georgebackhus on October 20th, 2005

Over the years, we’ve found that with sails, just like the mechanical systems on the boat, regular care and maintenance will extend the useful life as well as improve overall performance. All of our working sails are Dacron. I’ve still not been able to justify the additional cost and shorter useful life of the “high [...]

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georgebackhus on October 9th, 2005

A local boat enjoying a sail off the coast of Lombok

With nothing much notable to offer the cruiser, we decided to give Sumbawa Island a miss. We left Banta early in the morning and did an overnight, 165-mile sail straight to Lombok Island. Lombok is the westernmost island in the Indonesian regency of E Nusa [...]

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