tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90782290397243423132024-03-21T13:20:35.151+08:00Due Course NowRoberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377450421365900329noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078229039724342313.post-85032069050544069552023-04-28T14:15:00.000+08:002023-04-28T14:15:39.982+08:00Episode 2: Langkawi - pretty close to paradise<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p46phbyi_XWigLdqk8TjH6pcPdttv15xMkpofBYlhYxbazU52jms--OX24X_uM9WEGEZBvODduObBdPL7PUIgteAczvExXS_n-3EMRotK8ddUgX-gwPERlphddR4hzif4NEEJJRZybLlwjKP24ulNwWdOS9fg2jUTcJq8MzH20iVmOv6Ca9Xuyi7/s4358/original_e813a299-c39c-4e82-8243-dc57e04fbb2a_IMG_20230330_140105_225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2243" data-original-width="4358" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p46phbyi_XWigLdqk8TjH6pcPdttv15xMkpofBYlhYxbazU52jms--OX24X_uM9WEGEZBvODduObBdPL7PUIgteAczvExXS_n-3EMRotK8ddUgX-gwPERlphddR4hzif4NEEJJRZybLlwjKP24ulNwWdOS9fg2jUTcJq8MzH20iVmOv6Ca9Xuyi7/w640-h330/original_e813a299-c39c-4e82-8243-dc57e04fbb2a_IMG_20230330_140105_225.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />Langkawi is so much more than we expected. As we got closer to the islands we saw that much of the vegetation is pristine natural rainforest on towering limestone mountains, some of it is mangrove forest. Secluded bays and beaches are everywhere and the surrounding warm sea is usually calm in the NE monsoon season. Incredibly scenic and postcard worthy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXW8QQZw3u1tvGsTbecrCLrWLs4xMxRvirz1E0a1T4A5zdRTvIOZYMJsEke26xOLoF2QCBtP-B-jCXfFj4iqLJS3xLVqui5a7euXKym20eAaujWkRBHA8vmDgYb855e92IN4F1adGCj9BNNbZ3TULCcoy8nX6WftvtQUWHYZ4m_fGQEAnTFQ1WFqSK/s4608/IMG_20230319_162356_070.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3192" data-original-width="4608" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXW8QQZw3u1tvGsTbecrCLrWLs4xMxRvirz1E0a1T4A5zdRTvIOZYMJsEke26xOLoF2QCBtP-B-jCXfFj4iqLJS3xLVqui5a7euXKym20eAaujWkRBHA8vmDgYb855e92IN4F1adGCj9BNNbZ3TULCcoy8nX6WftvtQUWHYZ4m_fGQEAnTFQ1WFqSK/w640-h444/IMG_20230319_162356_070.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5o2lNFe9cGKXy6k0V2DIp4GsmVuIY0ZPstXc7bRvjNbs4AF9ndkexVKZ0i7IPIOcpCe3czJDMseUkp4prlC9dt_VfxvJs0QU9fdSrDwoAwXymYFptqv7jhCS3ZMi2ZS92E-cVKc4K7ioxdmaTLe9oRRtlpP6m1PJuHKmi2BRdE16_FQyDY5Ism39d/s4608/IMG_20230319_144436_909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5o2lNFe9cGKXy6k0V2DIp4GsmVuIY0ZPstXc7bRvjNbs4AF9ndkexVKZ0i7IPIOcpCe3czJDMseUkp4prlC9dt_VfxvJs0QU9fdSrDwoAwXymYFptqv7jhCS3ZMi2ZS92E-cVKc4K7ioxdmaTLe9oRRtlpP6m1PJuHKmi2BRdE16_FQyDY5Ism39d/w640-h480/IMG_20230319_144436_909.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Not everything is perfect in this paradise. The sea water is murky in most areas and we saw jellyfish almost everywhere. So we always swam wearing lycra leggings and tops and in some places we didn't swim at all as the water was too murky. As in most of SE Asia there is plenty of litter on the beaches and towns. A lot of it ends up in the sea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our first stopover was off a tiny little beach in a beautiful setting. In the evening the monkeys and monitor lizards appeared on the beach and in the morning the sound of different bird calls started early.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKcpkXrsvyH1l-PxR8xK7Hkf-ZHp5Ely-7QXvYcKb6Znq6d-KwmJaLk526NcJpzNXTIhUCKiTUaLKO_E4ZX0iZTcD8zuAM1saFSuCdp1FoCJaJuW4Jgb0ytD1MsddM7C9lvq9z2xdQTL6scHIyMPZE_AbkxRQJ_mp5MArn958H47kjM59AcimxDk6/s4351/IMG_20230319_144507_605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2786" data-original-width="4351" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKcpkXrsvyH1l-PxR8xK7Hkf-ZHp5Ely-7QXvYcKb6Znq6d-KwmJaLk526NcJpzNXTIhUCKiTUaLKO_E4ZX0iZTcD8zuAM1saFSuCdp1FoCJaJuW4Jgb0ytD1MsddM7C9lvq9z2xdQTL6scHIyMPZE_AbkxRQJ_mp5MArn958H47kjM59AcimxDk6/w640-h410/IMG_20230319_144507_605.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3u9jPkdPsy9wHKj3cFW06MkzJx3Ia1QYjhoma5ORSiubyeyjqgLtcU1hkLFhuvf00EW0cKCBETZ3cfe2hmHUSUmzaNfby_2TwHNIl3N3d8Empek3pkXvhtLb0pwFOF_MOVQ2sPcWIXvYsB7DWOaisZVVpvvyLzxWfURg_U3PkG_laxD5pMZ6g1nvo/s4459/IMG_20230319_144618_785.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="4459" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3u9jPkdPsy9wHKj3cFW06MkzJx3Ia1QYjhoma5ORSiubyeyjqgLtcU1hkLFhuvf00EW0cKCBETZ3cfe2hmHUSUmzaNfby_2TwHNIl3N3d8Empek3pkXvhtLb0pwFOF_MOVQ2sPcWIXvYsB7DWOaisZVVpvvyLzxWfURg_U3PkG_laxD5pMZ6g1nvo/w640-h312/IMG_20230319_144618_785.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We needed to do the usual check in with the harbour master and customs so we anchored in the bay of the main town Kuah and armed with our growing file of paperwork we visited their offices for the necessary form filling.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The
reddish brown eagle symbolic with Langkawi is hard to miss in Kuah. The
harbour masters office, customs and immigration is part of this
complex.<br /> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsmH3JGmUk_x_Ew3JhwI3s9Pfj2vVc8KdzBVN_jCBPEQDVp1C46UAVrZrnaKCspBVOr1W-foqGyRPFNDtPli9AJz_9qR-HvtGTtFcA4Pm32_cRu8p8rz8WhAVgijSBkb9gerp2qjGiNH3fFzK0tfBN2MtLt_SzuESIzs1njptOLfHzS0uav39QtDt/s2996/IMG_20230328_112828_205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2389" data-original-width="2996" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsmH3JGmUk_x_Ew3JhwI3s9Pfj2vVc8KdzBVN_jCBPEQDVp1C46UAVrZrnaKCspBVOr1W-foqGyRPFNDtPli9AJz_9qR-HvtGTtFcA4Pm32_cRu8p8rz8WhAVgijSBkb9gerp2qjGiNH3fFzK0tfBN2MtLt_SzuESIzs1njptOLfHzS0uav39QtDt/w640-h510/IMG_20230328_112828_205.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The anchorage in Kuah has easy access to shore but is very busy during the day with tour boats coming and going. Many other yachts have seemingly been anchored there for some time as the harbour master has decreed this is the only anchorage where you can leave your boat unattended.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXZSOsCl8S5_WOEBhNnpKvIzbeyWa9CDZqYu72iGnTPjm_0Cd63x6DGmtFScm_oZDgD6QzciE6GohU_YBXhZR2L3IeaVVqz2ZRANRjvE2TBWpnAOaH4RMf1UkjK0eRs4-8US79djyFlT8EwPPOS7GH2GBE7p2GVh-2u0LhHsD0G0_VB9LxVWcalUW/s4608/IMG_20230322_080816_197.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="4608" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXZSOsCl8S5_WOEBhNnpKvIzbeyWa9CDZqYu72iGnTPjm_0Cd63x6DGmtFScm_oZDgD6QzciE6GohU_YBXhZR2L3IeaVVqz2ZRANRjvE2TBWpnAOaH4RMf1UkjK0eRs4-8US79djyFlT8EwPPOS7GH2GBE7p2GVh-2u0LhHsD0G0_VB9LxVWcalUW/w640-h312/IMG_20230322_080816_197.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChJHa0ixW1fr9PXbpPDkH5NjsDQdYq88Ng2TDxTWPlX0Mq8ancdsl9sPjALAkBrRaTIfR5VKKeUgDjDicj_AVaW2hEaF599wUlWkGbhXMmfuSsUZ7o2nnvVPSFI98ljZCzmzhped_1Eh17FA7o7EKoBj389UQtLbY5xZNwTB-ZOSr6CmeOHFB06Af/s4458/IMG_20230321_194121_662.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1891" data-original-width="4458" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChJHa0ixW1fr9PXbpPDkH5NjsDQdYq88Ng2TDxTWPlX0Mq8ancdsl9sPjALAkBrRaTIfR5VKKeUgDjDicj_AVaW2hEaF599wUlWkGbhXMmfuSsUZ7o2nnvVPSFI98ljZCzmzhped_1Eh17FA7o7EKoBj389UQtLbY5xZNwTB-ZOSr6CmeOHFB06Af/w640-h272/IMG_20230321_194121_662.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Langkawi
is a duty free island so we were happy to stock up on two of our
favourites - beer and chocolates. The beer especially is really cheap
😀 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There is a large supermarket close to the anchorage so the next day we went shopping for provisions first and left Kuah to explore some of the intriguing bays. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The first stop was not far from Kuah, marked as Selat Penarak on our charts and we went ashore for a walk and swim. We noticed several sturdy wooden structures on the beach and on the waters edge. There is also a lone 'security guard' in a boat just off the beach. It seems that this was a set used for European Survivor and filming will take place there again this year. It also has fresh spring water trickling over a small creek - good to know for yachties!<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHcEWYvpN-ymNZJ6Au1Lw2X-f55s_8vOKtU-Fhg0L7RUGb-n-RB96mVUPc0M_v6Tqlw4xymMVQpshllmUgU_m58cc5fGBV1lI7zTCbZ6huiNwMCXxwFpIQj5Z_h5f1j8XB2_7q4CQsMK987BdhQ0zFce5B4rD4lWdSKcGNhddrErYmGEuCzL33qIN/s4469/IMG_20230322_115635_918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2702" data-original-width="4469" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHcEWYvpN-ymNZJ6Au1Lw2X-f55s_8vOKtU-Fhg0L7RUGb-n-RB96mVUPc0M_v6Tqlw4xymMVQpshllmUgU_m58cc5fGBV1lI7zTCbZ6huiNwMCXxwFpIQj5Z_h5f1j8XB2_7q4CQsMK987BdhQ0zFce5B4rD4lWdSKcGNhddrErYmGEuCzL33qIN/w640-h386/IMG_20230322_115635_918.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The strait of Selat Penarak is also a passenger ferry route for ferries between Thailand and Langkawi, and also ferries for transporting cars.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnz5-2Dv76TJx7XCw9bvoCbYNOnUVtMiRWv0h66E6Qb_AjkzTtIX9TAlQL1CkcVefv6s-sCxHog_vlVVlcFvmj4aO58FnCksww501TZbvkfD2sGzf2AuEQxGMjwuEXQyw1C4A9wbMi6e1DuNMG_dK-DuFWAj5o8xm-cTFmGzBH1xriInaJ3pUCuB6n/s4022/IMG_20230322_115601_142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2642" data-original-width="4022" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnz5-2Dv76TJx7XCw9bvoCbYNOnUVtMiRWv0h66E6Qb_AjkzTtIX9TAlQL1CkcVefv6s-sCxHog_vlVVlcFvmj4aO58FnCksww501TZbvkfD2sGzf2AuEQxGMjwuEXQyw1C4A9wbMi6e1DuNMG_dK-DuFWAj5o8xm-cTFmGzBH1xriInaJ3pUCuB6n/w640-h420/IMG_20230322_115601_142.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We were keen to experience the "hole in the wall" on the north eastern side of Langkawi. It is a narrow gap between limestone cliffs giving access from the sea channel to the river Kilim. Once through the narrow gap it opens up into a mangrove rainforest creek accessible only by boat either from the sea or from a town further up the river.