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[position] 01 49.71S 136 42.59E
[speed] 0kts
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[status] We are at anchor, arriving to this location yesterday around noon. We wanted to find a nice calm spot to spend the night and lick our wounds from the challenging morning. After the updates to YIT, we again got hammered by a large squall. This time it was massive. We had 40kts forward of the beam as we were reaching at 60 apparent. We were already double reefed, but the boat loaded up and we put in a third reef. No real damage other than a ripped leech cord on the genoa. After anchoring here we were greeted by a nice man who only spoke Indonesian. He offered to call the police, and did. We had the arrival within 30 min of two very formal police officers. No one spoke English. Fortunately we had our Google Translate on the phone and we shared 'text messages' back and forth about what was needed. Evidently this is a restricted area due to previous rebel activity - hence the large police presence. We were given permission to stay here for one night, and we leave this morning. They were very nice and we had no issues other than translation. We'll be off in about an hour for the southern part of the bay to dive with the whale sharks.
[weather] 20% cloud, 26C, 1006.5 baro, 0-5kts SE wind.

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