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Noon Report: Location: S 08° 44.67′, E 115° 12.73′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 27º C, 80º F Wind: SW 1 knot, 1.1 mph Day 2 in Bali started with a bang. Our excursion left at 8:30. Before then we breakfasted, finished packing, checked and rechecked, and got ourselves to the meeting […]

For those keeping track…Today is the half-way point of our cruise. Noon Report: Location: S 08° 44.67′, E 115° 12.73′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 26º C, 79º F Wind: W 14 knots, 16 mph We arrived in port shortly before noon. We were just finishing an early lunch in anticipation of

NOTE: It’s Friday, March 3, 17:20 local time. We arrived back from our visit with Ralph and Anjar about an hour ago. Since then we’ve thrown in a load of laundry and showered. Now it’s time to catch this blog up – starting with last Tuesday’s visit to Rinca and Komodo National Park, so sorry

Noon Report: Location: S 11° 13.70′, E 123° 07.90′ Speed: 15 knots Course: 265º (That’s due west!) Weather: Cloudy Temperature: 28º C, 82º F Wind: W 23 knots, 26.5 mph Swell: 11 ft. We’ve been rockin’ and rollin’ since yesterday afternoon and it’s gotten a bit worse since this morning. When I got up this

Noon Report: Location: S 10° 48.70′, E 129° 22.70′ Speed: 16 knots Course: 268º (That’s due west!) Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 28º C, 82º F Wind: NW 19 knots, 22 mph That wind speed is classed in the UK as a “Fresh Breeze” which translates to “pretty windy” and “choppy seas”. We’re getting buffeted about

Noon Report: Location: S 10° 39.00′, E 135° 54.10′ Speed: 17 knots Course: 270º (That’s due west!) Weather: Cloudy, Occasional Rain Temperature: 27º C, 81º F Wind: W 10 knots, 11.5 mph Leaving the Torres strait, we’re heading due west to Indonesia and our first stop Rinca Island (a neighbor of Komodo Island) to see

The day started out as a bright, warm day with a slight breeze. A bit about where we are: The Torres Strait is the narrow crossing between the tip top of Australia and the southernmost part of New Guinea. As I mentioned yesterday, it is also the place where the Pacific Ocean and the Indian

Noon Report: Location: S 14° 08.06′, E 144° 30.13′ Speed: 15.5 knots Course: 295º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 26º C, 79º F Wind: SSE 14 knots, 16 mph Today we’re sailing up the last of Australia’s east coast with the continent on our port side and the GBR on our starboard side. Our reef pilot

Noon Report: Location: S 16° 55.65′, E 145° 46.83′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Rain Temperature: 24º C, 75º F Wind: SSE 8 knots, 9mph Interesting morning. Cheryl’s cough/sinus issue has moved down to her chest. (This sometimes happens, and it’s never a good – or quick – thing.) So…On the way to breakfast we

Noon Report: Location: S 20° 13.35′, E 148° 44.45′ Speed: At Anchor Course: At Anchor Weather: Rain Temperature: 24º C, 75º F Wind: ESE 20 knots As promised… We presented ourselves in the Theatre at 8:45 for our excursion and waited just a bit until they called our group. We trooped down to the tender