Sabang
Digiboat's "Product Testing"
Simon Blundell
Mon 28 May 2012 14:00
05:52.2824N 095:18.68E
28/5
1500LT
Nice sunny dry
conditions mooring N to Pulua We until we started heading up E coast towards bay
in the N where the anchorage is. Then hit by biggest storm so far, sustained
winds over 30kn for an hour or more and almost zero visibility, so not a good
time to head into the bay, up the channel to the anchorage. (Which truned out to
be very wise as the charts are 200m offset here and we motored up the channel on
the land!).
So once again layed
off for a couple of hrs waiting for the squall to pass so we could make our way
in.
Finally arrived to
lovely protected anchorage at Pulua Klah a mile or so across the bay from
Sabang.
Coast Guard, customs
etc came out to the boat which started a relatively (from Indonesia) straight
forward clearance process. I'd hidded the Johhny Walker Black and my Gin and
left a few crappy decoy bottles of off red wine and cheap tequila scattered
around for them to find.
Andy and friends
joined us after a long travel-battle from Aus for the next 500miles of surfing
down the Mentawai island chain off Sumatra's west coast. Fraser (Andy's kid) and
his mate Zach were straight into the surf at a nearby break. Ed and Scott
followed and all had a nice taste of what's in store.
Got black market
fdiesel and petrol delivered at night (about 70 c/l) and today went into town
for some last fresh suppliues. Will pull anchor shortly and head for Tadoh on
Pulua Deudab about 20 miles S. Apparently world class surf from good ocean swell
with a good abnchorage nearby...
Latest forecasts
looks like 20kn head winds for the short trip to Tadoh - enough to give the
guests a taste of the ocean sailing we have ahead...
SJB