Haven’t had internet in a while so finally getting a chance to update some photos.
Passage: Krakatoa to Cocos
We set sail from Krakatoa for Cocos Keeling on the morning of the 20th. Cocos Keeling is a tiny atoll that lies in the Indian Ocean 635 miles to the southwest of Krakatoa. Its part of Australia and has a…
Krakatoa
On the morning of 8/18 we shook off our hangovers and set sail for Krakatoa. It was a relatively easy day sail to get there and the anchorage was amazing. There are 4 islands sticking up from the middle of…
Panaitan Island
The morning after seeing the tigers we sailed to Panaitan island, an uninhabited island and national park in the Sunda Straights (between Sumatra and Java). We arrived there in the evening and found a very nice anchorage with a couple…
Tambling Wildlife Conservation
Too much goat and ice cream our last day in Krui, something didnt sit well. I had a fever and couldnt hold down any food or water for our whole night passage to the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation. We arrived…
Krui: Cops, goat, and waves
Spent a day anchored just north of Krui, tried surfing a reef there but it was super shallow and I was alone, not comfortable at all. We sailed to Krui later that day with the goal of purchasing diesel, water,…
5 Days at Sea
There wasn’t much wind to start our passage, so we motored until around noon on the 6th. In the early afternoon we suddenly came into a steady and stiff wind, we’d finally entered the northern reaches of the trade winds.…
Boat Life: Watches
Watches are how shifts are broken up while sailing. The way we do it with the crew on Obelisk is 3 3- hour shifts. I take one shift, Jesse takes one shift, and Nigel and Annie share a shift. During…
Telos to Mentawais
We stayed at the same anchorage in the Batu islands from 8/3-8/5, surfing the right hand point break that was just a short paddle from the boat. It never got big, the swell has still been tiny for this time…
Telos
The day after my birthday celebration everyone was moving a little slow, but we decided to go for a cruise and check for some surf on the surrounding islands. There hasnt been any significant swells in the last couple weeks,…