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7º 44.862' N | 98º 22.446' E | Obelisk | Ko Hi for the day with some new friends. | almost 9 years ago | Show |
7º 40.74' N | 98º 45.93' E | Obelisk | On a mooring at Maya Bay, home to "The Beach." It really is beautiful once all the tourists go home. | almost 9 years ago | Show |
7º 43.902' N | 98º 46.32' E | Obelisk | Busy, busy Koh Phi Phi. -=footer | almost 9 years ago | Show |
7º 49.14' N | 98º 21.462' E | Obelisk | Ao Chalong, Phuket -=footer | almost 9 years ago | Show |
7º 37.92' N | 99º 1.47' E | Obelisk | Koh Lantai to meet Nick and Anca from "Saltbreaker" for a few days' sail to Koh Phi Phi. -=footer | almost 9 years ago | Show |
7º 29.538' N | 99º 4.428' E | Obelisk | Lunch break. -=footer | almost 9 years ago | Show |
7º 24.87' N | 99º 12.792' E | Obelisk | Nice close reach across from Koh Muk to Koh Ngai...4 miles. -=footer | almost 9 years ago | Show |
7º 2.052' N | 99º 28.248' E | Obelisk | Not much wind today but made it to Koh Phetra. Anchored 100 yards from 1200' limestone cliffs right from the water! -=footer | almost 9 years ago | Show |
7º 18.498' N | 99º 15.0' E | Obelisk | A beautiful sunset at Sunset Beach, Koh Kradan. -=footer | almost 9 years ago | Show |
7º 22.512' N | 99º 17.142' E | Obelisk | Anchored off the beach at Emerald Cave, Koh Muk. Wow. -=footer | almost 9 years ago | Show |
6º 37.08' N | 99º 41.268' E | Obelisk | Ao Talo Wao on Koh Tarutao for the night. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 31.2' N | 99º 41.4' E | Obelisk | Anchored behind Koh Panan for lunch and to explore Koh Belitung by dinghy. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 38.37' N | 99º 36.948' E | Obelisk | There was wind today! so we just sailed back-and-forth, checking out the limestone islands of southern Thailand. Now anchored at Ao Sone in Koh Tarutao National Park. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 34.038' N | 99º 27.972' E | Obelisk | Koh Chuku, a little piece of paradise but best arrived at after 1600 when the long tails head back to Koh Lipe. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 32.496' N | 99º 11.346' E | Obelisk | Koh Rawi, anchored next to "Badoc," whom we have not seen since 2012 in the Gambier Islands! | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 32.514' N | 99º 9.75' E | Obelisk | Nice anchorage north of Koh Butang with lots of monkeys on the beach. | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 29.982' N | 99º 10.83' E | Obelisk | Koh Sawang | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 29.064' N | 99º 18.012' E | Obelisk | Koh Lipe, Thailand | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 21.732' N | 99º 40.818' E | Obelisk | Anchored off NW Koh Butang after nice day sail and snorkeling around small islands in southern Koh Butang. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 21.732' N | 99º 40.818' E | Obelisk | Koh Lipe, Thailand -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 21.732' N | 99º 40.818' E | Obelisk | Quick overnight stop and off to Thailand and the Buntang Group in the morning. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 24.87' N | 99º 51.918' E | Obelisk | Hole in the Wall for the night. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 18.84' N | 99º 50.652' E | Obelisk | Two Whale Sharks between Penang and Langkawi! Anchored off Kuah with more cruisers than I have seen since NZ. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
5º 24.51' N | 100º 20.52' E | Obelisk | In the Junk Anchorage off Georgetown, Penang. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
2º 28.578' N | 101º 50.706' E | Obelisk | Beautiful sail up from Malacca to Port Dickson. Here for a few days while we visit Ilija's family in Kuala Lumpur. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
2º 10.842' N | 102º 14.328' E | Obelisk | So many fishing nets! Now at anchor off Malacca city, which looks more like Las Vegas than a former trading hub and colonial capital. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
1º 28.362' N | 103º 15.138' E | Obelisk | Anchored behind Pulau Pisang after a nice day's sail from Puteri Harbor. Light winds but calm seas and ever-changing scenery courtesy of the Straits of Malacca. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
