WE SAILED INTO COVID EP 2 (SAIL TO INDONESIA FROM AUSTRALIA)

Hi Everyone - IN this episode we sail from Australia into INDONESIA - the KAI islands, BALBULOL, RAJA AMPAT - we sail there out of season and having broken away from the Indonesian rally group.

This footage is before COVID hit us all and it's shared as some BEAUTIFUL stories emerge from our interaction with the Indonesian people and how they eventually help Impi to sail back when covid id feared by all there. The links to these stories will unfold in future movies in this series 'We sailed into Covid' so keep a look out for those.

We share TIPS on what we look out for as sailors when leaving Australia's Torres Straits, Thursday Island bound for Kai Islands so in a way it's geared to help other sailors get the basics and make their journey to Indonesia more comfortable and safe and it also shows some of the amazing beauty and experiences of this region.

VIDEO CHAPTERS FOR QUICK REFERENCE:

00:00
01:13 Thursday Island Torres Strait
02:24 To RALLY GROUP or not to RALLY GROUP
04:17 RAYMOND LESMANA - AGENT INDONESIA
05:19 Torres Strait Thursday Island - PLANNING / Overview for departure
05:36 Avoiding Fishing Nets and boats - Our Strategy
08:52 Other strategies for our route and safety
09:28 Tides & Currents in Torres Strait
11:10 HAMMOND ROCK tidal stream - continued further on
11:37 A bit on DIESEL
12:44 HAMMOND ROCK continued (Tidal Stream Prediction)
15:06 Sailing out of Australia footage
16:11 Arrive Kai (Kei) Islands
17:31 Departing Kei Islands - pearl farms and other obstacles
17:54 Arrive Misool (BALBULOL)
18:24 Sailing For Seget on our way to Sorong
18:34 Seget for refuge
18:56 Arrive Sorong
19:44 Arrive Yefman Island
19:54 Telling friends about a surprise visitor in Yefman
22:05 Sail for Waigeo, Waisai - Meridian Adventure (Waisai Marina), Dive adventures, Food supplies and more
22:40 Vegetable shopping in Waisai
23:13 Meridian Dive Adventures
23:46 A brief look at Saonek island from the yacht
23:59 KABUI PASS - NAVIGATING and scenery
27:50 Wofoh Island (BEAUTIFUL)
31:38 WAYAG ISLAND (BEYOND BEAUTIFUL)
34:07 WAYAG ANCHORAGE (when you think it couldn't more beautiful)
40:50 IMPI SONG - written and dedicated to our boat - by Mike Tidwell


AUSTRALIAN Weather BOM Link:
http://www.bom.gov.au
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/tides/


SONG:
FLY IMPI FLY by Mike Tidwell who wrote this song especially for us - WOW

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