Our current position is: 10 27,639S and 123 44,444E
I can see the lights of land off to our starboard side. We should be entering the channel in a few hours time then another three to four hours should take us up to the anchorage.
For a good proportion of the day, we were forced to motor as there was no wind but a gentle breeze finally developed in the late afternoon allowing us to pole out and move under sail; much more pleasant.
Our excitement for the day was coming up alongside another boat which is having engine problems. Seems as though he's getting air into the fuel but can't find where from so he needs to rig up a header tank to gravity feed the fuel. He didn't have any fuel hoses so we managed to pull up to him and toss him a bag with some of our excess line. Hope this works for him.
We haven't heard any news of Troutbridge since the first day but are not particularly worried as conditions have been so benign. He doesn't have an HF radio so can't call into the rally net each day to give his position. However, if he's experiencing the lack of wind as we were, he'll be sailing very slowly, no doubt reluctant to use his engine.
Our next entry should be from the shores of Kupang, Indonesia.
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