Dan
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Current status of the loading deck in a calm morning of Banda Neira. Half of the deck is taken up by the flooded dinghy on stilts.
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Tat is a great picture of the loading deck in calm seas.Yes, 5 showers with soap and shampoo. After our dives they had benches for you to sit down and get your wetsuit off. Anytime I struggled to get my hooded vest off, one of the crew would help me.
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The the Arenui next time. Great boat & great crew when we went on it.
I think @Dan is not going to take a traditional phinisi or any wooden boat across Banda ever again after what happened the first time he did it and given how rough the water can be. A steel hull is a better bet for something like that.
Dan should correct me if I'm wrong but it seems unlikely that he'll be doing a Banda crossing trip again on any kind of boat.