thanks to the equatorial counter current

Yippee!! my presentation is over, and we did better than expected!! though we didn't have a lot of bells and whistles, our presentation was sufficiently clear and concise, with just the right amount of information. and we were not wordy either, with enough relevant pictures and animation to show movement of wind and tidal streams, etc etc.. =)

this is where we plan to go. from maldives to darwin in australia.
and this is an aerial view of port darwin, which i did the planning for.
this shows the approach of port darwin, as circled on the chart. the pilot will be boarded at the Outer Pilot Boarding Place before we enter the DW route known as the Middle Pass. this will take us right between the main shallow patches of water, the Charles Point Patches and the Middle Ground. as u can see, there are quite a few good spots to take radar fixes from.

and these are the impt navigation marks along the route.

so glad that the presentation part is over. now we have to complete the report, which is still in a rough draft. and of course we need to finish all the chartwork. that will take up all of my CNY hols.. oh well..