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The gap in the "hole in the wall":</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQl-U1_3juUijZzDIuzlw1urTIqKxazhuuCKTOhUw8z7KksEJw35uqGOkKzIpT_J7wsmC_ZiHv9XOWywv5DLhnFtpcuvr6gUmoKoqft54k0VFA-1jnHvdVor2S7H2fj7UHzX4jj7Jjqfz8tFtWF-sWjdvE0KZDV2LY4T5S4L6dG_zWmW9R5hoQZLbr/s4435/IMG_20230323_120124_795~3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2614" data-original-width="4435" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQl-U1_3juUijZzDIuzlw1urTIqKxazhuuCKTOhUw8z7KksEJw35uqGOkKzIpT_J7wsmC_ZiHv9XOWywv5DLhnFtpcuvr6gUmoKoqft54k0VFA-1jnHvdVor2S7H2fj7UHzX4jj7Jjqfz8tFtWF-sWjdvE0KZDV2LY4T5S4L6dG_zWmW9R5hoQZLbr/w640-h378/IMG_20230323_120124_795~3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='672' height='559' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyJVqgErFsdRPwifo6oRD-_chaim5vO671oWMtM03eHcIw1_wcQZU9v4fK8ooTDFJN6lBXxY6OSpHaYvhu4TA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's very calm and peaceful on the either side lined with thick mangroves - a perfect all-weather anchorage. We found our spot close to the mangroves. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceRSJSVpX7bmZZ33MjyGuHYW155rtJRMPOKb3Cm3H1N9rdZ4Okz_Ud453xGhglRj00nJt3SQBZDlayvu6xgtZmBs5fGAy8cJw8PHgQU17-vcrcVPJ0coaTe8IhkE7sZXTZI-zG8mIIezrl_LlmX1uptdFsMpubErZ8Zgq2MWLDeeAsjRm-qW8if7w/s4325/IMG_20230323_170544_229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3243" data-original-width="4325" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceRSJSVpX7bmZZ33MjyGuHYW155rtJRMPOKb3Cm3H1N9rdZ4Okz_Ud453xGhglRj00nJt3SQBZDlayvu6xgtZmBs5fGAy8cJw8PHgQU17-vcrcVPJ0coaTe8IhkE7sZXTZI-zG8mIIezrl_LlmX1uptdFsMpubErZ8Zgq2MWLDeeAsjRm-qW8if7w/w640-h480/IMG_20230323_170544_229.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Many little tour boats from the town further up river race past taking tourists on mangrove tours and to see the eagles being fed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We've seen our fair share of mangroves over the years but we dropped our dinghy and went exploring the extensive side creeks and watched some monkeys scavenging on the receding tidal edge. Mangrove forests are peaceful and intriguing by day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMO1NHU5UbQhw8dVqEo0k118YZgC1ZZhsE3rAOMy0qeZ7clW08ew5URCB7aCWyDUgMRmdQx4VVDEyND5woMpMNMzFyFVEw7UmI7_FcyU6cNDaU7gzPqHlMiyGpPHYjS8Pyy9eBgsHFIlT3_Chbopv5jSjq8_6yOCW7VxCTvedw0A9kczN4fG8T89tl/s4534/IMG_20230323_165358_187.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3400" data-original-width="4534" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMO1NHU5UbQhw8dVqEo0k118YZgC1ZZhsE3rAOMy0qeZ7clW08ew5URCB7aCWyDUgMRmdQx4VVDEyND5woMpMNMzFyFVEw7UmI7_FcyU6cNDaU7gzPqHlMiyGpPHYjS8Pyy9eBgsHFIlT3_Chbopv5jSjq8_6yOCW7VxCTvedw0A9kczN4fG8T89tl/w640-h480/IMG_20230323_165358_187.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbM-ih8AxfRMZZTZcNoYAc_-jCFTWhoR1DGLup6PiYrJKEPKzIjO0ulLoLLSszMg_YRbB0Eq6fosYRlCBjpJvKTk9TkaQEwBx7p04muXuAQpsRtwllj_8Osk0X97Hd6M7K913cGk-uQGGxG4ETCklmD7XfjZjQWc-AqAeN7IJ1_9fhzQVoQ0RZzm4b/s4608/IMG_20230323_171353_078.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbM-ih8AxfRMZZTZcNoYAc_-jCFTWhoR1DGLup6PiYrJKEPKzIjO0ulLoLLSszMg_YRbB0Eq6fosYRlCBjpJvKTk9TkaQEwBx7p04muXuAQpsRtwllj_8Osk0X97Hd6M7K913cGk-uQGGxG4ETCklmD7XfjZjQWc-AqAeN7IJ1_9fhzQVoQ0RZzm4b/w640-h480/IMG_20230323_171353_078.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoVwRVx4ekIRPo6ozBTu97XMZ1V0cRvQiJhfAy3nCcd7twdRe65VdzJ687GQcaffy0U_Ds2NMAxxyiFZ8qnIkGlnnm0nVAumAhVvKBcuj-hqSrtg3drQnr0WYO-nWj_q0Glc6KOJMn2L7WGUzZDTpuC42mMHebxVBDcuiFOuFzQfSYL288_dSKGCV/s3634/IMG_20230324_111519_474.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3031" data-original-width="3634" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoVwRVx4ekIRPo6ozBTu97XMZ1V0cRvQiJhfAy3nCcd7twdRe65VdzJ687GQcaffy0U_Ds2NMAxxyiFZ8qnIkGlnnm0nVAumAhVvKBcuj-hqSrtg3drQnr0WYO-nWj_q0Glc6KOJMn2L7WGUzZDTpuC42mMHebxVBDcuiFOuFzQfSYL288_dSKGCV/w640-h534/IMG_20230324_111519_474.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At night all the insects from hell invade every space on the boat determined to get a fleshy bite. We smeared DEET stuff liberally on ourselves and burned mozzie coils all night. That didn't deter the bats from swooping through inches above my head.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The next morning we thought we'd get a head start on the tour boat cowboys and went by dinghy to the site known for fish eagle feeding. As soon as the eagles heard our dinghy motor they appeared out of nowhere and soon we had dozens of eagles circling above us. They were probably disappointed not to get their anticipated chicken skins from us but there's something off about an eagle behaving like a seagull eyeing one's chips.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='653' height='543' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyC6eVnxs_fphMA-XKRgzyTwg_1h3Kg5Yata0z3IC1kencGaiib4ht5ynl6gR3DTVS2J_vu7SpeYmkAWfMacg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Around midday the tide was high enough and slack enough for us to do the exit through the "hole in the wall" between the magnificent cliffs. The area is part of the Kilim Geoforest Park and a UNESCO protected site.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlMO21khrPWnLet6wldUqzlTa69r5JLXLAULCuCLu9Ci4UgJVMxYpeUaWHPoK07CIXl1pVOwWy60-JCfoIFjpVP1KyEttBo7kC6C6tmwW1F_lLQpuauUoGYKzOuOSOM7oJBfu9amns3GYT3_X4NQPSx7I-GLDytxiJ0hgB1wXQIpdCrWwmuNnP3wV/s4489/IMG_20230324_130504_106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3367" data-original-width="4489" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlMO21khrPWnLet6wldUqzlTa69r5JLXLAULCuCLu9Ci4UgJVMxYpeUaWHPoK07CIXl1pVOwWy60-JCfoIFjpVP1KyEttBo7kC6C6tmwW1F_lLQpuauUoGYKzOuOSOM7oJBfu9amns3GYT3_X4NQPSx7I-GLDytxiJ0hgB1wXQIpdCrWwmuNnP3wV/w640-h480/IMG_20230324_130504_106.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We carried on along the north shoreline of Langkawi, going past beautiful little bays (and spotting jellyfish in the water).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFfTV5-P3sZDWVoOJ0MHEnzV_Srf3wvumoyfZZIcZQSQ7pxYKadqCLHN4rPO_3lSNNZSFj6ChvHFsdwbX25k3x-0qIMpG26JRRcV289zmpKEtz8Ahrwq5ip0lt8H9_tzA_XZzofHFlTuakXGBUf9FBn2yyy0Nwx9nKqvesmTbjeUtDsgh1NILRRMk/s4608/IMG_20230324_174356_041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFfTV5-P3sZDWVoOJ0MHEnzV_Srf3wvumoyfZZIcZQSQ7pxYKadqCLHN4rPO_3lSNNZSFj6ChvHFsdwbX25k3x-0qIMpG26JRRcV289zmpKEtz8Ahrwq5ip0lt8H9_tzA_XZzofHFlTuakXGBUf9FBn2yyy0Nwx9nKqvesmTbjeUtDsgh1NILRRMk/w640-h480/IMG_20230324_174356_041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We rounded the corner to Tanjung Rhu beach and spent some time looking for a suitable depth anchorage as the tidal range was now almost 2m. Spring tides and a strong current made it a very bouncy anchorage. We went ashore for a walk and supper at the resort.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At spring tides, sandbanks appear in the anchorage and as the water recedes from the tiny little islands they take on weird shapes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdXvr0qNEBLv3-V8vS0tzQFAz3jpyr2t_vft3LF3Yd826UQr4SgE8DhHAFeE7DeyS0c-nERBn3SmU8igpndFnTmXlcSxVECKNOaEnjRipacXQ2ZL4dmC-Vir3rp5zr1p2PRDgH1PLuaUkdgCRyHUDCsBOqX_REvxartpISimFIvIiQt6ceugY4jqH/s4396/IMG_20230325_082953_568.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="4396" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdXvr0qNEBLv3-V8vS0tzQFAz3jpyr2t_vft3LF3Yd826UQr4SgE8DhHAFeE7DeyS0c-nERBn3SmU8igpndFnTmXlcSxVECKNOaEnjRipacXQ2ZL4dmC-Vir3rp5zr1p2PRDgH1PLuaUkdgCRyHUDCsBOqX_REvxartpISimFIvIiQt6ceugY4jqH/w640-h298/IMG_20230325_082953_568.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We stayed another day and explored the estuary by dinghy and swam off the beach in our lycra outfits. Tanjung Rhu is a long beach and it was nice to be able to get in a long walk. We saw more of the "Survivor" sets further away from the resort along the beach. We speculated that the filming angles must be so that it's not apparent a resort is about five hundred meters away. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We had hoped to continue further around the top of Langkawi but the wind forecast for the week was unfavourable for the exposed anchorages on the north side. So we headed back to Selat Penarak, waved hello to the "security guard" on his boat and stayed there for another day while Robert repaired a leaking water pump. We watched a group of otters playing on the deserted beach.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On our way to Kuah we saw a pod of dolphins swimming around the busy channel. Nice to see that they are around and not bothered. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At Kuah we anchored close to the fuel barge and Robert went across to them in the dinghy with his diesel drums for a refill.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAy5H0LsLpxQzjf2ucNXfrPo0NwP83ceWknQCjEDXnVvXIErJFHTFRqOxteCSMq-BgGJ69EULfKcmUObPjSTX0aW40rmUo2JBEBWbFfrryTtN6146hsqs-33XotooDj1sPrtYhEz5TrZispQt5eWS7MxJ8y5-js_UhYwpWn483KAH5kK6iRoqHQMYa/s4608/IMG_20230328_101815_042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAy5H0LsLpxQzjf2ucNXfrPo0NwP83ceWknQCjEDXnVvXIErJFHTFRqOxteCSMq-BgGJ69EULfKcmUObPjSTX0aW40rmUo2JBEBWbFfrryTtN6146hsqs-33XotooDj1sPrtYhEz5TrZispQt5eWS7MxJ8y5-js_UhYwpWn483KAH5kK6iRoqHQMYa/w640-h480/IMG_20230328_101815_042.