1º 25.05' N | 103º 39.51' E | Obelisk | Formalities were a breeze at Puteri Harbor Marina--5 minutes at Immigration and Customs taken care of by very friendly marina staff. | about 9 years ago | Show |
0º 10.518' S | 106º 16.758' E | Obelisk | Across the South China Sea and, with nice weather, some of the best sailing and most pleasant watches in all Indonesia. Plus, the electric blue of the water gives everything a laid-back, tropical feel. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
0º 49.452' S | 108º 20.898' E | Obelisk | Well, hello sun, we've missed you. Tacked up coast of Borneo and now off across the South China Sea for the Lingga Group or points farther north. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
1º 35.49' S | 108º 46.212' E | Obelisk | Huge wind shift and we found shelter in a new anchorage in the lee of Pulau Begunung. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
1º 35.208' S | 108º 47.862' E | Obelisk | Anchored off fishing village on NW corner of Karimata Island to wait for better weather. Slogged our way up from Belitung overnight but today if rose to 35kts NW on the nose so we ran for cover. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
2º 51.012' S | 108º 18.228' E | Obelisk | Rollling at anchor off Manggar, Belitung. Experienced our first sumatra this morning--almost 50kts, very short and steep waves while in the Karimata Straits with huge cargo ships looming out of the rain at 15kts. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
3º 14.43' S | 109º 58.44' E | Obelisk | Traffic jam in the Java Sea--13 ships on AIS within 10nm and we aren't even to Singapore Straits yet! -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
2º 45.624' S | 111º 56.562' E | Obelisk | 2 days, 1 night up the Sekonyer River in Kalimantan to see the orang utans in Tanjung Puting National Park. What a side trip! | about 9 years ago | Show |
2º 44.376' S | 111º 44.052' E | Obelisk | Made it to Kumai. | about 9 years ago | Show |
4º 4.002' S | 112º 7.998' E | Obelisk | Kumai almost within sight, but so far away. CAIT ends tomorrow... -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
4º 5.262' S | 112º 52.992' E | Obelisk | We have really gotten our money's worth out of the Java Sea. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
4º 17.502' S | 113º 52.908' E | Obelisk | Within reach of Kalimantan, only to tack away...very short, steep, and choppy waves make sailing hard on the wind very slow, so we have fallen off a bit to get some speed, sacrificing precious degrees. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
6º 17.268' S | 114º 47.13' E | Obelisk | Might end up crossing the Java Sea three times on long tacks! -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
8º 16.2' S | 115º 38.46' E | Obelisk | Left Bali yesterday afternoon. Now picking our way through the Kangean Islands en route to Kumai, Kalimantan. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
8º 31.038' S | 115º 30.348' E | Obelisk | Said goodbye to all our friends from Serangan and sailed up the coast to Amuk Bay. | about 9 years ago | Show |
8º 43.14' S | 115º 14.37' E | Obelisk | Goodbye Serangan, home for the past three months. Departed this morning at 1100 and sailed up the east coast of Bali to Amuk Bay. -=footer | about 9 years ago | Show |
8º 43.14' S | 115º 14.37' E | Obelisk | Serangan, Bali. Talk about relaxed. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
8º 39.12' S | 119º 42.522' E | Obelisk | over 9 years ago | Show | |
8º 34.47' S | 119º 30.078' E | Obelisk | Komodo Dragons! -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
8º 29.862' S | 119º 52.254' E | Obelisk | Man, that was a SLOW, HOT passage. | over 9 years ago | Show |
3º 9.432' S | 127º 28.428' E | Obelisk | Blue Marlin!! -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
2º 13.188' S | 130º 32.82' E | Obelisk | Raja Ampar keeps getting better and better! -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
2º 14.418' S | 130º 32.928' E | Obelisk | 3 spectacular dives, a screaming sail and Misool Eco Resort's hospitality make for a prefect day in paradise. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
