Double Trouble
19 December 2016 | Selat Sele
More Whale Shark
Monday 19 December 2016
Finished the first of 2 nights at sea en route to Triton Bay. No wind except in squalls. Must be blowing somewhere as sea is lumpy. It's also particularly hot. Almost a shame we don't get seasick to top it off. Does diesel exhaust cause brain damage? After the generally miserable stopover in Sorong, look forward to relaxation at destination and jumping into unpolluted ocean for cooling off at least through Christmas. Respite to be adulterated by a mere soupçon of boat work.
Numerous photos and video of the big sharks have inspired dabblation (seldom used subjectification of the verb dabble) with iMovie. Have now created 2 attention span length videos including effects and music which are excellent (description is highly subjective and self serving), but expect additional tinkering to make them excellenter (don't try this one playing Scrabble). Compiled sizes are over half a GB, so nobody gets abused until internet is available.. and free.
Tuesday
First clear night without rain. Who knew it could happen? Once around the corner heading east, lost the gunwale dunking swell, but picked up nearly a knot of adverse current - no complaints on tradeoff. Passed through Ceram Sea now back into the Arafura. When we sail across top of Banda Sea (does anybody have an actual inventory of named seas? - there are a pant-load) en route to Ambon, hope to see the glowing ocean phenomenon observed a year and a half ago. It's probably seasonal, but was right up there with whale sharks on the "holy crap" list.
Even creation of this scintillating verbiage (which includes intemperate use of nouns and sundry modifiers as well) is failing to prevent nodding off so, as the sun creeps slowly above the horizon, a third cuppa is in the offing. Should arrive off Triton Bay Divers Resort late morning if we don't lose consciousness, run on a reef and sink.
Jack