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We head towards Raft Point in the hope of anchoring close by and heading in to check out the rock art at the top of the escarpment. Unfortunately, it’s just too choppy and the anchorage is not tenable so we decide to give it a miss, yet again, and we ins...

We manage to pass Cape Leveque without incident. It’s a notorious part of the coastline with often dangerous seas. We end up at Cascade Bay near Lochlan Island. We take Peanut out on her longest trip so far to explore our surrounds and find many amazing...

We spend our last few days in Broome provisioning Nutshell and waiting for our new lithium batteries to arrive. Then we finally head off towards the Kimberley. After an overnight sail,, we spend the night at Beagle Bay and then move north to Thomas Bay....

We now set about the task of finding a new Peanut which will be suitable and safe enough for our trip to the Kimberley. It’s tough trying to find a tinnie in Broome as there isn’t much around. Broome itself is actually a small town. It’s expensive t...

The huge seas and high winds are not letting up. The ocean is horrible and Peanut is having a tough time. Without her engine she is not as stable as she used to be. In the middle of the night disaster happens. Peanut is completely underwater… … After...

We leave the manta rays and star fish and make our way to Rindja Island which is claimed to have monkeys on the beach and Komodo dragons. We speed through a pass at 12 knots with Nutshell on idle! We spend the night at the anchorage and spot loads of mon...

We take Peanut on the long motor to town. It’s a beautiful trip with plenty to see. There are phinisis everywhere! We check out the town of Labuan Bajo which is the jumping-off point for the Komodo National Park and the famous Komodo dragons. It’s a ...

We leave Hoga and start to make our way south to Flores. We travel well and manage to stop in at Bonerate which is a major traditional wooden boat-building island. We check out the boats and then after a night stopover we continue south to Flores. Magnus...

More paint and bigger holes. In this weeks episode of Sailing Sitka, we continue painting the third and final coat of top part paint but not before making a larger hole in the bottom of our boat. "Absolute nightmare" as Jay puts it...

We leave the Banda Islands and make our way to Ambon Island for an overnight stopover. We then have a very windy sail to Namlea on Buru Island. We check out the town and find some fabulous food to try. The people of Namlea put on a very warm welcome cer...

We take Peanut on a fairly long trip to an island nearby where we walk up to the Nutmeg Plantation. We are invited to one of the guide’s homes and see the system of harvesting and processing nutmeg first hand. We head into town and test out the local s...

We decide to embark on an island tour with the local University students. They take us to a small village and we are given a traditional welcome. We head to a rural restaurant overlooking the ocean and have an Indonesian lunch. We then board a narrow boa...