NONGSA POINT UPDATE #8
01 May 2013
Yaaaaahhh!!!! Great news, our new mainsail is expected to be with us at the end of next week!! We are soooo looking forward to getting our new sail and starting our long awaited and anticipated passage to South Africa. We have enjoyed Nongsa Point,the staff and residents are fantastic, but we are now really feeling 'marina-bound' and eager to hear the slap and rush of water along the hull. We are paid up until the 16th of May in the marina, so at the moment, the 16th looks the most likely departure date. The winds are definitely swinging more and more into the south, so the earlier in the SW monsoon season we get through Indonesia the better. Later into the SW season, close to the Equator, the incidence of thunderstorms increases and the stronger the SW/SE winds become.