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The Joys of Fakfak, West Papua | Sailing KALLI
13 December 2025 · 32 min · 3K views · Fakfak
What this video covers
Sailing Kalli spent five days in Fakfak, West Papua, arriving by sail from Pulau Simay and anchoring in roughly 10 meters of water with 50 meters of chain in a small port alongside three other sailboats.0:54 The first priority was fuel: the crew offloaded 800 liters of diesel and 100 liters of 98-octane petrol using jerrycans and a small truck arranged by a local contact — the first diesel taken on since leaving Australia.1:51 Local friends then guided them through a busy market where they bought smoked fish, onions, bananas, and produce, and hosted the whole office staff aboard for an evening of drinks and snacks at anchor. A day trip to Pulau Tubir Serang included a hike to a hilltop monument to Karampit Giwab, a colonial-era resistance leader, with a hired beach hut and cooked lunch.12:18 Back aboard, a teacher named Gerson Sitangag brought 14 English students for a conversational English session; the students gave the crew frozen chicken, fruit, biscuits, and coffee as gifts.15:23 A road trip south to Wamba Beach rounded out the stay before departure toward Misool, Raja Ampat. Local contacts with Australian connections made fueling and provisioning in a remote Indonesian port straightforward.
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