Author: Timothy Brill

Saturday August 17, 2019 Where is Tim? Today was Indonesia’s Independence Day. Independence Day (Indonesian: Hari Kemerdekaan, colloquially known as Tujuhbelasan (the seventeenth) is a national holiday in Indonesia commemorating the anniversary of the Indonesia’s Proclamation of Independence on 17 August 1945. It was made a national holiday by then-President Sukarno in 1953. We were […]

Friday August 16, 2019 Where is Tim? Finally made it back to Intrepid after a 4-day excursion to Bali. Polluted and crowded, nevertheless Bali was super fun. We took the high speed water taxi from Lombok to Bali. The trip took about 2 hours. The 40 pax ferry had 4-250 hp outboard engines running at […]

Where is Tim, Thursday August 8, 2019. At 0700 local (2300 UT on 8/9/19) Intrepid is at 9 degrees 03 minutes S by 116 degrees 08 minutes, heading 265T @ 4.0 kts. I have about 40 nm to go to the Marina Del Ray in Lombok Indonesia. Of course, as the “crow flies,” it is […]

Where is Tim, Wednesday August 7, 2019. At 0600 local (2300 UT on 8/8/19) Intrepid is at 9 degrees 25 minutes S by 117 degrees 25 minutes, heading 260T @ 4.0 kts. I have about 130 nm to go to the Marina Del Ray in Lombok Indonesia. After 4500 + nm since departing New Zealand […]

Where is Tim, Tuesday August 6, 2019. At 0600 local (2200 UT on 8/7/19) Intrepid is at 9 degrees 12 minutes S by 119 degrees 00 minutes East. Basically on the south side of Sumbawa Island, just west of Komodo Island. Heading 220T @ 2 kts with 3.5 kts wind from the east. So much […]