'It quickly becomes clear that things are not good. What follows is a blur of suppressed panic and a mad fumbled search of the boat...'

'It quickly becomes clear that things are not good. What follows is a blur of suppressed panic and a mad fumbled search of the boat...'

A terrifying medical episode in a remote anchorage tests liveaboards Miranda Baker and Elliot Russo – but reveals the strength of the cruising communityFriday evening, 21 February, 2025, and we are anchored inside a reef lagoon in a remote part of Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. The entrance to the lagoon is narrow, and uncharted. It’s the type of approach that needs daylight and two people to navigate: one on the bow directing the course, th…