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3 September 2022

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This time for our sixth Seven Seas of Asia race, SRC sent us out in Ker 40s, nice, no-holds-barred speed machines from Australia’s McConaghy Boats. The Java Sea, like the Mediterranean, enclosed on all sides by land, islands in this case, can be stormy, but mostly not, as we noted on a long upwind leg from Jakarta to Selayar. Wind direction appears to be steadier in the Java Sea than in the Med though, so, perhaps as we rounded Selayar and started on the downwind leg west to Bangka, one or two of us were wont to reflect how ever did those ancient thalassocratic empires (of the sea, see Venice) and sultanates like Majapahit and Mataran control their far-flung shores. Rowing also one supposes, but no oars aboard a Ker 40, so we sailed on!

And then came the moment that decided the race – whether there was going to be even less wind north or south of Belitung! For days, it had been sometimes north and sometimes south that promised less or more. The last forecast before the bets had to be placed reversed the prior picture, but three brave souls ignored it, and kept their faith in south. Their reward was handsome, and they romped in 1-2-3, several hours ahead of the peleton. Mighty and masterful!

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