Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Korea.....catching up 2

Heading out to sea the next day suddenly became full of drama as the fog came. Somehow by following our chart plotter track we got into open sea but fog everywhere restricted visibility to about 20 meters.

WE actually heard two ships collide...the lead up took place on the VHF radio something like this......
Ship A....ship on my starboard bow why have you steered to starboard...go to port NOW!!!!!!!!!

Ship B....I changed course to avoid a fishing boat.....

Ship A ...@@@###*******@@@###### the fishing boat...GO TO PORT NOW

The next exchange was metal to metal.

And this explained the barely contained hysteria we heard on the VHF over the next few fog filled days.

Along this coast is a mass of island. Mostly rugged but some we could off load our bikes for a good look around. Others we just anchor off for the night.
Eventually we made MOKPO which is where we still are.
A good marina, we are getting help with the fixing of both our broken laptops, and the chance to stock up on food which is probably cheaper than in New Zealand, certainly cheaper than Japan.
Tides are still 3 to 4 meters but nothing like up north with its 7 meter range.
So now we are looking again at where next. WE managed to extend our visa by 30 days....where our next report comes fromwe do not know other than it will not be Afghanistan or North Korea....do they have inter net at Farallon De Pajaros Island?????

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