Galaxy III made the passage from Sumba to Lombok with some irregular trade winds that required some motor sailing.  The swells from the Southern Ocean were low and wide, almost submerged and concealing most of …

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Different fields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish. ~ Indonesian Proverb. Colonial rule of the Dutch East Indies ended in 1945 when Indonesia declared independence.  The harbour rules devised by the Dutch to make life …

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