Adrift 150 Miles From Help With A Busted Motor & No Wind - S5 Episode 134
After an outstanding but all too short stay in the Togian Islands of Sulawesi, we reluctantly set off for the first hop of our return trip to Luwuk expecting a typical equatorially windless and therefore boring motor to our next anchorage. That was until our engine blew its top, leaving us becalmed and adrift, literally in the middle of nowhere, a hundred and fifty miles from a mechanic. Add in a very tight deadline to extend our Indonesian visas and it’s a case of STRESS LEVEL TEN!.
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00:00 Intro
01:07 Up Anchor & Away
08:43 Motoring
09:25 Adrift
16:49 Back Underway
23:25 Anchor Down
25:32 Calendars for Christmas
26:24 Thank You
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After an outstanding but all too short stay in the Togian Islands of Sulawesi, we reluctantly set off for the first hop of our return trip to Luwuk expecting a typical equatorially windless and therefore boring motor to our next anchorage. That was until our engine blew its top, leaving us becalmed and adrift, literally in the middle of nowhere, a hundred and fifty miles from a mechanic. Add in a very tight deadline to extend our Indonesian visas and it’s a case of STRESS LEVEL TEN!.
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1) Watch the adds all the way through
2) Like, Comment & Subscribe 🙂
3) Follow our Socials
OR JOIN THE DREAMTIME SAIL VIRTUAL CREW:
If you’d like access to our live-tracker to see where we are in real time, receive almost daily Sit Rep updates when we’re sailing via an exclusive crew Facebook Group, early, add free access to our episodes, free or heavily discounted downloads of all our e-books plus other exclusive benefits, you can become a member of our Dreamtime Sail Virtual Crew through either Ko-fi or Patreon. The funds help us offset the cost of upload data, music and editing software subscriptions, storage hard drives plus camera and audio equipment to improve the quality of our shows. Thank you so much crew. You’re the guys and girls who float our boat and keep us motivated.
This video contains music used under license from Epidemic Sound.
Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/dreamtimesail
(Note: Ko-Fi has become our preferred platform for support as they take no commission from Crew Member’s contributions)
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/DreamtimeSail
Our BOOKS and eBOOKS are available via Payhip
HERE – https://tinyurl.com/DreamtimeSailebooks
Our 2026 CALENDARS – https://payhip.com/Dreamtimesail/collection/2026-calendar-series
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We’re on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DreamtimeSail
Follow our Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dreamtimesail/
We’ve been blogging since 2011. Check it out at https://www.dreamtimesail.blogspot.com
You can find Karen’s recipes and tips from Our Galley at https://dreamtimesail.blogspot.com/p/our-galley.html
#sailing #sailingindonesia #travelindonesia #liveaboardsailors #sailingaustralia
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:07 Up Anchor & Away
08:43 Motoring
09:25 Adrift
16:49 Back Underway
23:25 Anchor Down
25:32 Calendars for Christmas
26:24 Thank You
Adrift 150 Miles From Help With A Busted Motor & No Wind - S5 Episode 134 Locations
- Sulawesi (-1.8479,120.5279)
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