Benoa Harbour to Lovina Bay Bali
Gaviota
Wed 7 Sep 2016 09:56
008:09.52S 115:01.38E
First
stop was Amuk Bay on the East of the island and after a rolly night we got the
sails out and headed up to Amed where we spent a couple more rolly nights but
enjoyed swimming in the flat calm sea minus the dangers of speed boats but with
the added danger of the sewage which was being pumped in (a regular happening!)
We then
had a long sail (5 miles!!!) up to Tulambon and anchored in the bay to snorkel
on the wreck of the US Liberty – a steamship which had been torpedoed by the
Japanese during the war and now was classed as one of the best dive sites in
South East Asia. The visibility was
disappointing and it took us quite a while to find the part you could snorkel
on which was about 5 metres below the surface but there were lots of fish and
an amazing amount of coral growing all over the structure. The main part of the boat is too deep to
snorkel on and there are continually hundreds of divers swarming all over it
from early morning dives to night dives.
The black sand bottom being churned up by hundreds of fins and the hefty
swell which continually rolls in certainly spoils what would probably be quite
a nice dive.
We spent
yet another very rolly night at Tulambon and set off at 7.30 am to hopefully
sail up to Lovina Bay in the North – no wind!!!! After trying poles and sails Syd’s downwind
sailing system was not happening so on went the motor – again!!!! The wind did pick up after a couple of hours
and out went the tried and trusted downwind sailing system again this time with
more success as the wind increased in the afternoon and we started to reach very
respectable speeds of 8+ knots. We
arrived and anchored at Lovina Bay at 3.30pm after a really enjoyable sail.
Photo of a fish trap - these are everywhere making night sailing impossible and day sailing hard work!