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There's 99 islands making up Langkawi and Dayang Bunting is one of the largest and surrounded by some of the most stunning views from the boat:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZLQB8UDXy8SAFthjVIthoB3R6ItwrQ_4NxXEP6qbq6wC3-LUhqgsFybMTSSA4R29PpI0aKnbxl4j9BThK1rJBWCsHikTXP_D1AtMa0_2Jneg0RXYWfmpczWVGS_nbR9vjORi2MavM5f6uP30xnisUHSe9OF03W_qaOHNEzn0o0xaANGAXa3E_Kl7/s4608/IMG_20230329_135638_418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZLQB8UDXy8SAFthjVIthoB3R6ItwrQ_4NxXEP6qbq6wC3-LUhqgsFybMTSSA4R29PpI0aKnbxl4j9BThK1rJBWCsHikTXP_D1AtMa0_2Jneg0RXYWfmpczWVGS_nbR9vjORi2MavM5f6uP30xnisUHSe9OF03W_qaOHNEzn0o0xaANGAXa3E_Kl7/w640-h480/IMG_20230329_135638_418.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; 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It's known as the Lake of the Pregnant Maiden and has a folklore story. It also has lots of bag snatching monkeys so we left our phones on the boat hence no pics. The entrance to the lake is only accessible by boat and tour boats drop off the visitors for about an hour.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjhMfR0hKgbP67pIypFNovxCrFtoYZebJBw26c3VcsFAq-5zpuncHE45YTNgutk5NVA5nln1CzVkd7m5RBe1POaiDb5kvgxkWVFm5TpuYpPR_r7dqfqAr_keU8XWmlASkMBWsSTIJL3Q4NriIzZBk-IQsZJvghhMc0HyLcSQGzS9_549fmiKF6L3-/s3299/IMG_20230329_141303_207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2238" data-original-width="3299" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjhMfR0hKgbP67pIypFNovxCrFtoYZebJBw26c3VcsFAq-5zpuncHE45YTNgutk5NVA5nln1CzVkd7m5RBe1POaiDb5kvgxkWVFm5TpuYpPR_r7dqfqAr_keU8XWmlASkMBWsSTIJL3Q4NriIzZBk-IQsZJvghhMc0HyLcSQGzS9_549fmiKF6L3-/w640-h434/IMG_20230329_141303_207.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We enjoyed our swim in the lake and as the last people to leave we got to see the monkeys raiding the bins and tossing out plastic packets, styrofoam food containers and baby diapers which will blow into the lake. The staff only come back in the mornings so we're guessing some litter still floating is cleaned up and some litter sinks into the beautiful deep lake.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our anchorage close to the lake on the other side of the shore:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZLLa9tPsPFQmDTdoq8OGeQqFGkyemmuDVNvRlldc61VGQoYg7Bh6DzDt1fxMygiWlMZL2VtUh-dCzB-131OYqRr9AgZSl4fvyeIeWO7CyX3wEsSEPERr2yhFjxrOuz_EocphWTVYHzHSCpSpoTwbsZr_jaF2j-_37e-6mu2swZZdnkESX0pM7qNN/s4559/IMG_20230329_190347_208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3419" data-original-width="4559" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZLLa9tPsPFQmDTdoq8OGeQqFGkyemmuDVNvRlldc61VGQoYg7Bh6DzDt1fxMygiWlMZL2VtUh-dCzB-131OYqRr9AgZSl4fvyeIeWO7CyX3wEsSEPERr2yhFjxrOuz_EocphWTVYHzHSCpSpoTwbsZr_jaF2j-_37e-6mu2swZZdnkESX0pM7qNN/w640-h480/IMG_20230329_190347_208.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was the perfect undisturbed spot for a magnificent sunset:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcp7KH_AuS59Ql0Z3ugvJ4QI9UMxbepjBUBD-IMUGYhnS6ONxU0ih76sFg2HOpscVjMkkCM04CDAK3ryhBuAUKhNnh72PeRMgktMzYVDl32unDj3uMcJKekL0qmplhHf3YCao74aHH5qEHisnKRnBqEZ0zrIPk2VNbnepL0OhU6Yq8zcMe3gP_5IW5/s4608/IMG_20230329_194218_494.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcp7KH_AuS59Ql0Z3ugvJ4QI9UMxbepjBUBD-IMUGYhnS6ONxU0ih76sFg2HOpscVjMkkCM04CDAK3ryhBuAUKhNnh72PeRMgktMzYVDl32unDj3uMcJKekL0qmplhHf3YCao74aHH5qEHisnKRnBqEZ0zrIPk2VNbnepL0OhU6Yq8zcMe3gP_5IW5/w640-h480/IMG_20230329_194218_494.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Stronger than usual wind was forecast for the next day so we moved on to a very protected anchorage known as The Fjords because the narrow channel is surrounded by high cliffs. Along the way we said "wow" a lot 😀</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='656' height='545' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dysrsE4iQ_OMp9yohQdZt5yn833QO8Bvp7OwUQXr0hkE5H_7K_epjaM3B-VtCGGtwbp0fojs7uyaRibK6tuZQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Another beautiful spot to overnight peacefully. </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5-qrp4DTlIP-XmYk78wUf1EQBL-BJS84_OBLWXhsFq5E5zqQ0gj-y2tPMjNrA-v0TO5ysbUSrchYuLh152KHJ2nwWSFgMolMYle6VcBSvKVjTtsSsdHjRVbvFl8_TWaYWI6KinQdhoHn0jPIKFw0rCY_6YFLGSHi2Scib1Lx9vjOQSRIGLAa6-i9/s4608/IMG_20230330_134811_041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5-qrp4DTlIP-XmYk78wUf1EQBL-BJS84_OBLWXhsFq5E5zqQ0gj-y2tPMjNrA-v0TO5ysbUSrchYuLh152KHJ2nwWSFgMolMYle6VcBSvKVjTtsSsdHjRVbvFl8_TWaYWI6KinQdhoHn0jPIKFw0rCY_6YFLGSHi2Scib1Lx9vjOQSRIGLAa6-i9/w640-h480/IMG_20230330_134811_041.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheE3acdxYgN232nkGEH01yDbJIVT44Pu_iEF-Hrl6jl8edczXrie55z7u27qUo_q9UYLO4O5oHRiX05fApmlAInxc98QzUDmec-afSSPF6rQQPC3InJhWI0flxSqYU7KNy65EFQeJjpVZwjfULXwrvdZk4U2p3W0DECM39OCI1Ygp4Nm5zacaaOw4y/s4608/original_c5e70834-ffca-44c0-8fac-b287fe30eff6_IMG_20230331_075932_984.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheE3acdxYgN232nkGEH01yDbJIVT44Pu_iEF-Hrl6jl8edczXrie55z7u27qUo_q9UYLO4O5oHRiX05fApmlAInxc98QzUDmec-afSSPF6rQQPC3InJhWI0flxSqYU7KNy65EFQeJjpVZwjfULXwrvdZk4U2p3W0DECM39OCI1Ygp4Nm5zacaaOw4y/w640-h480/original_c5e70834-ffca-44c0-8fac-b287fe30eff6_IMG_20230331_075932_984.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Since there was a bit of wind the next morning we went out away from Langkawi and lifted the sails. Nice to do laid back sailing for a couple of hours. We headed back threading our way through the small surrounding islands, intrigued by the caves at sea level opening up in the dropping tide.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WCEjvCQuZJy8nsHLPjvyXbGGNGANweoRHweyZTNnAXSx2czjuL_jVc9ekw3NUd6ozrPF0NXPDnjstVfOz1oe_7MYlx6T-njhCrKn1EZoZdo94nzWbMizNP9NQYN6P5FmzSOtWjNCU-BJCbCQVJxwUXCHNEIHu7Wb4TRl-ahLkC4QW22H9Bm3hjZC/s4520/original_71c55319-26dc-4d6f-988b-fbacbc235034_IMG_20230331_143925_621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3390" data-original-width="4520" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WCEjvCQuZJy8nsHLPjvyXbGGNGANweoRHweyZTNnAXSx2czjuL_jVc9ekw3NUd6ozrPF0NXPDnjstVfOz1oe_7MYlx6T-njhCrKn1EZoZdo94nzWbMizNP9NQYN6P5FmzSOtWjNCU-BJCbCQVJxwUXCHNEIHu7Wb4TRl-ahLkC4QW22H9Bm3hjZC/w640-h480/original_71c55319-26dc-4d6f-988b-fbacbc235034_IMG_20230331_143925_621.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTPACFR2yIKFGorERcozE5O30HsKKFTeovP4HUDHYI_XnjAtFLsHGLiCtCvRScGr3I21nssop18ONciQqv-kWmQCs5iXLyqk4ai6cKwkt96ZdvtxW78ZD4D-vb93I8p7g769Alxzz286AYZ5oe3hdGI6RqV7MyRDxsr03E775s05-3_1guOnR4rWz/s4300/original_c0fb698e-1b6b-4b2f-bc02-2f7b04986876_IMG_20230331_143226_550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2286" data-original-width="4300" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTPACFR2yIKFGorERcozE5O30HsKKFTeovP4HUDHYI_XnjAtFLsHGLiCtCvRScGr3I21nssop18ONciQqv-kWmQCs5iXLyqk4ai6cKwkt96ZdvtxW78ZD4D-vb93I8p7g769Alxzz286AYZ5oe3hdGI6RqV7MyRDxsr03E775s05-3_1guOnR4rWz/w640-h340/original_c0fb698e-1b6b-4b2f-bc02-2f7b04986876_IMG_20230331_143226_550.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MUKKaGUSeiCMdhG9PSOg3Vr4Y4EBKRuPMoAwkMA5GWNuFr5pwJo_b1WzD19H-SPTZGrDazFtwETikMGna0OsDE4mQKsNI7Ektq6A-q0e6pvzz9Y1PVTru0nGZ3GFViH7t8OLtHOUq_uejlhkBaE7OPFiP0XLb4ywnaM32-vryXt0Dl2trkacY_pe/s4608/IMG_20230401_125156_521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MUKKaGUSeiCMdhG9PSOg3Vr4Y4EBKRuPMoAwkMA5GWNuFr5pwJo_b1WzD19H-SPTZGrDazFtwETikMGna0OsDE4mQKsNI7Ektq6A-q0e6pvzz9Y1PVTru0nGZ3GFViH7t8OLtHOUq_uejlhkBaE7OPFiP0XLb4ywnaM32-vryXt0Dl2trkacY_pe/w640-h480/IMG_20230401_125156_521.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We found a big sheltered bay with a white sandy beach and dropped anchor. Again we saw lots of dolphins close by in the bay.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhGE19TQhZmLOPNJi4bN32pk8Ma8L9YJval-cLxdsbZKEBbKvjYcYESvfUMInAXqtA9nf3PULw6N_IulKv_v_e7mNxggKSBitBF3-UuZj6BgEZ7uS-lcjRyGHTOUx1itM4cHDYBYjhtMpUXjeQnfxU4gxGDzY8FQj6Gx_YmQJv7SCQGBq4X_Xuy-o/s4396/original_606b67bc-c06c-4606-a6d4-a4d78aafd2c3_IMG_20230331_151850_719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3297" data-original-width="4396" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhGE19TQhZmLOPNJi4bN32pk8Ma8L9YJval-cLxdsbZKEBbKvjYcYESvfUMInAXqtA9nf3PULw6N_IulKv_v_e7mNxggKSBitBF3-UuZj6BgEZ7uS-lcjRyGHTOUx1itM4cHDYBYjhtMpUXjeQnfxU4gxGDzY8FQj6Gx_YmQJv7SCQGBq4X_Xuy-o/w640-h480/original_606b67bc-c06c-4606-a6d4-a4d78aafd2c3_IMG_20230331_151850_719.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When we went ashore behind the thickets of trees we found several pathways and large cleared circular openings some with potted shrubs. It seemed very much like the camps and meeting places in the Survivor series. There is also a creek behind the trees and interesting cliffs and caves held together by large roots of the trees above. A wonderful beach area to explore.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The next morning we moved on to The Pier which used to be a pier/jetty for a restaurant now closed probably since pre-Covid. We anchored for a few hours to enjoy the rare clearer waters, a beautiful beach where we saw a wild pig foraging and monkeys watching us. Robert didn't think the anchorage was secure enough if a thunderstorm came up during the night so we headed off to a nearby large protected bay near the cruise ship terminal to spend the night.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrZ0mlj62JxfLLgx_qe1C7Xs9wRX_uBiuV0NJXqVxrBDRZTLWIQH_hEljlSmo7EHr6X7RGPIkXTFKiYbqIrrmTJ9MdJpmyzFXvAKomSbcBjUdXqj6TwbkP-TUZiMM2ZE-Vst8rDQ0nANMxurDKh3Um7ERnHq4ZWTDKUgXsLIlNZ0yhLXr37mVJ9XQ/s4608/IMG_20230401_184759_478.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1601" data-original-width="4608" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrZ0mlj62JxfLLgx_qe1C7Xs9wRX_uBiuV0NJXqVxrBDRZTLWIQH_hEljlSmo7EHr6X7RGPIkXTFKiYbqIrrmTJ9MdJpmyzFXvAKomSbcBjUdXqj6TwbkP-TUZiMM2ZE-Vst8rDQ0nANMxurDKh3Um7ERnHq4ZWTDKUgXsLIlNZ0yhLXr37mVJ9XQ/w640-h222/IMG_20230401_184759_478.