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The town page now carries a colored-pencil sketch of a wooden pam-pam passenger boat moored at the wharf on the Sherbro estuary, loads stacked on the jetty and mangroves on the far shore.
The neighbour-reported crossing board is working again. Tap a route to say whether a boat is crossing, waiting for the tide or load, or not running — and see what neighbours have reported, alongside the official notices.
Bonthe is reached only by boat and no one publishes a timetable. Sign in at the wharf to say whether a boat is crossing right now — running, waiting for the tide or load, or not today — so others don't wait without knowing. It always points to the Maritime Administration and never judges whether a boat is safe to board.
We had Radio Bontico listed at 96.4 FM in a couple of places. The national frequency regulator (NATCOM) lists the station at 96.9 FM, 1 Heddle Road, Bonthe — so we've corrected it on the crossing and contacts pages. Thank you to anyone who knew it was off.
On a boat-only island the water runs the day, and the water answers to the moon. This new page shows tonight's moon, whether the tides are running big (springs, around the new and full moon) or small (neaps, around the quarters), the spring and neap moons coming up, and the day's sunrise and sunset — to help plan fishing and crossings. It is not a tide table: there is no published one for this coast, and the page says so plainly and points you to the boatmen and fishermen who read this water every day.
The town page now opens with the day's sea state on the Yargoi crossing and where the rainy season stands, with who to call alongside — the things that matter most in the rains, summarised so you needn't open each tool. The crossing read stays plain description of the water, never a judgement that it's safe to cross.
The national 117 health emergency line, verified against the Ministry of Health, plus the island's key offices. Where no phone number could be verified, the page says where to go and who to ask instead of guessing.
Where the rainy season stands — the last 30 days against the 30-year average and the week ahead — with what the rain means for the road to Yargoi and the crossing.
Both boat routes, the daily pattern, fares with honest dates on them, the state of the Yargoi jetty, what the rainy season does to the trip, and how to cross as safely as possible.
A plain-language read of wind and waves on the Yargoi crossing for today and tomorrow, keyed to the usual morning and afternoon boats. It describes the water using published sea-state scales — it never declares a crossing safe; that call belongs to the people at the wharf and the Maritime Administration.
A vehicle-free island town on Sherbro Island, reachable only by boat — and the boat is the whole story. Bonthe goes live with four tools built around that reality: a live read of the crossing, the trip explained, the rainy season tracked, and who to call.