To Pulau Besar

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 19 Aug 2016 22:47
To Pulau
Besar
![]() At a quarter to six this morning, this
was the moon telling me that sunsets aren’t all they
are cracked up to be. What a sight, completely new to me.
![]() Todays
journey of thirty six miles.
![]() Wirraway just
setting off.
![]() Argonaut
getting ready to leave.
![]() ![]() Afar VI
behind us. A couple of local girls asleep on the
beach. We had hoped to see monkeys playing, we did hear
them.
![]() As we pulled out the ladies were already doing the washing in the freshwater
stream.
![]() Terrible for racers but idyllic to us.
![]() At the
corner we go out to sea, no sooner than the anchor was up we were in more
than a hundred and fifty metres.
![]() Pulau Babi
in the distance.
![]() We headed for the
last bump on the right, plenty of time for a game of backgammon and see
if I can claw back at Bear’s huge lead of twelve at Tri-ominoes. Not if I can help it. Huh.
![]() Quite a gaggle of
rally boats on the AIS.
![]() Just the next
right to go.
![]() We could easily have continued on
today to the next rally destination of Maumere but when we saw the name on the promontory............
![]() ..............just had to slip through
the gap in the reef next to Manungpepe. Mr Google
Earth to guide us.
![]() Once through the gap in the reef we
slowly rose from thirty metres below to find a spot in the shallow water next to
the village (far left).
![]() The village on
our left. We found two point four below. We didn’t fix the first try,
Bear brought the anchor up complete with a black carrier bag full of clothes.
Did you hang on to them. NO, it was all knickers and
things. Oh. Second try, no problem.
![]() Ahead, a local man
lay a floating fishing line.
![]() To our right Wishful Thinking and a lovely breeze coming off the
hills.
ALL IN ALL A LOVELY
DAY
BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY ON A TABLE TOP
SEA |