2º 6.222' S | 130º 52.332' E | Obelisk | Diving the best Misool has to offer -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 10.08' N | 130º 2.328' E | Obelisk | Wow, yet again. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 9.708' N | 130º 1.272' E | Obelisk | Wow! -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 10.158' N | 130º 2.37' E | Obelisk | Around the corner to a different Paradise. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 10.08' N | 130º 1.968' E | Obelisk | Welcome to beautiful Wayag! A great sail up here and many anchorages to explore. Home for a while... -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 0.0' N | 130º 11.142' E | Obelisk | Equator Party! Obelisk is in the Northern Hemisphere for the first time since August 2009 after crossing the Equator at 130 11'14.3"E at 1348 10/06/2014. Heading to Wayag for celebratory diving. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 26.208' S | 130º 26.652' E | Obelisk | An all-out day! Woke up in the most beautiful anchorage, scouted The Passage a second time in the dinghy, noted the locations of submerged rocks, upped anchor and went with three people up the mast for pictures and navigation. Through with no problem then anchored on the other side only to head bach up The Passage in the dinghy to snorkel through the system of caves. From tehre it was on to Hidden Bay, a labyrinth of mangrove and jagged mushroom islands several miles square but drained by one outlet a single cable wide. Great climbing over deep water, jumping off and snorkeling. Then on to Pef Island and yet another beautiful and calm anchorage. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 29.67' S | 130º 43.392' E | Obelisk | From Papua Paradise to the Mushroom Islands, dramatic old limestone reef islands, covered in dense vegetation and undercut at the waterline, form a maze of islets to explore. We mad one lap and headed on to an anchorage among similar islets just at the head of a narrow cut called "The Passage." Perhaps we will exit through the passage in the morning if depths allow. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 29.658' S | 130º 43.392' E | Obelisk | Three spectacular dives today. One in the morning at Sardine and two in the afternoon at Blue Magic. Now ducked behind Mioskon Island for the night. Massive Flying Fox colony in the trees on the island that should become quite a show at sunset. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 46.44' S | 130º 44.88' E | Obelisk | Anchored off Hornbill Island for the night to watch the Hornbills coming home to roost. Millions of years of evolution and their wings still sound like helicopters passing overhead. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 46.44' S | 130º 44.88' E | Obelisk | Wilson's Bird of Paradise, waterfalls, epic diving and hospitality courtesy of Papua Paradise Resort. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 52.812' S | 131º 15.072' E | Obelisk | In Sorong, gateway to Raja Ampat, to check-in and get our National Park passes then on to the world's best diving! -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 21.06' S | 132º 10.32' E | Obelisk | Diving at "The Junkyard." -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
0º 52.47' S | 134º 4.728' E | Obelisk | Overnight from Tanjung Ayami to Manokwari for a quick water, provision and check-in before heading on to Sorong and Raja Ampat. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
2º 16.92' S | 134º 33.978' E | Obelisk | Great diving and absolutely beautiful anchorages on Palau Roon. However, trying to understand the weather patterns in Cenderawasih Bay is akin to discovering the meaning of life. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
2º 27.282' S | 134º 31.8' E | Obelisk | Indonesia is beautiful but the fuel is atrocious. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
3º 13.62' S | 134º 57.822' E | Obelisk | Arrived in southern Cenderawasih Bay this morning, swimming with Whale sharks this afternoon! -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
2º 32.058' S | 135º 46.32' E | Obelisk | Into and across Cenderawasih Bay, slaloming through sticks, logs and whole trees. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
