Ocean. We arrived at Bali marina on 5th Sept; where we were greeted
by the most pleasant and spiritual people. Walli and Shelli along with Laura
arrrived that evening and despite their jet lag; we soon were all in party
mode. We all had a great visit in Bali and managed to tour around,feed
Elephants,Climb a mountain,party til we dropped, particularly at
Derrys
birthday celebration on 8th
Sept, had a great meal at beach resteraunt and continued celebrations back on
Avocet.
Bali to Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian
Ocean.
We bid farewell to Walli and Shelli and set sail for these
Australian owned Islands on 14. 09. 2014. Crew; Derry, Margaret, Donnacha,
Cameron. Brian is helping out as crew on another Arc fleet yacht as far as
Mauritius, there he will leave the Arc and return to Australia, bye Brian.
Passage overall was good with good winds, it got a bit bumpy as we approached
Cocos Keelings. We anchored off a deserted Island called Directional
Island.where we managed to BBQ and party a little. Ancorage was comfortable
for a few days then wind picked up so we were tossed around a bit.We visited
near by Home Island, which has a small Malasian population who are mainly
Muslim, so it was important to adhere to their dress code, but Margaret refused
to wear the Burka...Following this the whole fleet went by ferry to West Island,
which is primarily
inhabited by the Ausies. Here, some just chilled out and
explored the one pub, some went kite surfing, margaret hired a bicycle and
cycled around the Island. A great day was had by all and we returned by ferry to
Directional Island with our provisions for our onward journey to Mauritius
Island. As we docked the weather turned nasty and a bit of chaos insued as
everyone tried to get their provisions off the ferry and in to their little
Dingys..
Cocos Keeling Islands to Mauritius Island;
On monday 29th Sept we set sail for Mauritius Island;
Crew; Derry, Margaret, Donnacha, Cameron. This was the second longest leg
of the rally,
2,350 NM,which took us 15 days. We had good E.S.E. winds
most of the way, with Margaret getting most of the dirty cloud and winds at sun
down and sun up, she is now known as the Cloud Queen. We got to see a Whale who
came up on a flip to take a look at us at sun up, wow..
also some dolphins, played along with Avocet for a little
while..Some nice fish were caught including a yellow fin tuna.
We had some beautiful star filled nights
also.
We arrived in Mauritius on the morning of the 14th Oct, to
be greeted by Joel, Arc, and some of our fleet colleagues, with a shot of rum
mmm.
once again we had a great visit to this
Island full of friendly people. We toured around, climbed a mountain and lots
more...
The fleet said good bye to Brian with a mighty party and
send off. As if he didnt have enough rum at his party, Margaret and Derry
treated him to a shot for his breakfast, which he didnt refuse...
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