To Mesanak Island
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 27 Oct 2016 22:57
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To Mesanak
Island
  We woke at a leisurely time this
morning and watched a local chap doing his best to
return the dragged fishing platform back to whence it
had come before the storm yesterday. After a spluttering start he did really
well.
 At seven o’clock we set off behind
Tereva. Five of us
decided to split the journey to Tanjung Pinang and
head twenty six miles to Mesanak Island.
 An hour later and the clear sky coloured the sea a pretty blue.
 Half an hour later we saw a rain cloud doing its stuff.
 Things became very
grey and off went the thunder.
 Behind us Gallivant. Straight bottomed
cloud above her.
   All round the sky
was messy, the wind picked up and the squall hit. The placid sea suddenly
had ripples, visibility dropped. I needed a backgammon win as I’ve lost for
three days on the trot. Marvellous. Huh,
five two a good day. Growl. With the wind as it is just now, we could have left at five this
morning and reached Tanjung Pinang – our final official stop in Indonesia but
just as easily we could have had a current against us....... No way to
predict.....
 Thankfully things cleared up enough
for us to see the wreck of fishing
platform...............
 ...............and
another.
  A
graveyard. No chance in the dark, it would be pure
luck........
 Gallivant gracefully passes but it shows how big these
wrecks are.
 In the middle of the anchorage a splendid shed and lots of birds. To the right a
reef.
 Jennie
D settled for the night.
ALL IN ALL INCREDIBLY QUICK
WEATHER CHANGES
GETTING EXCITED ABOUT CHANGING
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