Ode to FAD

Cruising through Indonesia In search of paradise Beware the floating piles of junk The dreaded fish-attracting-device! The FADs are lurking everywhere With bamboo to mark their spots Running into one at 5 knot speed Would cause damage to our yachts Deep or shallow it doesn’t matter They put them everywhere To entice the fish swimming…

What’s that noise?!

We were anchored along the western coast of Halmahera and in the distance we could hear low rumbling sounds. Storm clouds started to gather on the horizon and there were a few bolts of distant lightening so we assumed it was just thunder. But as we sailed away from the anchorage early the next morning,…