To Lombok
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 9 Sep 2016 22:57
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To
Lombok
 The view we woke
to this morning (Komodo Island), sadly, no dragons on the
beach.
 Wishful Thinking and Matilda left
early to put in a day hop. We had a slack day and left after lunch at a quarter
past two for the two hundred and ten mile journey direct to Lombok. We had the
bay to ourselves until a local tour boat settled for the night.
 Our final look back toward Komodo Island.
 Ahead the volcanic
island of Sangeang.
  As it was still daylight we decided to
go between the island and the mainland – treated to
seven knots as the current whizzed us through.
 Multi
Spirit pottered by at a sedate eight and a half knots. Just a small
chum coming in at 91 metres in length, her beam 14 metres and draught 4.5 metres
en route to Reo wherever that is.
  Some rally boats will put in loads of
day hops as they abhor overnighters, we find the reverse far more tiring – up at
four or six, all day at sea keeping a close eye out for FADS (fish attracting or
aggregating devices), whereas we go quite a way offshore (twelve miles) and get
a game of backgammon and some Tri-ominoes (Bear’s current favourite because I’m in the lead, I hope to address that fact very soon.......
Huh) until the skipper gets his head down for some afternoon Zzzz’s. I had the company of KM Egon as
she went by a quarter of a mile off at 13.9 knots en route to Lembar. This
passenger ferry measured in at 94 metres, her beam 16 metres and her draught
4.2.
 Sailing into the
sunset.
 Sangeang looked
gorgeous.
 Behind, one
cloud was lit in the sunset.
 We
enjoyed an uneventful night with precious little wind and at six I went to bed
leaving Bear with a couple of ships on the horizon.........
    ..........and sunrise.
 Sebaru.
 Lombok
coastline.
 Medana Bay
with several rally boats.
 After a quick
dogleg around a reef we headed in to the anchorage. A cheeky
tour boat cut between Wishful Thinking and Beez
Neez.
 The three Gili Islands away to our right (our next stop just five
miles away) and the huge landscape of Bali visible on the horizon.
 A hearty greeting
from a local outrigger.
   No sooner than the anchor was set at
eleven we saw this laden local. We were told later
that he was carrying empty bottles.
 Our journey
from Komodo to Lombok.
  Medana Bay
Marina, a term to be loosely applied has room for six boats and a few
mooring buoys. They hold the reins on the whole bay and for the first time in
Indonesia we paid seven fifty anchoring fee with the use of the dinghy dock –
another loose term. Sadly, Continuum were robbed of their outboard
engine when the lock was away at a welders (makes you wonder if a quick phone
call informed the baddies, as we think happened to us re the fake collectors of
Komodo National Park fees........after we heard some babbling on the radio we
were pursued within minutes).
 The marina boast conference
facilities, hotel and bar serving cold Bintang and
wonderful food. We went no further.
ALL IN ALL A VERY PRETTY
JOURNEY
A RUGGED, HANDSOME
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