After leaving NW Belitung we had a couple of nights at anchor resting up and debating our assault of the Strait. All available information is conflicting - if we get it wrong then it will be like rounding Portland Bill against the tide complete with lit and unlit oil rigs!
Transited the narrow part of the Strait just before dusk in a flat calm and the tide just turning in our favour and little wind. Negotiated lots of Java ferry traffic waiting to enter the port on Sumatra through the haze of burning rice paddies/land clearance/volcano.
No comments:
Post a Comment