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We got the impression that it's been some time since a cruise ship stopped at this terminal as most of the shops and restaurants were closed except for one who was also doing the Ramadan buffet dinner. We made the poor choice of not having the popular buffet dinner and ordered hamburgers which took 90 mins to arrive after we enquired a few times. Fortunately there was a bar.</span></span><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSt25Vn1rB2Bb8XJ1MsyawGG9tn-5EoJl1mL9I2OArfySbr2UttFE6RZECPrmtSnA9eoJ2A2LCJvqg1sHnAK_VCX8l18CK9uwN2O21qfUfZvVG7UxNjIl9taYWr3o2DE_oyS8_WHpOtJdMKCFI4FGB_nKyJU4R8PdkPiDx9QpQynaaF8dx9ylBL3b/s4608/IMG_20230401_190413_615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSt25Vn1rB2Bb8XJ1MsyawGG9tn-5EoJl1mL9I2OArfySbr2UttFE6RZECPrmtSnA9eoJ2A2LCJvqg1sHnAK_VCX8l18CK9uwN2O21qfUfZvVG7UxNjIl9taYWr3o2DE_oyS8_WHpOtJdMKCFI4FGB_nKyJU4R8PdkPiDx9QpQynaaF8dx9ylBL3b/w640-h480/IMG_20230401_190413_615.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Around the corner from the cruise ship terminal is the popular Cenang beach and the next day we anchored off the beach and went ashore. It's a popular long beach with jet-skis, banana boats, para-sailing and various watercraft activities.</span><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfA_U4SDJ6_ZQJnkpzQ-yjkwmesc0PaX9IhFTKKj1lyvtj-yFNCWMUOUl2qpjV_YC4-J6ppdYgvE68SvGTRDJyszWEp6HANmZEfOsKV0gum9aTz8JrN0xiXr1IpAfHoSQ7GAk6zueKRxWNxqAyeG8qiV8yrwMZOvAOs9zU26KiTc5ffidf737HjTO/s4608/IMG_20230402_132611_922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfA_U4SDJ6_ZQJnkpzQ-yjkwmesc0PaX9IhFTKKj1lyvtj-yFNCWMUOUl2qpjV_YC4-J6ppdYgvE68SvGTRDJyszWEp6HANmZEfOsKV0gum9aTz8JrN0xiXr1IpAfHoSQ7GAk6zueKRxWNxqAyeG8qiV8yrwMZOvAOs9zU26KiTc5ffidf737HjTO/w640-h480/IMG_20230402_132611_922.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We hadn't been ashore for long when we noticed the sky darkening and the wind building up. We saw Pegasos bouncing up and down in the unsettled sea and decided to sit it out from the coconut milkshake shack.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My unease grew when we saw two waterspouts forming on the sea, one closer to the beach area. A waterspout is a tornado over water and varies in size and strength.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiVcVAX3iVf3giPTYu0GpkUBUMmo8DWfAvByZb9xqw7cioStGGMCcXYwLTvfb3K9cKuQtif1KFdUf4FWzgas2HJ1M-N-2foTeLXe3rp89ULhTSk6o34HFMTvb7EJovtgp4ZxnuQ025E-2vNI4IxRxIPDUrUGrhj2yX6Oa14o7CnyL3QXlXFoOlDZZ/s3811/IMG_20230402_142321_862~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3811" data-original-width="3311" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiVcVAX3iVf3giPTYu0GpkUBUMmo8DWfAvByZb9xqw7cioStGGMCcXYwLTvfb3K9cKuQtif1KFdUf4FWzgas2HJ1M-N-2foTeLXe3rp89ULhTSk6o34HFMTvb7EJovtgp4ZxnuQ025E-2vNI4IxRxIPDUrUGrhj2yX6Oa14o7CnyL3QXlXFoOlDZZ/w556-h640/IMG_20230402_142321_862~2.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='659' height='549' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyZXB5vxYGPcnOXpYyqFfwea2VKuVQ9R7ulWs6lFwnw6KWjIZoA4VXvCjMj9OrgRl6neTJIE0nQGQochD_cTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The wind got much stronger suddenly. Little boats and jet skis hurried back to the beach and vendors ran about collecting their umbrellas and chairs. Stray dogs ran frantically looking for shelter. Too late for us to get back to Pegasos and certainly not enough time to pull up the anchor by hand and move off. It rained buckets and we sheltered under a little beach stand watching poor Pegasos bouncing in the waves. The anchor held fast so nothing to do but wait it out. After about an hour the storm moved on, the rain and wind stopped and the sun came out again. Hardy tourists were already swimming by the time we dragged the dinghy back into the water to mop up Pegasos.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We went back to the previous night's anchorage at the cruise terminal. In the morning Robert struggled to lift up the anchor by hand especially since the anchor windlass isn't working and eventually it came up with a cement block and rope caught on the anchor. He cut it off with a kitchen knife. The seabed is so fouled in many places throughout SE Asia that it's not uncommon to pull up plastic bags and broken nets. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_qTdg3w0wUnB4HVxIJSjMIQhCMOwv9RWRKebtxksbNnmkhglsOWYn-TXgPB1Y7Vpc-v8ISCb4PVM2bLhHK3Lb9GJvXsuzNsqekJj0tCTJ-svLBzaK6mvc_wyISKo1u3j419953oUsWPJ6V6bb7VktPYZKpM55f_GUCjunDC8dDsEOLy_mLjFuM5o/s3770/IMG_20230404_104347_172.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3199" data-original-width="3770" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_qTdg3w0wUnB4HVxIJSjMIQhCMOwv9RWRKebtxksbNnmkhglsOWYn-TXgPB1Y7Vpc-v8ISCb4PVM2bLhHK3Lb9GJvXsuzNsqekJj0tCTJ-svLBzaK6mvc_wyISKo1u3j419953oUsWPJ6V6bb7VktPYZKpM55f_GUCjunDC8dDsEOLy_mLjFuM5o/w640-h544/IMG_20230404_104347_172.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: medium;">We stayed for a few days and enjoyed the beach walks and relaxed amongst a few other yachts anchored nearby.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFFf_9CPf37iR74t_UbRfC9R-eUAgHaFk4aoHPwS69jUY_MUbst7549ATRcX-WJueRiWHFoLemIvZ3J_ABVkwVD6zVIn5t8TJkdpzBGDEZJXNBKFGIm86uZDO1wLh1oqDZa627JcO64JR6QYrUfn22TyoiDRItsaAaBeNJ1xS3J6SbBwnqJjB4-zL/s4160/IMG_20230404_111429_596~3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFFf_9CPf37iR74t_UbRfC9R-eUAgHaFk4aoHPwS69jUY_MUbst7549ATRcX-WJueRiWHFoLemIvZ3J_ABVkwVD6zVIn5t8TJkdpzBGDEZJXNBKFGIm86uZDO1wLh1oqDZa627JcO64JR6QYrUfn22TyoiDRItsaAaBeNJ1xS3J6SbBwnqJjB4-zL/w640-h480/IMG_20230404_111429_596~3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Telaga is a small quiet town with a nice marina. Very few shops were open and it has an air of not quite recovered yet from the covid shutdown. <br /></span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYy8QxccnUWdM5Zf1annoiP9r6J5VNMzTAsXccN7R1ArM8D50wWPYVVQXIjxKg2_ffJM9T8dLKYCAY1vUbypcTQxjCOMkJC6S37hpA0EIg56NijmKsaexBGMYix3ncbjG13YHLOW5wLn1fHpZIjwZijTcIkyYFGQw5tc4zE6M1bR3viciIjreHHRY/s4286/IMG_20230405_130739_818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3053" data-original-width="4286" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYy8QxccnUWdM5Zf1annoiP9r6J5VNMzTAsXccN7R1ArM8D50wWPYVVQXIjxKg2_ffJM9T8dLKYCAY1vUbypcTQxjCOMkJC6S37hpA0EIg56NijmKsaexBGMYix3ncbjG13YHLOW5wLn1fHpZIjwZijTcIkyYFGQw5tc4zE6M1bR3viciIjreHHRY/w640-h456/IMG_20230405_130739_818.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sUVy0-UndeEQ1I_yNMs6-DVOKwuSs02PWyTn5MCrD-nN6lrC0f0dDzlGrDl03wQKclslzR592NAbgghrARA5pZL2bOfz3-l8JHEd8SXBAsm6ChaRxPKAOjRTPwelk90HuE0DjdaNhr4jH3uNqgrV_4RCaXdkk2l0-Zbc2lUJsj7yC_PTCU8YS5jn/s4038/IMG_20230405_130858_383.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4038" data-original-width="3356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sUVy0-UndeEQ1I_yNMs6-DVOKwuSs02PWyTn5MCrD-nN6lrC0f0dDzlGrDl03wQKclslzR592NAbgghrARA5pZL2bOfz3-l8JHEd8SXBAsm6ChaRxPKAOjRTPwelk90HuE0DjdaNhr4jH3uNqgrV_4RCaXdkk2l0-Zbc2lUJsj7yC_PTCU8YS5jn/w532-h640/IMG_20230405_130858_383.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We wanted to explore further islands but we had hardly left when the pitch of the engine changed suddenly and loudly. Robert quickly dropped speed. Something caught on the prop? We turned around, dropped anchor in our old spot and Robert dived under. Nothing on the prop but he did notice that the prop shaft support strut was loose. Checking inside there seemed to be a leak from that join. Maybe a submerged rope caught on it and pulled it loose but he couldn't fix it on the spot and not a good idea to sail about without getting it sorted first. We were a week early from our booking at Rebak Marina but we messaged them and they were happy that we could berth early. Luckily it was just a short distance away and we limped in 3 hours later and took our allocated berth in a lovely marina.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODz3me3y4tZnwCfARWn1X3RTbaPvxDToawuFURrR2fDWCXnosNVR9J7_RrMUQqVE-CvJLp4cX_9y-OHjUrokgr9iqDhM54a9e8kWh98xs9vtt5VPBfom6gbNxDyoI2dIO7PcNcK6BStk3TW8hQ3uJKh6yIximD347UZw2133eTrbF_sweS0PDNMF3/s4608/IMG_20230409_093335_530.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODz3me3y4tZnwCfARWn1X3RTbaPvxDToawuFURrR2fDWCXnosNVR9J7_RrMUQqVE-CvJLp4cX_9y-OHjUrokgr9iqDhM54a9e8kWh98xs9vtt5VPBfom6gbNxDyoI2dIO7PcNcK6BStk3TW8hQ3uJKh6yIximD347UZw2133eTrbF_sweS0PDNMF3/w640-h480/IMG_20230409_093335_530.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At our check in at the marina office, they told us that we also had access to the resort facilities so we wasted no time:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0EY5D-eSQsP-M2UVbqK94WSjwrxDuty-eUvHZ6By7coy8jsXzUhXAvIBAxFTMFw100t4he5A6lGRvvaMXPat5SFBW3vECB8vvXHxeBp4dkbDuKbqrKT3HuFr_3nzlDfo4jNNaEkSl3o/s4608/IMG_20230409_133150_041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0EY5D-eSQsP-M2UVbqK94WSjwrxDuty-eUvHZ6By7coy8jsXzUhXAvIBAxFTMFw100t4he5A6lGRvvaMXPat5SFBW3vECB8vvXHxeBp4dkbDuKbqrKT3HuFr_3nzlDfo4jNNaEkSl3o/w640-h480/IMG_20230409_133150_041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOrA3sQ4QRXuhTamEHFfVgKeS5vCd1mxvv-T6dvi7SPXOsh4NrMdOizkmIfHrkUU01S684xD5Sp0166SEgZKhoTvboblqv4OMTP5rs9wmtf_Bbd0l2Z_jMeh7hAc4bP8HoY4hGHcXt1BmN1mqa1L-K63lhend-iGGXsOSJbVuCfnodl6J_vZNGIJ5/s4405/IMG_20230409_111322_923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="4405" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOrA3sQ4QRXuhTamEHFfVgKeS5vCd1mxvv-T6dvi7SPXOsh4NrMdOizkmIfHrkUU01S684xD5Sp0166SEgZKhoTvboblqv4OMTP5rs9wmtf_Bbd0l2Z_jMeh7hAc4bP8HoY4hGHcXt1BmN1mqa1L-K63lhend-iGGXsOSJbVuCfnodl6J_vZNGIJ5/w640-h480/IMG_20230409_111322_923.