Illegal fishing. A sloppy-choppy swell. Chattering-clattering coming from our prop. Something really horrible in the water! What’s wrong with the Java Sea?
Krakatoa Pt 2 – “Walking on the moon”
Even with the still active volcano reduced to a ridged lunar landscape of devastation, Jamie felt small in the face of the obvious power of nature over mankind. The shore and slopes of ‘Child of Krakatoa’ were still alive and intimidating.
Krakatoa Pt 1: What’s top of your bucket list?
Krakatao (aka ‘Krakatau’) has been on our bucket list for a long time. And this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sail there in our own sailboat and anchor in the caldera. Did it live up to expectations?
Enggano – remote and spectacular + Do you know your spinnaker from your gennaker?
“I no longer fly our asymmetrical as I launched the boss off the deck with it one time. Seeing the guy who pays the bills 15 feet in the air is a bit exciting. Now we fly our code zero in all sorts.”
What is the most scary thing about sailing?
“Why would you go out there? Don’t you like Terra Firma? The firmer it is, the less terrified I am, so why do it?”
Six years on, we remember the most dangerous sailing conditions we’ve encountered…
We had up to date charts for the whole area and courtesy flags for all the exciting countries we planned to visit. But the planet had other ideas.
