NE Bangka Plan D - 5 June 2015

On getting a reasonable 3G connection we realise that the posts we have been sending by satellite have been stored as drafts, rather than published im
mediately- hence the recant batch.

Having got to NW Bangka yesterday the cool light of day and a more benign weather forecast led us to revise the plan of going round Bangka to get to Belitung (plan C part 2), Accordingly we headed from the NW to the NE of the island ready for a 130 mile passage to Belitung (Plan D).

The 35 mile trip across the top of the island was uneventful, except both the tide and wind were against us so it took longer than expected.

Any ideas?

We passed a couple of small floating factories - use uncertain. Best guess is sand dredging and drying.