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Robert manged to fix the leak and hopefully it will last until we haul out the boat later in the year. We will leave Pegasos here at Rebak Marina for the monsoon season. With an extra week to unpack the boat we had more time to relax in the heat of the day. A heatwave shortly after we arrived took temperatures up to 41 deg C on a particularly sweltering day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One day we took the small ferry to the mainland and hired a scooter to do some sightseeing and shopping including a pricey fresh water pump.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FCCtb-6CaYz1lG2dcfMURmGNaEWRMSaSR1h9TFp-iTa5q9fmyQ_-NZqqWMMIKlynSE5COMnqX9uwFeR_RcfIahSVFiaOfEx7WV0QL8krYLztK70PCWBXqbhSrypNRmfySH9SzY-mBBBnP9LVQyOiVnSEw1oePR4nGhVPEIThdPDzYKCbAMlvbegp/s3652/IMG_20230417_160405_314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2611" data-original-width="3652" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FCCtb-6CaYz1lG2dcfMURmGNaEWRMSaSR1h9TFp-iTa5q9fmyQ_-NZqqWMMIKlynSE5COMnqX9uwFeR_RcfIahSVFiaOfEx7WV0QL8krYLztK70PCWBXqbhSrypNRmfySH9SzY-mBBBnP9LVQyOiVnSEw1oePR4nGhVPEIThdPDzYKCbAMlvbegp/w640-h458/IMG_20230417_160405_314.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qRGF89voEcWFjXyO5JK9RV1BbE25miQjXGGjd7SeBkrpQ-3SeuEEIYyQO48vT9r8prkMztyVXomcfPy6GwNIPD9WtxJDU2zPmnrrDUPJt4iKh4g_y5jysHfqEH9QTB_SYBmtLVoM8hCRKsT88-2OrCYYTrRrgFbU395bl-d0t9I5y39xsKI9tTjX/s4311/original_c2b65d71-8117-40df-ab91-587034f13b97_IMG_20230417_160602_998~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4311" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qRGF89voEcWFjXyO5JK9RV1BbE25miQjXGGjd7SeBkrpQ-3SeuEEIYyQO48vT9r8prkMztyVXomcfPy6GwNIPD9WtxJDU2zPmnrrDUPJt4iKh4g_y5jysHfqEH9QTB_SYBmtLVoM8hCRKsT88-2OrCYYTrRrgFbU395bl-d0t9I5y39xsKI9tTjX/w640-h514/original_c2b65d71-8117-40df-ab91-587034f13b97_IMG_20230417_160602_998~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We got our greenery fix by visiting the edge of the rainforest at the base of Ganung Raya the highest mountain in Langkawi. It was too hot and humid to attempt the 4,287 steps to a look out point so we did a short walk in the sticky heat.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The trees are huge and the vines on the trees have grown so thick they become like tree trunks.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qCKaEHQMKlvFusJeUihI19hg0qY4E-Gj2rdh-G_rp1TRc2IcTB7nRPS90uWbLS9KJBb6aVxzdFozNy049RsHU3MZj_la1jRk9DWfUK3AA66LD45W544__JB8iAEzt0TF0PNGnvTy0D6ihxSH3yuv4QMH4cNJaEmEhKT_9CAKSIWZnE2IOT1QrfIZ/s3522/IMG_20230417_151419_504~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="3522" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qCKaEHQMKlvFusJeUihI19hg0qY4E-Gj2rdh-G_rp1TRc2IcTB7nRPS90uWbLS9KJBb6aVxzdFozNy049RsHU3MZj_la1jRk9DWfUK3AA66LD45W544__JB8iAEzt0TF0PNGnvTy0D6ihxSH3yuv4QMH4cNJaEmEhKT_9CAKSIWZnE2IOT1QrfIZ/w640-h538/IMG_20230417_151419_504~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHpT4Bcub4oXVvhW8YjLkZ85F9yo_xQhQt7XsLMN4DFYJ5DUZahI2OAO9EnqovortB4Hako6-bvdDlRh0W74oEdbQ08V-471VMT9hADaa2HO0zwBA3a0jd8hGJPEDddfvFvxZJnye0w6Q3jAY2w7aFeh3Z5CJSLkUmD-B5lndX-n2_f8gO_CVS_KA/s3954/IMG_20230417_151441_430.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We joined in the celebration of Eid al-Fitr by stuffing ourselves with the vast spread of food at the resort buffet laid out to mark the occasion.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVDhyXjy8FSy5wWoTTpKMf9iQ6uR6z6mxej9zI0z1DmYb1JvQPdi-t4XzvCxk3qxWfANjx59LGloM468xHxPtpZ00f--oJfjVr-ZEVLBxm4jyxC10wIjsM5exS83GpgHBSss-ixXMlQ_lQWNbkEYBSt9mrN4XWEwEfJNGoVWwCej04TtR42jLgpht/s4608/IMG_20230422_193230_952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVDhyXjy8FSy5wWoTTpKMf9iQ6uR6z6mxej9zI0z1DmYb1JvQPdi-t4XzvCxk3qxWfANjx59LGloM468xHxPtpZ00f--oJfjVr-ZEVLBxm4jyxC10wIjsM5exS83GpgHBSss-ixXMlQ_lQWNbkEYBSt9mrN4XWEwEfJNGoVWwCej04TtR42jLgpht/w640-h480/IMG_20230422_193230_952.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="4250" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpL7mGE8lIxdE_iX_M4t5vpMVZ_iGvUkndX5gdSnAeO3CoYWDXqhzN4WRp54P3Z958kzlDyjFQOq9Sp4FGgcHZIeZNit85cxvBIXzd4vsLPXoJchJ_s6mvc1FtX9hm5Bq2fetjOshPH7KeHNvjsrDuznbtPoIMnl8RAScpJAanHzbb_Uq7fGUSlVsY/w640-h266/IMG_20230425_191347_694.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The SW monsoon rains are starting up and we've almost finished packing up the boat. We plan to return to Malaysia in November, haul out the boat here at Rebak Marina for antifouling, etc. and hope to sail on to Thailand at the end of the year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is our last blog update as I have been posting pics and updates on Instagram concurrently with this blog and found that it suits us better. Due Course Now was intended to chronicle our journey on Pegasos but moving with the times, Instagram is easier to upload pics with text. It's a private Instagram account for friends and family and anyone interested in following our story is welcome to follow us on marcelle_and_robert LInk below:<br /></span></p><p><a href="https://instagram.com/marcelle_and_robert?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM= ">https://instagram.com/marcelle_and_robert?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM= </a><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBkFlA4vvMaHtNLiE2zZ6_5lpSY0xjyEXL0Asyld9e6EmkzVZZkd-dFwvIv1LfUzjTVo2IE0ldZUcmUYKj_QK_AAuu4CAZDT4hwAHtc_4HjiwuhC43zZtqRGbn5HabuPbC_Qr3R4biQ05r4eTCRfTyTZqxPJnYs4GHJlrOmDUhFsNHH6vWnJAVqjA/s3893/IMG_20230409_093158_517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3893" data-original-width="3068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBkFlA4vvMaHtNLiE2zZ6_5lpSY0xjyEXL0Asyld9e6EmkzVZZkd-dFwvIv1LfUzjTVo2IE0ldZUcmUYKj_QK_AAuu4CAZDT4hwAHtc_4HjiwuhC43zZtqRGbn5HabuPbC_Qr3R4biQ05r4eTCRfTyTZqxPJnYs4GHJlrOmDUhFsNHH6vWnJAVqjA/w504-h640/IMG_20230409_093158_517.jpg" width="504" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><br />Marcellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08601832834852072817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078229039724342313.post-76145222356113499662023-04-03T16:22:00.003+08:002023-04-03T16:22:56.534+08:00Season 6: Episode 1: Cruising the west coast of Malaysia from Singapore to Langkawi<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HoFNL-OBsppWCAMKfX2Gq9wnDgsNX3J9xOLCwiMCSAf8EgNHwZmm1J6RKNH4NdEhbOg5hodlQ9r1IID6CJNcOMNveO68yZQ-AAcngBfoz7Ga6Yq91aU4ORC_SMbXnclHwjF_xASyP9KImZFX30p-UoofMl5oSbe0aqo8Pjuo_HnX60EKnAbTXqTc/s784/IMG-20230403-WA0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="784" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HoFNL-OBsppWCAMKfX2Gq9wnDgsNX3J9xOLCwiMCSAf8EgNHwZmm1J6RKNH4NdEhbOg5hodlQ9r1IID6CJNcOMNveO68yZQ-AAcngBfoz7Ga6Yq91aU4ORC_SMbXnclHwjF_xASyP9KImZFX30p-UoofMl5oSbe0aqo8Pjuo_HnX60EKnAbTXqTc/w640-h564/IMG-20230403-WA0001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After spending 4 glorious days in Istanbul en route to Malaysia, we arrived in Singapore and traveled to the border causeway crossing by train and very squishy full bus. We had booked a hotel for the first night in Johor Bahru and in the morning we found the streets in our area alive with double festivities:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzK1AvpJDbcnD0mG8yNYnisdmeIIRSDgQikrrKZWugSBN-Zw4Hf9y_SjQstRyaLSlrW0IT4g3S3WWa0cbSfZ6Pm9Z9Vh2biBM0YKHNVULFiqVi5ZHa9dTOyyW5tzhttR7zLGBmx_8kvaYXx0W3VzttpsyDTaEQExv1WDL7CChB1AlVjK1iXiTk6oJ/s4408/IMG_20230205_115715_494.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2801" data-original-width="4408" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzK1AvpJDbcnD0mG8yNYnisdmeIIRSDgQikrrKZWugSBN-Zw4Hf9y_SjQstRyaLSlrW0IT4g3S3WWa0cbSfZ6Pm9Z9Vh2biBM0YKHNVULFiqVi5ZHa9dTOyyW5tzhttR7zLGBmx_8kvaYXx0W3VzttpsyDTaEQExv1WDL7CChB1AlVjK1iXiTk6oJ/w640-h406/IMG_20230205_115715_494.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='631' height='524' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxhZRjEbD968yBV2ux9MyCFKoKq70BaCn_zyXpRxdlSUIcz0npF5xOwynBm6Agx6V7lMFBLr2w87vLqm90gwQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='635' height='527' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dztXOP8gCbNzBXgyct2qtcItLthgj6ow3I7J0HrOpRyPHrLH4hxTCFdC0CoBaMQZrPtMek5t-wPZG272zTwVQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and the more painful looking Hindu festival of Thaipusam <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUwFcqCHCogjX7aMniyvU6KfeHiLHXmL6EfmBuO4LfYpAUrm1S9B3CBw_OVOa9QowR76p1g0p40S6g4kEAyay-pqdjd5eqGm_X28ITWKyEizwe40ynBnbstKr7eiz9jWIqdc78x4ucWGHFMAfL3wwSsaxbTXnbZkuqRq1knCPy9QG0HvQZSkLgP0y/s3635/IMG_20230205_124501_961.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3176" data-original-width="3635" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUwFcqCHCogjX7aMniyvU6KfeHiLHXmL6EfmBuO4LfYpAUrm1S9B3CBw_OVOa9QowR76p1g0p40S6g4kEAyay-pqdjd5eqGm_X28ITWKyEizwe40ynBnbstKr7eiz9jWIqdc78x4ucWGHFMAfL3wwSsaxbTXnbZkuqRq1knCPy9QG0HvQZSkLgP0y/w640-h560/IMG_20230205_124501_961.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='639' height='532' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwG42qFVErM7QYCmO5XfYNtwoinPV_DdSyLY5ktyuXF4716aKNKFEaV_hkXhiHWNWVTt2ieKZaCXHOstWeVKg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then on to Senibong Cove Marina to see how Pegasos held up after 3½ months.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There was some mould but not much and thankfully no leaks. First priority was to get shade so the tent canvas was put up first.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66g0zrrO-aC9xpeX2VONbZoWXcRlC85toDe_3Z083i4KYKZyiZ6jWtRtntK7vwIv7VVzOvM0kUl6o-OijsXRpyWR8kCu0rsmgWJ8EXh31BOW7l1S_lbe4YjeLc5YplKp8uo-dsIb2q4K2N8FliedsaQv7tc8xWul9rDtPGFyp4trZ7lsPNBJd0-bJ/s4608/IMG_20230206_181147_292.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66g0zrrO-aC9xpeX2VONbZoWXcRlC85toDe_3Z083i4KYKZyiZ6jWtRtntK7vwIv7VVzOvM0kUl6o-OijsXRpyWR8kCu0rsmgWJ8EXh31BOW7l1S_lbe4YjeLc5YplKp8uo-dsIb2q4K2N8FliedsaQv7tc8xWul9rDtPGFyp4trZ7lsPNBJd0-bJ/w640-h480/IMG_20230206_181147_292.