SAILING 628 MILES WITH ONLY ONE WORKING SAIL - SwT 187 - I FINALLY MADE IT TO BALI

• July 01, 2024 by Sailing with Thomas |
• Language: EN
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628 nautical miles is a long sail with only one sail left that's working!
Sailing nonstop from Timor Leste to Bali Indonesia with strong ocean currents and not many sails left after my eventful sail earlier this year. Hopefully, there is a sail loft in Bali that can help me fix one of my main sails and even my genoa. Bali the island of Gods has been on my top 10 list for a long time and I can't wait to explore. But also this time I was delayed by customs and immigration due to some errors from last time in Indonesia. The bureaucracy for yachts entering or leaving Indonesia is quite a task and I really recommend using an agent.
With great assistance from my friends here and even in Jakarta everything finally worked out smoothly and I can now enjoy Indonesia for a long time.

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I'm a sailor with a YouTube channel and not a YouTuber. Sailing around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser mostly solo, making videos whenever we have time for it.
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Even though this is season 6 on YouTube I did not make that many videos in the beginning, and obviously not from my entire sailing life. Before full-time sailing 6 years ago, I sailed several seasons in the Mediterranean, and obviously also in Scandinavia. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and have been sailing and racing ever since. Also, more than 10 years of experience as a captain in Search and Rescue at sea in Norway.

SAILING 628 MILES WITH ONLY ONE WORKING SAIL - SwT 187 - I FINALLY MADE IT TO BALI Locations

• Indonesia (-0.789275,113.921327)
• Timor Leste is a starting point for sailors traversing across the Indonesian archipelago. (-8.5384,115.1781)
• Located in the east of Bali, the Lumajang Estuary presents boaters with strong currents and shallow waters, making it challenging to navigate through this region. (-8.7757,123.5503)
• Lombok Strait separates Bali and Lombok Islands, providing a passage to the Indian Ocean. The area presents strong tidal currents and busy shipping lanes. (-7.9366,112.6143)
• Located between Lombok Island and Timor Leste, Komodo Island is known for its famous inhabitants, the Komodo dragons. (-8.5392,115.1781)

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Sailing solo around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser - S/Y Be Free. Most of the time sailing single handed and occasionally with friends and other guests. Dreaming of crossing the Pacific singlehanded. Most of my life has been in the small coastal town Tønsberg, 95 km south of Oslo. With the national park at our doorsteps, and the Oslo fjord and Skagerak sea outside the windows, it was almost mandatory to own a boat. I´m almost raised in a sailboat and had my first by the age of 7. Not only did we spend 3 weeks every summer, and every weekend of my childhood, on the lean (Sailing) But my parents owned a boat factory, where they manufactured sailboats and smaller motorboats. So I think its fair to say I've been into sailing my whole life. MY LAST JOB Full time working for the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue, and almost 10 years as voluntary and skipper for the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue. ONE LIFE SAIL IT WISELY www.sailingwiththomas.com

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