1º 42.618' S | 139º 18.39' E | Obelisk | Three days in BIG City Jayapura, now en route to Cenderawasih Bay to dive with some whale sharks. Very slow going with spinnaker and 5kts true. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
2º 54.588' S | 143º 1.008' E | Obelisk | Six days and 700nm later, we are in Vanimo. Fortunately, everything is located conveniently for our business and we did not arrive on a weekend. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
2º 54.588' S | 143º 1.032' E | Obelisk | "Big" run yesterday...137nm...best yet. Slow going but it gives us a chance to rebuild winches and blocks. Dolphin for lunch. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
3º 15.348' S | 145º 19.638' E | Obelisk | Spinnaker run and 10kts while rebuilding primary winches somehow turned into 25kts and scramble to get chute down in a matter of minutes. All out of the clear blue sky. It's nice to have some wind finally. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
3º 34.59' S | 149º 1.11' E | Obelisk | Towering electrical storms overnight and through sunrise had us on the run. Now the rain has set in. If the wind would just stay from one direction... -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
4º 12.252' S | 152º 10.668' E | Obelisk | Rabaul | over 9 years ago | Show |
4º 12.252' S | 152º 10.668' E | Obelisk | Rabul | over 9 years ago | Show |
9º 7.98' S | 149º 17.982' E | Obelisk | Calmest day since leaving New Zealand, not a breath of wind and zero swell. Motored almost entire way to Cape Nelson and Orotaba Fjord with a stop for a noontime cooling dip in crystal clear water 5000' deep. Anchored now in the shadow of towering volcanic cliffs at the head of the fjord. As always, a steady stream of canoes comes and goes. No swimming here as there are saltwater crocodiles around. Reminiscent of the Beagle Channel but MUCH warmer! -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
9º 37.878' S | 150º 1.068' E | Obelisk | Short overnight sail from Lawadi to Boga Boga Village, Cape Vogel to dive the wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress "Black Jack." Co-pilot Joseph Moore overshot the fringing reef in a crash landing on July 10, 1943, while returning from a bombing raid to Rabaul, New Britain Island and rests in 46 meters of water on a sandy bottom. Fully intact, the tail guns and top turret are undamaged. The nose was damaged when the plane sank to the bottom and the bottom turret crushed. Both wings, all four engines and the tail are completely present and intact. WOW! -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
10º 15.6' S | 150º 41.91' E | Obelisk | Blew a raw water engine hose and sailed into anchorage at Lawadi Bay. Fantastic wall dive in the afternoon and amazing night dive last night with Spearer Mantis shrimp and attending Boxer shrimp, Short Dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis), mating nudibranchs and Bobtail squid. Full raw water system overhaul and diving. Leaving tonight on short overnight to Cape Vogel. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
10º 15.99' S | 150º 46.602' E | Obelisk | Hello, Tawali! -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
10º 18.69' S | 150º 27.21' E | Obelisk | Nasty overnight squalls between Butchart Is. and Alotau but now anchored off town. Beautiful and lush high mountains behind town with striking waterfalls. Nap, Customs, Immigration and boat projects. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
10º 34.428' S | 151º 11.76' E | Obelisk | Ho hum, another beautiful spinnaker run from Itamarina to Slade and Butchart Islands in the Engineer Group. Caught a whopper Cerro Mackerel coming through the ships' pass of the Conflict Group and had breakfast fish, lunch fish, sushi in rice paper for tea, will have a giant fillet tonight on the grill and still had a five or six pound fillet to give to the villagers of Tubetube! We have a date to check in to customs and immigration at Alotau tomorrow morning, so we will have dinner and relax on the hook before leaving to sail the last 55nm through the night. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
