Plan C - NW Bangka 4 June 2015

Sea Bunny left Lingga at first light Thursday, intending a 216 nM, 36 hour passage to Belitung (plan B - we don't have Plan A),
On clearing the island we found 10-15 knots of wind from SE - the exact direction we wanted to go. Seas were 1 m. The 36 hours would be much extended, meaning an uncomfortable trip and a night arrival amongst the reefs at the NW of Belitung.
Plan C was adopted - alter course 60 degrees to starboard and head for the NW of Pulau Bangka for a 15 hour passage and the option of continuing to the west of Bangka and then NE to to Belitung (Plan C part 2).
This worked and after a stressful hour passing through the fishing fleet 10 miles N of Bangka we anchored at 2115.

Retired ferry

Dawn revealed several fishing boats, a couple of retired Thai ferries and a largish island marked on the chart as a small rock.

Inquisitive local 

 In the morning a local fisherman came alongside for a chat - somewhat difficult with his 10 words of English and our 10 words of Bahasa Indonesia!