I write from Kupang where we have landed after 9 days at sea with our hosts onboard Tientos, Keith and Lea. We’ve had a mixed bag of calm and lumpy seas, wind on the nose and not too many chances to open the sails out fully.
630 nautical miles. 3 nightwatches. 3 anchorages. Volcanoes, Komodo dragons, new knots, amazing food, occasional sleep, lots of reading, kayaks to shore, boules on the beach, a birthday, deserted islands and coral reef. But no fish for dinner yet!
We will be here in Kupang for a few days whilst we complete paperwork to clear out of Indonesia. Our next stop will be Dili in East Timor before the crossing to Darwin.
Check out Nina’s blog for all the shenanigans onboard…
Meeting our hosts at Lombok
Local fisherman making use of the jetty
Bit of local food before we leave Lombok
Our skipper, Keith
Nina on our first nightwatch. Notice her left foot, tut tut tut!
Plenty of moon vision on our first nightwatch
Morning sunrise with views of the volcano
Queen of the world!
Relief after our first nightwatch
Calm seas cruising…
Hunter gathering begins
Keith makes Durian ice-cream with his Makita
Main sail goes up
Api Volcano
Keeping an eye on the horizon
Api from the other side
Keith working the sails
Nina at the helm
Day 3. Our first anchorage at Banta
Checking for bombies out front
Banta bay all to ourselves
Anchored
Glass o wine
Nina catches up with her jornal
Stroganoff
Another uninhabited island
Keith shows Nina the route on the chart
Ye old charts
Day 5 – A local phinisis tour
Lunch at Komodo island
Home of the Komodo Dragons
Day 4 anchorage
The famous Tientos
View of the galley from the saloon
Out on the kayaks
Anchored in a lonely bay
Exploring the island
Tientos
The beach looked beautiful from the boat!
Nina’s collecting plastic!
Nina and her sculpture
Driftwood collection
Boules on the beach
Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy
Now that’s art!
Nina heading back to the boat
Another posh dinner
Setting off once again
View of the cockpit
Keith blends Nina’s Pumpkin 2 speed Makita soup
Day 6 – Savoury muffins
They went down pretty well
Practicing knots. This one’s a bowline
Recording our co-ordinates
Sails up again
Still trying for a fish dinner
Chilling with a book
Another beautiful sunset
Checking some volcano action?
Incoming storm!
Nina’s Thai purple sweet potato crab cales
A stowm poodle on the radar
A bloody big volcano
Day 8 – Birthday pizza for Lea
Not easy to cook on a rocking boat!
Trying the trawling line
Back on nightwatch
View into our cabin from deck
the anchor
Day 9 – coming into Kupang
Not much sleep
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Well done. Ship ahoy etc etc. Great experience.
Great photos, brilliant experience, glad you found your sea legs, safe sailing, love M xxx
wow wow wooo! fantastic what an adventure, nice to see your lovley faces too x x x
Looks amazing though am sure not without its challenges 🙂 You have a hot girlfriend Richie! x
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