Indonesia, August 2010, Alor Island, Kalabahi

We wanted to be in a bigger city for the 17^th of August, Independence Day in Indonesia. We had a three and a half day trip for 424 miles, with mostly Easterly winds about 10 to 15 knots.

I took the gennaker out of the locker to give him some air. Dingo took some picture as I set up the gennaker.

It was not easy to open the sock, the gennaker was not used for a long time and it took some time to set it right. With patience we finally managed it.

On the way we cached a Spanish mackerel that ended in the pan.

Dingo arrived in Kalabahi the 16^th in the afternoon (at the end of a narrow and deep bay); we arrived at night, the navigation was easy with the radar, the offset on the chart was reasonable.

Martin warned us from fish houses on the way in. It was quite dark and we just missed an unlighted one. These traps are made out of bamboo and the radar doesn’t pick them up.

On the way we passed another 6 of them, luckily they were light.

We drop the anchor close to Dingo at 9h30 PM.