SAILING, THE CHALLENGES OF SOUTH EAST ASIA - SwT 182 - LEAVING INDONESIA IN A HURRY

In this episode Im wrapping up things in Tual making ready to sail towards Timor Este. My visa is again expiring and the crazy weather situations here is not good news for me. I have never ever felt so stressed before, being in such remote place and having so much to fix in such limited time. My amazing indonesian friends are helping me cleaning my hull and the Immigration office in Tual are giving me the VIP service helping me to clear out on a sunday. Just as much as I have fall in love with the culture and the people of Indonesia its also a dark side to it all, Its super challenging to be a sailor here, at least at the more remote corners of this amazing nation. I meet Phil and Molly that has just bought a yacht in Darwin and have just started on their sailing adventure. Their bobstay snapped on the way to Tual, and was in a need of some tuning and check of the rigging after having the bobstay welded. I was happy to help and offcourse with the limited tools and resources did our best to make sure they could continue their sailing as safe as possible. With this weathers in this region the rigging needs to be in a perfect condition. Otherwise you will be in for some surprices. Thank you so much for tagging along, and for the patron's support in making this video possible. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sailingwiththomas THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING AND SUBSCRIBING! You can also follow sailing with Thomas on other platforms for almost daily updated pics and videos, and even find yourself a new T-Shirt: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sailingwiththomas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sailingwiththomas Shop: https://sailingwiththomascom.wpcomstaging.com/shop/ ABOUT THIS CHANNEL: I'm a sailor with a YouTube channel and not a YouTuber. Sailing around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser mostly solo, making videos whenever we have time for it. Comfortable at sea with 4 decades of sailing experience and hundreds of thousands of miles behind me. Even though this is season 6 on YouTube I did not make that many videos in the beginning, and obviously not from my entire sailing life. Before full-time sailing 6 years ago, I sailed several seasons in the Mediterranean, and obviously also in Scandinavia. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and have been sailing and racing ever since. Also, more than 10 years of experience as a captain in Search and Rescue at sea in Norway.