Position:- 07* 38’.4 S 121* 10’.5 E
Course:- 268*
Speed:- 4.5 Knots
Wind:- WxN 15 Knots (Force 4 Moderate Breeze)
Sea State:- Slight (2 to 3 feet, small wavelets)
Weather:- Part Cloudy (up to 5/8ths cloud cover)
Temp 81F
Distance to go:- 1263 nautical miles
Flores Sea.
In the lower eastern quadrant of the chart you will findus south of P Kalao
Island. This afternoon whilst on my heli deck stroll, in the absolutely blissful conbination of sun and warm breeze, I could make out the small islands of Kauna, and Kalaotoa to the north of us and I could see the classic shaped volcano top of one of the highest peaks on Flores.
I also saw the first vessel in 9 days, a container ship heading in the opposite direction.
We have made some some provisional amendments to our passage plan so the distance to go will seem to vary. We have also prepared a back up course plan for foul weather evasion as we come out of the Java Sea and enter the southern part of the South China Sea. Hopefully we wont need to use them and our current three day forecast looks good.
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/NGAViewer/73000.shtml
The music today is a marvellous example of a virtuoso performance on the acoustic guitar with an echo delay box.
The technical difficulty of getting the timing right so you can sing over what is a delayed echo of what you are playing is extreme.
This is John Martyn at his absolute best with his voice as much of an instrument as his guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n7KUUUdIOg
Cheers M'Dears
and happy new years
Bentley
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