Still have some posts to backfill, but let's talk about the Here and Now!
We have left Bitung, headed for Ambon, 385 miles SSE from here. We'll be crossing the equator again sometime today!
Port checkout yesterday was easy, because our friends on Ariel IV paved the way for us several days ago. Sequence is Immigration, Health/Quarantine (don't forget your Green Book!), and Port Captain. We hadn't checked IN with the Port Captain on our way in, but that didn't seem to matter. We gave them a copy of our Customs Port Clearance from Davao (I made an extra copy just for this, because we hadn't checked out with the Port Captain in Davao). I know that Noonsite says we shouldn't have to do this port clearance stuff for internal movements, but they sure seem to like doing the paperwork! Didn't cost a thing, just hours of messing around in town.
We had a nice last dinner at Bastianos Resort, and said goodbye to the manager, Thomas, last night.
We pulled anchor around 7:30 and set off south through the port. Garbage everywhere, as usual, so the helmsman had to be very vigilant. But once clear of Lembeh Strait the garbage had died down.
We had to motor the first couple of hours in no wind, but the wind has just come up and we're doing over 7 knots!! Wheee! I love sailing our catamaran!
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At 4/12/2017 4:13 AM (utc) our position was 01°08.60'N 125°15.05'E
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