To Tual
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 20 Jul 2016 22:47
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To Tual,
Indonesia
 Overnight I had a
wonderful moon for company.
 Land ahoy
at 07:30.
19th of July. Day 5.
08:30 saw our total done was 696 miles completed, we reckon to anchor around
16:00.
  I got up at ten to
find Kereru just ahead with Max and Incognita nearby
on the AIS. There was land each
side and smaller local boats around.
 All settled again after leaping up to wave vigorously in
welcome.
 The final corner then we turn left.
 Our very first fisherman's cottage.
 On our left a full
line of One Careful Owners and just beyond........
 ..........a fishing fleet in neat
rows – we would later find out these working girls are Chinese and
have been resting here permanently for the last four years. Not allowed to fish
in these waters, here they will stay.
 A Coast Guard vessel chugged by, much emphasis on the word
chug.
  Our first mosque, temple and village in Indonesia.
 A part-built house and another fisherman’s
cottage.
 A bigger house of prayer.
 Ahead we could see
the port of Tual, many of the rally fleet anchored
and a chum coming toward us.
 Tual
city.
 We followed the well marked channel.
 Enthusiastic waves
from the crew aboard Klawotong.
   A
closer look, details on the AIS, note to self
– find out where Wayamee is. Once she past we could
cross her back and find a place to anchor.
 We past the back
anchors and passed the wharf with all the small fishing
boats.
 We took a turn around
the front rally boats, the waving and being cheered
was very sweet. Loitering by Nicha for a chat the crew of Soul
popped over on their dinghy to tell us not take take the spot in front of
Continuum as there is a wreck just below the surface. Back we went to
the back stops and became the new one behind Wishful Thinking. Anchor
down at four thirty our time, but the clocks have all got to go back an hour.
Time for a cup of tea and wait quietly for the authorities to come and clear us
in.
ALL IN ALL GETTING
EXCITING
FANTASTIC NEW
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