10º 45.738' S | 151º 46.11' E | Obelisk | Spinnaker run across from Deboyne Lagoon to the Conflict Group and Itamarina Island. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
10º 47.238' S | 152º 23.142' E | Obelisk | A fond farewell to Panasia this morning--surely one of the most beautiful islands in the world. After a short sail across to Deboyne Lagoon, we stopped at a 30' deep patch square in the middle of South Pass. Huge volumes of water pour through the pass and the surrounding depths are 200' or greater. Surely this must be a great dive, so we found a sandy patch and dropped anchor. The coral life and fish species were the best we have seen yet. Even the instructors in our group came up remembering that THIS was why they dive! The water above reef treated us to our first sharks (nurse and blacktip reef), turles, huge schools of barracuds, cerro mackerel, clouds of surgeon fish and squirrel fish. On the reef proper we found clown triggerfish, ribbon eels, huge plate corals and coral fans meters and meters wide, really too many species to list. The last divers came out of the water at 1700 and we headed to our anchorage at Nivani Island under full genny in 30kts following breeze. The sun was down and darkness closing in when we droppe dthe hook, thanks to help from some very accurate KAP files. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
11º 7.902' S | 152º 19.962' E | Obelisk | Panasia Island, wow! 1800' sheer coraline limestone cliffs and placid turquoise lagoon. A screeching sail over, a dive, a hike to the top of the cliffs and now a fire on the beach. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
11º 8.25' S | 152º 45.828' E | Obelisk | Short sail through the lagoon and past the Calvados Chain of islands. Anchorage at Kivi Kivi lagoon, a lagoon within a lagoon, protected from swell but quite windy at 25kts. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
11º 18.102' S | 153º 14.532' E | Obelisk | Early departure from Rossel Island after an early morning visit by Joseph and one-year-old son, Jayden. Jayden was on shore this morning pointing at Obelisk and wondering, so Dad brought him to have a closer look. We were the first boat in two years to visit the island! Very nice village with the regional school and 300 school children making the daily trek from the out islands and mountains. Across Rossel Lagoon at 8kts avoiding easily-visible reefs, out the pass and over to Tagula Island. From there we entered Rawa Passage, a 5-mile river through the coral reefs that was just .15nm wide. David, Rosalie, Marco and Chris went up the mast for a better look, as many as three at a time. Then through Gold Rush Channel to Nimoa Island. Very close to reefs around the anchorage so a local, Donald, came out on his outrigger, hopped aboard and guided us to a safe anchorage. Visited about an hour and he left with the old speakers we had been carting around. Dinghy repair and a sundowner. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
11º 16.65' S | 153º 56.928' E | Obelisk | Arrived in the Rossel lagoon, Louisiades Archipelago, Papua New Guinea at 0900. Anchored behind reef at Swinger Opening for a dive before heading to Tyron Bay anchorage. Fast and smooth passage from Gizo, Solomon Islands. -=footer | over 9 years ago | Show |
24º 45.0' S | 173º 58.002' E | Obelisk | Favorable new GRIB this morning. Now sailing rhumb line for Port Resolution, Tanna in 35kts NE wind and building swell. Wind vane overpowered occasionally when caught awkwardly by a swell and needs some help to get back on course. 2 reef main/storm jib/genny scrap. -=footer | almost 10 years ago | Show |
27º 19.002' S | 174º 34.998' E | Obelisk | 1220: 2 reef main/staysail in 35kt ENE wind. Making good time in moderate seas. Heading into rain. -=footer | almost 10 years ago | Show |
31º 46.998' S | 174º 19.002' E | Obelisk | -=footer | almost 10 years ago | Show |
31º 49.002' S | 174º 19.002' E | Obelisk | i think it's sorted... | almost 10 years ago | Show |
32º 34.002' S | 174º 10.002' E | Obelisk | almost 10 years ago | Show | |
35º 18.0' S | 174º 7.002' E | Obelisk | Goodbye New Zealand, it's been a great 18 months. Let the next leg of the adventure begin! Opua, NZ > Tanna, Vanuatu. | almost 10 years ago | Show |