Assymetry
11 August 2015 | En Route Tomia
Wednesday 12 August 2015
After getting my people, Jan's people and other people's people together have decided to blow off Ambon, dirty anchorage/city with insufficient holding. Only real reason to go was likely availability of usable ATM. Set sail early for Pulau Tomia in the Wakatobi group SE of Sulewesi where diving is reported to be excellent and better than Saparua. Should arrive sometime Friday if other people's people can ascertain entry channel into only possible anchorage. Islands around the Banda Sea tend to have circling reefs that drop off at walls going from nothing to forever. Good diving, but anchorages that are crap, just crap (to be said emphatically with a strong Scottish brogue).
As an aside, 2 boats on this rally are "Persephone" and "Charon", the queen of Hades and the ferryman who took her there. As counterpoint, however, we also have "Always Saturday" and "Champaign Charlie". The rally like life strives for balance - yin and yang, good and evil, turnips and pecan pie, Republicans and Democrats... oh wait, those last 2 are practically the same, never mind.
Seems there was some impetuous talk a couple of days ago about beam winds and no roll for awhile. Remember? Well... swell is on the beam from winds farther south that haven't made it here. Angling away from land may eventually find breeze, but makes motion worse. We motor along in dead calm, wallow mercilessly and yearn for the elusive pie.
Jack