How far? How big? How weird? Part II
Fishing obstacles The Java sea around here is strewn with FADs (fish aggregation devices although we reckon the A stands …
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Arrival in Belitung
Monday morning was a totally different day weather wise – as the skipper put it succinctly “normal weather service is …
How far? How big? How weird? Part I
Beginning the final leg across the Indonesian archipelago On arrival in Lombok with my navigator’s hat on I roughly planned …
The summer that never was
What do you recall of 1816? In the UK George III was on the throne, Sir Humphrey Davy’s safety lamp …
Tidal arcana
Arcane: secret, mystery, understood by few The selat (aka straits or channels) between the myriad of islands are the only …