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3246" data-original-width="4531" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tnkvU8qPZClOGMIXR3JbdFYZFaZnlMDdinJV4RC758ECWpQVbWd918cz2I6zqywGbDyYbM8XPieiceAiPeKXofONf6hrKx5H0ZfIjs90AnUD62wmysO-3x0P2LqoitWWs8PrgsVoEoPdsfEO-RqZWPcMIZ41Qxnnhrcltd6pEec2Cb3DE7r4mSJG/w640-h458/IMG_20230214_101709_822.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The lithium battery Robert bought last time was not working properly so after the usual lengthy run around by dodgy Chinese suppliers, new lithium battery arrived. Pity the charge controllers and battery management systems supplied are so crap.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also got a new long shaft outboard motor - our back up if the onboard engine gives problems, at least it can push us out of hazards. It was like Xmas on the jetty for Robert.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdVlfPUQdFlZU0JNn6dKW5vrHxgUXziUQ20q4calAFqqNIDmnJvx8kxiBG2ukhS1N0YsqDbE8TYIsFSXwVV1voGpMUDR7vY5CxzsoXfmSZnO_w16Frpp0fLVxgld8MnozmiEyI6KNRHWSsGbJJ2g9-cgDFKNBgw-8d17omvCqeGOT9XTZangnMPmr/s4608/IMG_20230222_145316_797~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="4608" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdVlfPUQdFlZU0JNn6dKW5vrHxgUXziUQ20q4calAFqqNIDmnJvx8kxiBG2ukhS1N0YsqDbE8TYIsFSXwVV1voGpMUDR7vY5CxzsoXfmSZnO_w16Frpp0fLVxgld8MnozmiEyI6KNRHWSsGbJJ2g9-cgDFKNBgw-8d17omvCqeGOT9XTZangnMPmr/w640-h424/IMG_20230222_145316_797~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSseJjy0Bjy2z_UVdGip6liKw8b1FUiI6KaXjyJBWQaKG15E-ZKoyvP7fx5h9P432JXY-PpdRPeyhGdYuomPyKE5iqyvKVYvgoOsa5wMMU_puHrIEiW1bnOjfFLgAI0JYjPh_YtB5hymkTVil1Ouv3mNogADCiVxGxuk2LgJW4aVLyrmANAgcx6obu/s4086/IMG_20230222_152013_421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3065" data-original-width="4086" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSseJjy0Bjy2z_UVdGip6liKw8b1FUiI6KaXjyJBWQaKG15E-ZKoyvP7fx5h9P432JXY-PpdRPeyhGdYuomPyKE5iqyvKVYvgoOsa5wMMU_puHrIEiW1bnOjfFLgAI0JYjPh_YtB5hymkTVil1Ouv3mNogADCiVxGxuk2LgJW4aVLyrmANAgcx6obu/w640-h480/IMG_20230222_152013_421.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Senibong Cove Marina is a nicely maintained marina, although noisy at night surrounded by bars and restaurants and singing until the wee hours. At the time we were one of only two live-aboard boats. Sadly, many of the other sail boats looked abandoned and needing their owners.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucu1mW_vBEWrBPc0AtN80yq4ReXaJcyUkWWkYknHfWedDG5_QcwX6zcZKezHoXYPH4zJgLXTtlUm2Ovjnq6ReVg-k0LfZ71_3zK6LVhRH9I-6pnU1e7b42yKIst9r0faroydr61GGA34a2m0hd7YNXU5ph769arSEU60z7-LO7ttErTRY0ahqZSAv/s4608/IMG_20230220_182812_297.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucu1mW_vBEWrBPc0AtN80yq4ReXaJcyUkWWkYknHfWedDG5_QcwX6zcZKezHoXYPH4zJgLXTtlUm2Ovjnq6ReVg-k0LfZ71_3zK6LVhRH9I-6pnU1e7b42yKIst9r0faroydr61GGA34a2m0hd7YNXU5ph769arSEU60z7-LO7ttErTRY0ahqZSAv/w640-h480/IMG_20230220_182812_297.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ySs7d4yJoqgoljsr1kwzkEo0AKjLrsMBe0N0JY3972eqMY-41GP0kNnFyzELB0fORfLPvjixMyRLjCwpsatBdqyNPjPOzSY8m8k1ndlZUxNQ6dpgnVUhooTtRNhmnoneHpoMemdrOaLnTxDwny2xrblzevU4koB0X0NuvRKs02Mk4CoyOY0lrXA4/w640-h480/IMG_20230220_182654_729.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our live-aboard gecko still living the life since Port Dickson last year:</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAU1kwG_OgjaWYUhfYSThVcF39lO5p5c2wxwxpPQMB47Rae3P5J15rqN11gqGq5rkrtI0R6K_bByqrREW3Ae_RKvfglSsm8gwYKiqckX-hOfXhlW-XM50_2hNGzvqa0sb4SVZOpVKDR3lB0h-_d4zRx0ptNfgBUdGplY6UAUCS0P6w_zRB4R1MChoB/s1051/IMG_20230214_104602_110~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="802" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAU1kwG_OgjaWYUhfYSThVcF39lO5p5c2wxwxpPQMB47Rae3P5J15rqN11gqGq5rkrtI0R6K_bByqrREW3Ae_RKvfglSsm8gwYKiqckX-hOfXhlW-XM50_2hNGzvqa0sb4SVZOpVKDR3lB0h-_d4zRx0ptNfgBUdGplY6UAUCS0P6w_zRB4R1MChoB/w488-h640/IMG_20230214_104602_110~2.jpg" width="488" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And it's bigger cousin, a monitor lizard at the marina (luckily not living aboard):</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjmcDZtapZd9e2yd-c_pTw-IRYPf9UP1Jww4x6Y1Pwoob4Hqw5VCOaViYS0BxKp3BDq1RrMrLZs0FxvX4aUmEMW59pMu9OaFaSwho0fDo1wqCy8kLRX4Yvbf11WxBAeTo6pqjRJoVgL3mtcNJBvEx6YLjxpjmgFBcjCkg1uKpsuCP0I9qLeb6dCo0/s3087/IMG_20230218_181549_537~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3087" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjmcDZtapZd9e2yd-c_pTw-IRYPf9UP1Jww4x6Y1Pwoob4Hqw5VCOaViYS0BxKp3BDq1RrMrLZs0FxvX4aUmEMW59pMu9OaFaSwho0fDo1wqCy8kLRX4Yvbf11WxBAeTo6pqjRJoVgL3mtcNJBvEx6YLjxpjmgFBcjCkg1uKpsuCP0I9qLeb6dCo0/w640-h622/IMG_20230218_181549_537~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 weeks of which 1 week was both of us being too sick to do much boat preparation, Pegasos was ready and a large part of our last day was spent visiting the harbour master, naturally quite far from customs and immigration - manned by pleasant staff who seem to be doing yacht clearing out paperwork for the very first time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBKztT3i39XGik0p6NI67qrcr4kiaDJ1I0aNMbS8jBUbp7YkLeszg2muzl_LCTMo5VttE5LEKCuj2_A0rPXqw47NpQ4tGOh3MhFjBdnYJV-wd0GEg6uRvR-n_cpps4EIQ37Y65m3jgXoD_hbAT0-Q0F2roUGc22Bo4q0T5ytw_y92JlxCHZqnNktw/s4608/IMG_20230226_110410_450.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBKztT3i39XGik0p6NI67qrcr4kiaDJ1I0aNMbS8jBUbp7YkLeszg2muzl_LCTMo5VttE5LEKCuj2_A0rPXqw47NpQ4tGOh3MhFjBdnYJV-wd0GEg6uRvR-n_cpps4EIQ37Y65m3jgXoD_hbAT0-Q0F2roUGc22Bo4q0T5ytw_y92JlxCHZqnNktw/w640-h480/IMG_20230226_110410_450.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We had good weather in the marina and we had hardly set off when the weather turned and torrential rain set in for a few days. So we found a sheltered spot in the strait behind Singapore, dropped anchor and sat it out for 3 days as visibility was too poor to go in the shipping lanes. The monsoon downpour resulted in some severe flooding in surrounding areas.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Anchored off tiny Pineapple Island (Pulau Nenas): <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyRpPekiEKF_gO66v8WLWlgC6OXz234oAvgcDfAbZ7aVZdOONGZdJyLxpiaKbCzhFXg1v9VZ5g_y2RZQFGf9_ZsjUfIvz8PyAJlI_jB_k1nCJeIxDspgmmXIT-8LsBqRTu_ESnDgKvw5cMpPFqmr0mUhlLyZ7z6I_M9ZO1WyLTZ_nMQXTPpp5zDr6/s4608/IMG_20230228_114143_299.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyRpPekiEKF_gO66v8WLWlgC6OXz234oAvgcDfAbZ7aVZdOONGZdJyLxpiaKbCzhFXg1v9VZ5g_y2RZQFGf9_ZsjUfIvz8PyAJlI_jB_k1nCJeIxDspgmmXIT-8LsBqRTu_ESnDgKvw5cMpPFqmr0mUhlLyZ7z6I_M9ZO1WyLTZ_nMQXTPpp5zDr6/w640-h480/IMG_20230228_114143_299.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Eventually we got a weather window break and set off very early in the morning to head into the westbound lane around Singapore.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgletjl_YJPjKyP_lGMtZmzTZkYfcYkuSMVi9zP6vzgp6q4jwG7ljFxPV9hXJflT2PpkSJ3ll1Pl4twcMLoGPe-35EJJm0qs7DQD3QtS4NLOqUZmA1kYFMWNrQEoxNAfew1YEJveDmsAdW-cCSEetobEawGhztPtMR2Vu4qZlyybyboZDoySEt5MgsM/s4459/original_2aa703dc-2a94-4040-91dc-9a7adb34c1bf_IMG_20230302_065016_186.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4459" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgletjl_YJPjKyP_lGMtZmzTZkYfcYkuSMVi9zP6vzgp6q4jwG7ljFxPV9hXJflT2PpkSJ3ll1Pl4twcMLoGPe-35EJJm0qs7DQD3QtS4NLOqUZmA1kYFMWNrQEoxNAfew1YEJveDmsAdW-cCSEetobEawGhztPtMR2Vu4qZlyybyboZDoySEt5MgsM/w640-h382/original_2aa703dc-2a94-4040-91dc-9a7adb34c1bf_IMG_20230302_065016_186.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunG6X6hwXudQlzFK2xfhTRiuvTixtNea8Kls1J8ni21cfnv-uGCxZKT5tE82ujQS0xQPYqk2NX2NCcniXl4GSlz5muzDhlSAN46xIXe9hs58fl7UMLwnNg99TvHyO-XpayA7TBS4zH9tajWjD5mZrIElLYvOEqOe0PEzgWGUb_XVyOce2zMOzjNPH/s4608/IMG_20230302_065009_968~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunG6X6hwXudQlzFK2xfhTRiuvTixtNea8Kls1J8ni21cfnv-uGCxZKT5tE82ujQS0xQPYqk2NX2NCcniXl4GSlz5muzDhlSAN46xIXe9hs58fl7UMLwnNg99TvHyO-XpayA7TBS4zH9tajWjD5mZrIElLYvOEqOe0PEzgWGUb_XVyOce2zMOzjNPH/w640-h480/IMG_20230302_065009_968~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Once we were in the shipping lane, we kept a sharp look out and checked our AIS constantly. We kept to the very edge of the shipping lane so the faster moving big giants could pass by and the Singapore water police were satisfied we were not straying into Singapore waters. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje61A1L_k5WrcZT88eiH3Viyrmu2Yn6IfpVGZBsPEP63lT_j383Ccug3sWy2xFbF35k7nGpadcCeV0QF5QZS378v4M4AZHu-YN8OOArH0anaIC60wFPSXRhjL7o2CEdCxbgRIqBNBRODPKR0BxL480pGJKJKXblwz2vCnsMdBzjoc4Xx6HOVOKKVtG/s3877/original_68c95a6f-ff98-4fc5-8971-8e8cf1ff123a_IMG_20230227_103122_240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="3877" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje61A1L_k5WrcZT88eiH3Viyrmu2Yn6IfpVGZBsPEP63lT_j383Ccug3sWy2xFbF35k7nGpadcCeV0QF5QZS378v4M4AZHu-YN8OOArH0anaIC60wFPSXRhjL7o2CEdCxbgRIqBNBRODPKR0BxL480pGJKJKXblwz2vCnsMdBzjoc4Xx6HOVOKKVtG/w640-h310/original_68c95a6f-ff98-4fc5-8971-8e8cf1ff123a_IMG_20230227_103122_240.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Zj0sAhN5d5f6WkihJ6ouslFeUWWl8TEvfeRdIkKjbE-QMFLEN8fY9LCgNcdzCn3oBBCGcQpnLnvZOOEAG59z5GssPgbVHhpHu4G74PfQHU9pUOMQ4TGYb0-FxdCXZFRZcJo-cYLLvL5XBLEqX_Klmrhj7rxR9M9cxxdjE_xfnjxkpzl5GZyiCOxl/s3371/original_060f97c2-c8eb-483d-8730-b4189760d137_IMG_20230227_103845_299.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="3371" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Zj0sAhN5d5f6WkihJ6ouslFeUWWl8TEvfeRdIkKjbE-QMFLEN8fY9LCgNcdzCn3oBBCGcQpnLnvZOOEAG59z5GssPgbVHhpHu4G74PfQHU9pUOMQ4TGYb0-FxdCXZFRZcJo-cYLLvL5XBLEqX_Klmrhj7rxR9M9cxxdjE_xfnjxkpzl5GZyiCOxl/w640-h346/original_060f97c2-c8eb-483d-8730-b4189760d137_IMG_20230227_103845_299.