On our way again - Telok Gili Lawa lat. 8 degrees 29.7' S long. 119 degrees 33.0' E

Only 15 miles today so an easy introduction to the next odyssey. Tide with us through the selat heading north - at times over 9 knots over the ground. Beautiful day with up to 15 knots of wind behind us so we romped up the strait between Komodo and Flores. As we came into the bay we expected that the bottom would shoal but we were in 80' of water just short of an impassable reef. Then a local boat approached us and pointed out some mooring buoys so we picked one of those up and it's a good anchorage - very quiet and calm. Just what we need. A bit stressful deciding where to anchor as the mooring buoys are very hard to see and all sorts of colours so one doesn't know whether they are navigation marks or moorings!
Running out of beer and wine but we still have plenty of duty free whisky so no problems! We'll know the final prognosis re the dinghy in the morning but it's looking hopeful for a suitable new dinghy once we get to Medana Bay on Lombok.
That's it from us for now..............
Lotsaluv
Jim and Jean
xoxoxoxoxoxo

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