Day 14 Port Douglas-Bali

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We went through some weather last night.  Big storm and sheet lightning   At least the boat got a wash. 


Today was another chill day.  Slight sea, light winds which picked up to 20kts for an hour this afternoon before going back down to 10kts. 

Starting to see my old favourites, FADS (fish attracting devices).  They are anchored with a very long rope and heavy concrete block and around here it’s 1,000 to 2,000 metres deep. 
Even came across a decent sized Indonesian fishing boat who actually had AIS which he must have only just turned on when we got 3nm from him.  Still amazes me when some these guys actually have AIS these days!

We managed to creep up on a bird having a snooze on a log.  Got pretty close and still asleep so I gave him a little toot on the horn.  That woke him up. 



We have a very small oil Leak from both engines.  I don’t think it’s an issue but something we will keep an eye on.  Strange as it’s in the same area on both engines.  The owner told me he had them serviced not so long ago so I can only think that has something to do with it.  Whatever it is we are not going to do anything about it unless it becomes a problem as some of the flooring in the engine room is reading 52c which is not too pleasant on the knees!

We’ve also been having a bit of an electrical issue with one of the 2 investors tripping out.  It seems it can’t handle the full load in the evening when we start cooking but again only a minor thing and we manage it by turning some things off while cooking.  No great hardship.


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