April 3, 2023
Well, the day has come. After being in Darwin since Christmas, we’re finally ready to head north to Saumlaki in Indonesia.
We’ve been waiting for the monsoon season to end and the weather to turn favorable not just for the 300 mile passage north but for actually cruising around in Indo.
This looks like it’ll be a pretty quiet passage, except for the noise of the engine, which will need to run the whole time as there isn’t enough wind forecast to sail. Oh well. We have an engine and aren’t afraid to use it!
The exception to this mundane passage might be the occasional excitement of a few thunder storms. We just don’t think that can be avoided at this time of year. Our weather routing on Predict Wind calls for small seas with very little rolling, low vertical acceleration and no slamming. We hope they’re right.
We’ll post a report when we get in (sometime Thursday morning) and after we manage to get a sim card for internet access.
-Rich
