To Namrole
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 3 Aug 2016 22:17
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To
Namrole
 Ready to leave at three o’clock with
Matilda, I turned by our neighbours so Bear
could raise the main.
 One of the
fisherman sorting his net.
 Final look at
Banda Neira, just two yachts on the wharf as a big ferry is due
in.
 No sooner than we got to the first
corner, there was the ferry.
 Coming at quite a lick Matilda and Beez banked left.
 A view to make you
get a move on........
 Tidar pushing up quite a wake.
  As she
passed there was plenty of cheering, flashes of a myriad cameras and
“Hello Mister”. I’ve got used to being Mister now.
 Minutes later she was heading in to town.
  Meanwhile, the
starboard marker came and went.
 Rounding the far side of Gunung Api.
  The lava
trail looks new not 1988.
 A fishing
platform out in over two hundred metres.
  Matilda looking mighty fine.
 Wins at backgammon and tri-ominoes
was all too much for the skipper. I settled to back
to back audiobooks by Amanda Quick and the rest of the two hundred and eleven
miles went by really quickly. Speeds everything from 3.8 to 8.2 knots, slowing
to go through a fishing fleet and timing our arrival for daylight.
  By seven thirty I was up and we were nearing land.
 Mist laying in the
forest.
 Further to our right the rain made the vista grey scale.
 By eight o’clock we could see anchored rally boats between the islands.
 The
anchorage of Nam-roll-ee, boy does it roll.
 Complete with a
small chum on the dock. Anchor down at eight forty
five. Citee, our personal guide hopped aboard to swap phone numbers. An official
arrived at nine with a bag each containing a flag, cap and tee shirt (to be worn
to the welcome ceremony. A local long boat, driver and Citee arrived at nine
thirty to take us ashore. Timing clearly is everything. Let’s just call it a
whirlwind.
ALL IN ALL A SMASHING
JOURNEY
VERY PLEASANT LOTS OF WINS AT
TRI-OMINOES
GROWL....... |