Bentanan, North Sulawesi
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Fri 21 Sep 2012 11:48
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00.59.809 N 124.53.840 E
After battling against wind and waves all day
yesterday and arriving after dark, we decided to have a day off today and stay
put. It is a bit nerve wrecking (for me anyway) to arrive somewhere new at
night, but it was a nice surprise to see what a beautiful bay we have anchored
in.
When we left yesterday we had not really
worked out tides and currents. We had a strong current against us going through
the channel between Bitung and Pulau Lembeh, so we decided to go outside the
island, hoping that the current would change. It did not and we made very slow
progress resulting in an after dark arrival. We planned to anchor in a big open
bay without reefs and a reasonable depth; so the skipper decided we would go for
it. It all worked out well and we have enjoyed a quiet day here. We had a few
visitors; fishermen in their dugout canoes, who we handed gags of goodies with
clothes, books, things for children etc. These were gratefully received and we
were offered fish in return. So we had a nice meal with skip jack
tuna.
On again tomorrow, an early start and brave the
wind and waves again.
  Ship building in
Sulawesi
Some of our
visitors
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