Lombok- by car.
November 6- 14th We had thoroughly enjoyed exploring Lombok in Stars End 2, but seeing a place from a boating perspective gives you a very one sided viewpoint. With time […]
Category Archives: Cruising 2017
Lombok
October 17th- 30th Circumnavigation of Lombok in Stars End 2 Once we made the decision to stay in Indonesia for another cruising season, we needed to find a safe location […]
Komodo dragons, Gili Islands & Lombok
We set sail from Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores. ‘Stars End 2’ even managed to catch up to Margret & Nils on ‘Unwind’ who were drifting along in […]
FLORES
We had really enjoyed detouring from the rally to explore islands off the beaten track, but we had made plans to pick up our son Michael from Labuan Bajo on […]
Bau Bau, Tiger Islands, Jampea & Bonerate
We left Hoga in the Wakatobi National Park in the company of 3 other yachts- our sailing buddies Margaret and Nils on ‘Unwind’, Trudy & Bruce on yacht ‘Leprechaun’ & […]
Hoga Island & Sampela Village, home to the Bajo tribe of sea gypsies in Wakatobi Regency
We headed off from Banda Neira with five other of the rally yachts on one of our best sails in a long long time. It was 375 miles to the […]
PULAU BANDA NEIRA
The festivities at Debut had officially marked the start of the 2017 Sail 2 Indonesia Rally. Now, it was a 200 mile sail to our next destination of Banda Neira. […]
Port Moresby to Debut, Indonesia
Our small fleet of 10 yachts, flying flags from 7 different countries, departed from Port Moresby for our passage to Indonesia on the tail end of a strong blow, so […]
New Caledonia, Entrecasteaux Reefs and passage to Port Moresby
Sorry folks- this is a long posting as we have been on the move and there is a lot to share so that I am up to date. We had […]
Passage from Opua to Noumea
‘Paralysis by analysis’ is a figure of speech we have come to understand all too well when considering ‘weather windows’ for our ocean passages. It is so easy to over […]