Sensational Trade Wind Sailing! | Ep 335
After what felt like months of bashing against wind and waves in the Banda Sea, we finally turned south-west into the south-easterly trade winds. After 120 miles averaging 5kn, we would be racing across the Flores Sea towards Lombok. And guess what? Trade wind sailing is GOOD!
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00:00 Leaving Bau-Bau, Sulawesi
02:15 Passage planning assistance 🙏
03:11 TRADE WIND SAILING
05:17 Taka Bonerate National Park
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07:30 How to enter a reef
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08:55 Perfect sailing into the Flores Sea
14:10 Sheltering at Benteng
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Liz and Jamie
🎞️ HOW WE STARTED SAILING
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🎞️ SABAH TO LOMBOK [PLAYLIST]
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🎞️ HOW MUCH TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD?
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