One Month at Sea - Left the Pacific - In the Arafura Sea

Now we've spent one month at sea and are almost used to the sailing lifestyle again. :-) In that month we had three (3) days of good weather - but the wind has been from behind all this time. Except for the first few days after leaving Whangarei in New Zealand, we have been sailing solely under the genoa all the time. Today the sun is shining and the wind is very light, while yesterday we enjoyed exhilarating sailing in the Torres Strait. It is a beautiful place, almost like a lagoon with little islands all over the place. Although there are reefs lurking all over, the charts are excellent and so are the lights. Still, at night it makes me nervous... It took two nights and one day so pass the Torres Strait and now we are in the Arafura Sea. Next stop Darwin and it looks now as if we'll go on to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand next. We might still change our mind, though, and head across the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. We'll see. eMails are welcome, but keep them in plain (ASCII) text and on the brief side.

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At 8/12/2009 10:00 PM (utc) our position was 10°33.68'S 141°50.40'E