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxfXuSGWV4cKuDP76dUGb0hEuIq7NffRIXXtrVaIqiMZX8Wt90QKarLhB8EWAp3Oj5bX4JgHLHTUiP6Qk4oBfqomzVK5m7rXDfCKpVg_RVjS3v3ptDwSJQFI6gqGJjz0n8ehixtNukGQECGPAsdMFJOBgHnkyNT7AIUYLieKAzV8r8wllYTAeIbYp/s3143/original_d5aac721-477f-490f-8ba7-ea3bb8bd0c20_IMG_20230227_103907_612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="3143" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxfXuSGWV4cKuDP76dUGb0hEuIq7NffRIXXtrVaIqiMZX8Wt90QKarLhB8EWAp3Oj5bX4JgHLHTUiP6Qk4oBfqomzVK5m7rXDfCKpVg_RVjS3v3ptDwSJQFI6gqGJjz0n8ehixtNukGQECGPAsdMFJOBgHnkyNT7AIUYLieKAzV8r8wllYTAeIbYp/w640-h416/original_d5aac721-477f-490f-8ba7-ea3bb8bd0c20_IMG_20230227_103907_612.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9wrRyu6T2jnoeGWCadF9pmrKUF0XTATVUMuOYCijOLvwRFJ0DbfmPaERxLKXHA4-1JW7VH1WQP1gnshqE-nNBN6DdEZ4EX_g1-2XssyY7OGRu0X6DxsqqB86Z-gLoXzdWFnjw_WOxDSBAEaeRPeFtIczjHWBIIEvmrjGzGwZ2LBSOaAhKRp49ouD/s4434/IMG_20230302_093323_664~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="4434" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9wrRyu6T2jnoeGWCadF9pmrKUF0XTATVUMuOYCijOLvwRFJ0DbfmPaERxLKXHA4-1JW7VH1WQP1gnshqE-nNBN6DdEZ4EX_g1-2XssyY7OGRu0X6DxsqqB86Z-gLoXzdWFnjw_WOxDSBAEaeRPeFtIczjHWBIIEvmrjGzGwZ2LBSOaAhKRp49ouD/w640-h290/IMG_20230302_093323_664~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Going around Singapore from Pegasos' perspective:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='632' height='526' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwT31smUp9JWFKyxZEjeibjssfpizs7yLOq9Q7TMddneanN0HOrvIyL3rZtyeGUjz3_kLiBrNS3iTGNzUtPzw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was a long 9 hours in the shipping lane around Singapore so we were relieved to head out the lane to our nearest anchorage off Kukup Island. The next day we headed northwards up the west coast of Malaysia and anchored off Pisang Island. The heavy rain came back so we sat out another 2 days glad to be away from the flooding mainland where several communities had to be evacuated. The anchor windlass broke and Robert tried to fix it but no joy. So it means pulling up the anchor by hand until we can get a replacement part several weeks away. Robert's morning "gym" workout.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Once the rain let up we headed further northwards along the west Malaysian coast with the first overnight anchoring at an open roadstead just north of Batu Pahat. The colour of the water was gross probably from the nearby river.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A distinct colour change in the sea water: <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGGD5E2iN5TwDnWpsEuzIxhCV16NdFwaasyJMMZ9RnKsjg8-9L8ZHDYNNwePAcj-cXbKpYJ5620m45n1igFZbmNpy0K1UBl00kPfzfLUDRCnqgQUCNyHNCem4jKM2UGKwC8Dz8EeY95SwoOefmEWW-e6Oc0fTbELL1_kvrVpYFZYYsWnq8ZfBiBnC/s4386/original_b20b5bda-48f4-412e-95e2-cdaff2d2b928_IMG_20230305_155354_525.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3290" data-original-width="4386" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGGD5E2iN5TwDnWpsEuzIxhCV16NdFwaasyJMMZ9RnKsjg8-9L8ZHDYNNwePAcj-cXbKpYJ5620m45n1igFZbmNpy0K1UBl00kPfzfLUDRCnqgQUCNyHNCem4jKM2UGKwC8Dz8EeY95SwoOefmEWW-e6Oc0fTbELL1_kvrVpYFZYYsWnq8ZfBiBnC/w640-h480/original_b20b5bda-48f4-412e-95e2-cdaff2d2b928_IMG_20230305_155354_525.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We had strong wind and the current with us on the way to Malacca and with the sails up we were averaging about 7 knots. Yay!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was our second visit to Malacca and we enjoyed it as much as our first time in 2019. A vibrant heritage town with colonial buildings and the old Chinese quarter houses in the centre and modern tall buildings in the surrounds.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0jpbL7uUJg5A8IBWgVZtPGXV-SDCnlT0_nERl5pa0_Ihh4QNQggaN9q1gTheIWRX9tXJF7fvyBvMLVZ0N4IEOKTzGiuqBTe1s2HAM5Nvz8l7bTKb74yDs_2RvGB8qrb-1WzCJEJYW2C2LOY8ZrX3--JI11ApfgSMz-4xaOYpTtfWuMOA6RoomKVp/s4608/original_2167ca74-51a1-4176-baff-05cd8032b4a9_IMG_20230306_174600_431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3101" data-original-width="4608" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0jpbL7uUJg5A8IBWgVZtPGXV-SDCnlT0_nERl5pa0_Ihh4QNQggaN9q1gTheIWRX9tXJF7fvyBvMLVZ0N4IEOKTzGiuqBTe1s2HAM5Nvz8l7bTKb74yDs_2RvGB8qrb-1WzCJEJYW2C2LOY8ZrX3--JI11ApfgSMz-4xaOYpTtfWuMOA6RoomKVp/w640-h430/original_2167ca74-51a1-4176-baff-05cd8032b4a9_IMG_20230306_174600_431.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: medium;">Then onwards northwards for 9 hours to another familiar anchorage amongst the mangroves at Port Klang. Crossing another shipping channel but not as busy as Singapore. Monkeys and monitor lizards provided our sundowner entertainment.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8j_G-mX8pI4b4Rgf0c0AEqIxG862AX5nk5IJoy4BPMYYnELrV-8i8qXACnFMZMSJ51pqSlz44G9VNsVYaEDm3fminMg1v0QyjHZVpdKuf7OpeHGDvK50VzlP7GhCs-oa6g6hy6SQLQDPQH6E_70Oc8uvHMgEdsvFFmMA8wWu6Vla5RM9yb5xMysW/s4445/IMG_20230308_192846_775~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2352" data-original-width="4445" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8j_G-mX8pI4b4Rgf0c0AEqIxG862AX5nk5IJoy4BPMYYnELrV-8i8qXACnFMZMSJ51pqSlz44G9VNsVYaEDm3fminMg1v0QyjHZVpdKuf7OpeHGDvK50VzlP7GhCs-oa6g6hy6SQLQDPQH6E_70Oc8uvHMgEdsvFFmMA8wWu6Vla5RM9yb5xMysW/w640-h338/IMG_20230308_192846_775~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Another long day northwards and we decided on another open roadstead near Sungai Besar. Unfortunately the wind picked up and it became rolly and bouncy. Nothing we couldn't handle except after about an hour at anchorage, hundreds of little fishing boats zoomed out of their villages and set up their nets some distance away except for an idiot with a drift net too close in the strong current and in no time the drift net caught around the front of Pegasos. Robert jumped into the dinghy and tried to pull the net away but the current was too strong. I grabbed a large knife from the kitchen and wondered when I should cut the net. The idiot fisherman shot around to the back and frantically tried bringing his net in, getting closer and closer to Pegasos. His heavy wooden boat bumped Pegasos several times and in the bouncy sea he couldn't control it much. He ended up whacking into our port hull now cracked and badly dinged in the bow. When he lurched around to the starboard side Robert abandoned the dinghy and jumped into the fisherman's boat to push it off the bow. In doing so, water came into the fisherman's boat and he eventually said OK, Cut and handed over his knife. Robert still had to dive under our boat to remove the cut net off our rudder. No easy feat with Pegasos bouncing in rough sea. It was a rolly, uncomfortable night.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The next morning we picked our way through an intense fishing net area and 7 hours later dropped anchor on the south side of Pangkor Island.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRT730FN1p9tX_MuHiWWsw4MLVRvjW7mJg39v1qHded39kjsFrJAxhqwWtg81YQwLB0fOTHFa4EXQ-bFe4vycoScu88eGBybXE6gaSOU0_ctFmQML6-UETZJ9P8DbBwPcMmmEEq2Du4lFFDxs5cIjnHtT7vrK1-63d1HbQQhwQh2sRyClBWYkqSvG/s4508/original_8989de72-c901-483f-b621-e1f943e6d616_IMG_20230310_172445_643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2546" data-original-width="4508" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRT730FN1p9tX_MuHiWWsw4MLVRvjW7mJg39v1qHded39kjsFrJAxhqwWtg81YQwLB0fOTHFa4EXQ-bFe4vycoScu88eGBybXE6gaSOU0_ctFmQML6-UETZJ9P8DbBwPcMmmEEq2Du4lFFDxs5cIjnHtT7vrK1-63d1HbQQhwQh2sRyClBWYkqSvG/w640-h362/original_8989de72-c901-483f-b621-e1f943e6d616_IMG_20230310_172445_643.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">It was hot but the water was teeming with millions of small jellyfish so we went ashore for a walk and early supper.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">It was as scenic as before but seemed a lot busier this time with tour boats, banana boats, jet skis etc., so we decided not to linger another day and pushed on to Pulau Telang. The anchorage was wall to wall fishing nets but we found our spot and seeing no jellyfish we finally had a swim.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictj7tgcl8GjquPKPdPB4TeicazGA6ms7YftjG08hBexBfS5Q-pb5oJAYkoIQCjO2XTI8tO7dWBnAeW6ca8MR2hK6isoNguCLVOvsltrYCXTW7X2YqA-b6UqH6TFxPWQ1__xN4b2FatSD-msiqWXkUQsfSHb20AvhrljKbAGXb00Y6pUIUZkKaji0I/s3895/original_f778e833-80e4-4b20-b557-035e7696881a_IMG_20230312_121708_734.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="3895" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictj7tgcl8GjquPKPdPB4TeicazGA6ms7YftjG08hBexBfS5Q-pb5oJAYkoIQCjO2XTI8tO7dWBnAeW6ca8MR2hK6isoNguCLVOvsltrYCXTW7X2YqA-b6UqH6TFxPWQ1__xN4b2FatSD-msiqWXkUQsfSHb20AvhrljKbAGXb00Y6pUIUZkKaji0I/w640-h298/original_f778e833-80e4-4b20-b557-035e7696881a_IMG_20230312_121708_734.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXj2C_fMB4lEfHJWfQxlD3sgsgxDaH4HwwUbeAsWFkehVDA1P6ly9revUl4XB6GI0MiEj1zOdWLKs1jOXZXb-BDGoFiVXNDOHhuYB0f5lV0p4jr1mqz78MHmOQEMQC28puV1jcHP90d9DCh8bLxJk73yookD9fOtSJ14tJ5Ps6Pm3Ge_dnKtofOCwR/s4283/original_3fa9d40f-ccc8-4981-8320-5dff73fe83bd_IMG_20230312_120523_960.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2542" data-original-width="4283" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXj2C_fMB4lEfHJWfQxlD3sgsgxDaH4HwwUbeAsWFkehVDA1P6ly9revUl4XB6GI0MiEj1zOdWLKs1jOXZXb-BDGoFiVXNDOHhuYB0f5lV0p4jr1mqz78MHmOQEMQC28puV1jcHP90d9DCh8bLxJk73yookD9fOtSJ14tJ5Ps6Pm3Ge_dnKtofOCwR/w640-h380/original_3fa9d40f-ccc8-4981-8320-5dff73fe83bd_IMG_20230312_120523_960.