Where is SV Merakai

Vessel Name: Merakai
Vessel Make/Model: Adams 15.2
Hailing Port: Townsville, QLD, Australia
Crew: Rick and Bette Willis
About: Home and Away
02 June 2020 | Magnetic Island Marina
01 June 2020 | Hinchenbrook Channel
31 May 2020 | Mourilan Harbour
26 May 2020 | Low Isles
25 May 2020 | East Hope Island
24 May 2020 | Cape Bedford
21 May 2020 | Cape Flattery
19 May 2020 | Ninian Bay, just south Cape Melville
11 May 2020 | Stokes Bay, Stanley Island, Flinders Group, Princess Charlotte Bay
08 May 2020 | Portland Road Anchorage
30 April 2020 | Margaret Bay, Cape Grenville
27 April 2020 | Albany Island, Torres Strait
22 April 2020 | Horn Island, Torres Strait
Recent Blog Posts
02 June 2020 | Magnetic Island Marina

The End!! (for now) Magnetic Island Marina

01 June 2020 | Hinchenbrook Channel

Hinchenbrook Channel

31 May 2020 | Mourilan Harbour

Mourilan Harbour

Potopaddu Fjord

14 November 2019 | Potopaddu Bay, Sumbawa
Bette Willis
Woke this morning to find 3 fishers peering quizzically at Merakai, apparently puzzling over where to lay their nets.


After some deliberations, they laid an enormous circular net parallel to Merakai and looping back to the shore. It's a bit sad to see the incredibly small fish they catch.

Left mid-morning, motor-sailing to our last stop on Sumbawa. Dodged what we thought was a net, but turned out to be dozens of bits of polystyrene and plastics floating along a tide line.


The entrance to the fjord-like Potopaddu Bay is narrow, but once past the lovely white sandspit (with picnic shelters) -


we found a calm, tranquil bay, perfectly serene with song birds!


However, nearing dusk, we had a stream of blokes in boats returning from the day's fishing dropping by and asking for cigarettes, beer, t-shirts, hats, goggles.....

All up, there must have been 10-12 boats by the end. The last crew invited us to the village the next morning.
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