Sail from Australia to Timor, Indonesia, 450 NM, July 2012

My new ride! Fearless Hunter, gypsy boat, leaving Australia to Indonesia

First day of sailing, I caught a King Mackerel, the first and only fish i ever got the the indian ocean

Underway..

Arriving in in Kupang, Timor, Indonesia, for sunrise

smoky town, we could smell miles away wood fires, food and spices, and hear sounds of horns and Muslim prayers 

Australia, July 2012

We arrived at night in Darwin, first sunrise, with wildfire smoke

A female diver from quarantine is going to inspect our hull..

We passed the quarantine inspection so we can go to the marina

Road Trip! watch out for the road trains!

Indeed!

Tourists

Yep

A magnetic termite mound, built North to South, to regulate temperature...

Not Carnac, a field of Termite mounds

A waterfall in the park

Swimming in the waterfall

Rock formations in the park

Don't fall overboard, if you don't want to his dinner

Crocodile burger!

Drive thru for booze!

Leaving Sultano..

Left Sultano this morning to join Fearless Hunter....
Sailing to Indonesia on Saturday......

Last day

11/07/12, 07:30 GMT

12 07.11 S, 130 54.66 E,

COG 213.2 T, SOG 8.3 kt, LOG 4220  NM

wind 7kt, sea: flat

under power

 

25 NM left to arrive in Darwin, if we are lucky we are drinking Foster tonight!

 

On arrive ce soir!

Il fait tres chaud, pas un nuage, pas de vent, mer calme...attention les coups de soleil

 

 

another day

09/07/12, 23:14 GMT, 09:15 L

10 50.4 S, 133 34.1 E,

COG 275 T, SOG 6 kt, LOG 4006 NM

wind 15 kt, ESE, sea: calm

Full Main and Genoa

 

the wind has calmed down, and we are going to hoist the spinnaker!Need for speed. So no fishing today, but that's ok, cause we still have plenty of wahoo.And our chef is baking an apricot cake!

 

 

 

 

Wahoo!

08/07/12, 07.55 GMT

10 52.31 S, 138 28.56 E

 

 

Got a tazard! ( wahoo) sushi tonight!

Thurday Island

06/07/12, 21.37 GMT

10 35.50S, 142 14.59 E,Horn Island

Anchored in 6 m, sand,

 

We arrived yesterday at noon at T.I., it took us one hour for the last mile: 25 kt head wind and 5 kt current against us, a real fight till the the end.

Quarantine came on board and took all our vegies, fruit and our deer prociutto.

We wanted to go for a swim in this 26 c turquoise water, but we were warned that the shark and crocodile population is very much on top of the food chain here! welcome to Australia!

We got a taxi boat to go on land and we cleared Immigration.

Then we went for a PUB hunt, and drunk our first beer ( in 10 days) in Austgralia

Today going back at sea, next stop : Darwin, 825 NM , 5-6 days

Cheers

DAy 10

05/07/12, 06:13 GMT

09 34.58 S, 143 24.11 E

COG 226 T, SOG 7 kt,

wind 30 kt, 129 T

 

We entered Torres staight after 9 days sharp of navigation.

 

tomorrow, we anchor at Thursday Island to clear into Australian waters

 

 

day 7-8

03/07/12, 22.50 GMT

10 33.79 S

146 46.8 E

COG 322 T, SOG 7.9 kt, LOG 3131 NM, sailing with genoa only

Wind 20-25 SE

Sea : BIG

 

yesterday, we did 210 NM in 24 hours!

Blue footed bobbies( really here?) are using the life lines to sleep at nigth and are shiting all over the deck, where is my slingshot!

The sea is too rought to fish....

Papa new guinee is just 60 miles on our starboard side but we cannot see it

360 NM till Thursday Island..

 

 

Day 7

2/7/12, 16.18 L

15 20.03S, 149 24.59 E

COG 300 T, SOG 8 kt

LOG 2774 NM

Wind 20-25 kt, SES, Swell 2-3 m

 

Still no fish! and today cannot fish..as the sea is getting bigger.

 

Day 5 and 6

Day 5 was beautiful, no swell, sunny, nice sailing

 

DAy 6, we put the spinaker up!

Beautiful, my first time on Sultano