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48 AN EXILE OF THE MIND THE FLYING PRIEST OF CAMIGUIN 49

A recent storm caused heavy seas off the Philippine coast.

Mindanao with its reputation for next until we reached calmer water.
kidnapping tourists was too close It wasn’t to last. A recent storm
for comfort. We headed northeast in the Pacific had whipped up a huge
to Surigao Strait and into the Pacific swell off the Philippine coast. It
Ocean. Evading one danger led us took courage and blind faith to look
into another. astern at mighty crests towering
Blissfully unaware of the perils mast high above us as we nose-dived
ahead, we were about to sail through into a deep trough.
the notorious Hinatuan Passage. With the long trip ahead of us on
Not recommended for sailing yachts, this riotous ocean, we were tempted
as we found out later. Le Voyageur to cast anchor in Mindanao despite
was spun around in a commotion of warnings of unrest. We took our
swirling currents and combers. We chances pitching and tossing in
shot through by spinning off the edge
of one whirlpool and pirouetting to the Calamian Islands, Philippines.