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A very early start the next morning leaving at the crack of dawn. It was a long 9 hours covering 58 nautical miles in fairly choppy sea. The wind was directly ahead so no sailing and we used the small outboard engine too to up our speed. Along the way we were entertained by terns diving into the water behind the boat to catch the small fish churned up by our wake. Thinking we might catch a bigger fish Robert put out a fishing line but no fish for us. Truly there's not much bigger fish left in these waters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOr6LbdMInl8kGW2av1kSBdlqpBX92ochhn9uZ1hPPSpuSiLV50OcsWiB0uRqpCNog4-m57mHtHGYur6S5GzfMK4NTMzkk9btCvTSSQZXlvYhHMxqZ-bFUiM_s2EYYZ_lBH28hRwkxfMFi7Up2ZB4IMqfL3m4sR5C6Syv07Go3ftBIXSj40YUJIp8/s4542/IMG_20230313_124924_958~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="4542" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOr6LbdMInl8kGW2av1kSBdlqpBX92ochhn9uZ1hPPSpuSiLV50OcsWiB0uRqpCNog4-m57mHtHGYur6S5GzfMK4NTMzkk9btCvTSSQZXlvYhHMxqZ-bFUiM_s2EYYZ_lBH28hRwkxfMFi7Up2ZB4IMqfL3m4sR5C6Syv07Go3ftBIXSj40YUJIp8/w640-h326/IMG_20230313_124924_958~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Penang Island at last and we dropped anchor at Pulau Riman off to the south of Penang. Enormous jellyfish the size of tyres in the water so no swimming again.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After the previous long day, we had a late morning relaxing since it would be a short hop to the anchorage off George Town. Along the way we passed under 2 bridges, one of them being the newer longest bridge in SE Asia at 24 kms! As always, it's a moment of tension going under a bridge with a sailing mast.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='629' height='523' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxO3XZBsKdn4MRYmuPNcFq0kbT3viRpi5JoG-zs6xiVyYn2R4ir-e8blpDIy07jQXlPojYr8Z3CL6vyKmyrig' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We were the only boat at the "Dump" anchorage but it was easy access to shore by leaving the dinghy tied up at the broken remains of a marina during the day. Very glad not to step into the water as it is heavily polluted with everything! We spent 3 days sight seeing in George Town and so enjoyed the intriguing town with so many interesting places to see.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">George Town has preserved much of its older buildings and is an eclectic blend of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures.</span> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6_KQSoNu6dl20eA-07xS0gxNvUWVB375M-tolYjlZ27KCkm0jnh81dBTRgIDgh1ubpEdQDPF6nxwGHrs-gxAZfIli85_PrSGicAW8Vudvx-OzsQpybgu7049MYs8eBsncf835OXcB5ynzPwceQL_JKwpbLI5DY0AvnVkEhR-il-Pr_r20Ur1rUo7/s4364/IMG_20230315_105433_583.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3092" data-original-width="4364" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6_KQSoNu6dl20eA-07xS0gxNvUWVB375M-tolYjlZ27KCkm0jnh81dBTRgIDgh1ubpEdQDPF6nxwGHrs-gxAZfIli85_PrSGicAW8Vudvx-OzsQpybgu7049MYs8eBsncf835OXcB5ynzPwceQL_JKwpbLI5DY0AvnVkEhR-il-Pr_r20Ur1rUo7/w640-h454/IMG_20230315_105433_583.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">We took many more pictures of the various places we visited, too many to share here, but have put them on our Instagram: @MARCELLE_AND_ROBERT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After 4 nights anchored fast in the smelly, oily mud off George Town, it took quite a while for Robert to get our anchor up as he was still pulling it up by hand and OMG it came up stuck with gooey yucky slimy mud, bits of plastic bags, rope, etc.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We left the channel at the same time as a cruise liner, a David and Goliath exit from Penang Island. Our last stopover before reaching Langkawi was Pulau Bidan, a picturesque tiny island from afar. It was hugely disappointing. Apart from the usual blanket of plastic litter, there were hundreds of glass bottles washed up on the beach, lots of sharp broken glass making it impossible to walk barefoot on the sand.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfnt2BDxajbuD2gviXK6fplY41kMX0NZe2nJceI55FzFF1BgcIUuM5yMTT9hlEa-a_waIsgXU679WS2rB1MSjJy2NACGLGRStsDZJajnOpWHuN3-9NHrJkWzAtrPH1eBaZBuBZ4RumeNpHBXVB-7MxreVtSjg2zQeL_ssd6T8S3a16O4-sK5O6I3D/s4608/IMG_20230318_173337_064.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfnt2BDxajbuD2gviXK6fplY41kMX0NZe2nJceI55FzFF1BgcIUuM5yMTT9hlEa-a_waIsgXU679WS2rB1MSjJy2NACGLGRStsDZJajnOpWHuN3-9NHrJkWzAtrPH1eBaZBuBZ4RumeNpHBXVB-7MxreVtSjg2zQeL_ssd6T8S3a16O4-sK5O6I3D/w480-h640/IMG_20230318_173337_064.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Apparently there's an "Eco Project" set up on the tiny island, but cleaning up beach litter is not on their agenda as we saw a group of guys exiting the Eco Project facility carrying fishing rods, stepping over the litter and heading off on a small boat to go fishing. Hope they catch lots of jellyfish as the sea is teeming with jellyfish here.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEwCaAqWl42qAy4Ag9BDFuCqirpt7auRQCcw66yBl9NF3PD6F9pdb570bzVOfp6FbqoWFNeyFdMDumQuzmhrrA1pC59GW8rVIRzTJReTraQ55cQBYs31E3YJJg_CU8ordyWoMWaXqzK6QR6v9cmerVOPJgafwT3cL5ahzWxUg-OqS8D-_MSeIjcSs/s4608/IMG_20230318_180402_492.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEwCaAqWl42qAy4Ag9BDFuCqirpt7auRQCcw66yBl9NF3PD6F9pdb570bzVOfp6FbqoWFNeyFdMDumQuzmhrrA1pC59GW8rVIRzTJReTraQ55cQBYs31E3YJJg_CU8ordyWoMWaXqzK6QR6v9cmerVOPJgafwT3cL5ahzWxUg-OqS8D-_MSeIjcSs/w640-h480/IMG_20230318_180402_492.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Looking back we have sailed (mostly motored) up the whole west coast of Malaysia (some places more than once) from the east side of Singapore to our final stop for this season in Langkawi on the border with Thailand. Lots of fun memories made along the way and so looking forward to cruising in Langkawi.<br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69WjK0tEpPZ37KJVnQXTEOH8RjAUqtk7suxMwmF68B3oQ8zjLQShxwQ8pQ4gq_ds_5yTN9u-6O9kQbCEhJ_qY4uKis37V0kUzO2tMKHX8Lwe2z-mpeAvjqyh3oqib4ehtO0bHyHPnXzaXyaWwuKGq3D_HmB3J05NfGTmIYRDYeFih6Gi_sBsEniRH/s3758/IMG_20230318_172309_116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3758" data-original-width="3090" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69WjK0tEpPZ37KJVnQXTEOH8RjAUqtk7suxMwmF68B3oQ8zjLQShxwQ8pQ4gq_ds_5yTN9u-6O9kQbCEhJ_qY4uKis37V0kUzO2tMKHX8Lwe2z-mpeAvjqyh3oqib4ehtO0bHyHPnXzaXyaWwuKGq3D_HmB3J05NfGTmIYRDYeFih6Gi_sBsEniRH/w526-h640/IMG_20230318_172309_116.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></p><p></p>Marcellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08601832834852072817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078229039724342313.post-67951270277789656972023-01-19T23:14:00.000+08:002023-01-19T23:14:11.241+08:00Port Dickson to Tioman Island, around Singapore<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A very belated update to our blog from when we left Port Dickson towards the end of August to mid October 2022. Next month we'll be back in Malaysia and wanted to record our previous passage with photos and place names.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">23 August 2022: The first day out at
sea off Port Dickson and the sky was grey and heavy.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">We
passed several tankers in their anchorage near Cape Rachada.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">
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was about 7 hours to the island of Pulau Besar northern anchorage. Great
to see hawksbill turtles nearby, no pics unfortunately.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebOOwyPldeaqgg3OnjKesvz2mJC5z-MtWx5zFWFtcpH1UFcmruKn0pMxq8dhl77aQix8Gdy1MdF-lwTeWy5VS6vEYTMi5ZKOEVhE8r4UPMSyeDriXp3Ju4AEhVmuHMuIZdsXreUZdjODZkuAQQ1T3DtI3ZotRJf0qHPBvwzQ7cYIGwjYskymztY-j/s4608/original_babd568e-7dbc-4c22-b571-ea98dfb6e25e_IMG_20220823_173019_196.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebOOwyPldeaqgg3OnjKesvz2mJC5z-MtWx5zFWFtcpH1UFcmruKn0pMxq8dhl77aQix8Gdy1MdF-lwTeWy5VS6vEYTMi5ZKOEVhE8r4UPMSyeDriXp3Ju4AEhVmuHMuIZdsXreUZdjODZkuAQQ1T3DtI3ZotRJf0qHPBvwzQ7cYIGwjYskymztY-j/w640-h480/original_babd568e-7dbc-4c22-b571-ea98dfb6e25e_IMG_20220823_173019_196.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The
next day we headed to the river town of Muar. It’s very shallow on
the approach to the river mouth. We crept over sandbars with the
depth gauge showing between 0,4m and 0! It was just after low tide,
not great timing but Pegasos can do it. Muar is clean and neat, and has some interesting colonial buildings.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">
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prayer from nearby mosques.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='647' height='538' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyuG99MMyEr14ZobrvJfGDaikTSFGnhwhQgNns3ejoCYll6OACO3SRy6CbcvHkict4c40yhJbz1Bh61cYEI_Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><p></p><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBj7WK0xp1HebtKHw3qjYmh7dZqeN7NysrrsfBDYq4qi7yMDbfNNlFp4mMFcLUHxWfCjP2jUnLSzR3cH18iFLRzUI9Ut4Wpt4nfZ4R82wqZBug7hdikj7CgJ6bknhd0gAtR9zlKS2UASCKojM1PNvUeKkaSuKIkvXLSHYB9OdANJ4NEIe1MhDTJER6/s3691/original_4d166419-f1e7-480f-83ea-42b9755455a3_IMG_20220824_185717_156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2946" data-original-width="3691" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBj7WK0xp1HebtKHw3qjYmh7dZqeN7NysrrsfBDYq4qi7yMDbfNNlFp4mMFcLUHxWfCjP2jUnLSzR3cH18iFLRzUI9Ut4Wpt4nfZ4R82wqZBug7hdikj7CgJ6bknhd0gAtR9zlKS2UASCKojM1PNvUeKkaSuKIkvXLSHYB9OdANJ4NEIe1MhDTJER6/w640-h510/original_4d166419-f1e7-480f-83ea-42b9755455a3_IMG_20220824_185717_156.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoga5g1j8GltyCPDMCt6FY3AnU5Tm1NTH331oxxcSAp6pqb9SfV7v1mP5A8IzKbhZmqGKEQNfnKKHDyJlCZddv81QtUZDjMildzsm9CbS_zq-NLFEyVLpZ03-T3p6-zfOr0dTjUPpWJy1mkTwLUgl1FGNFIsbgMf2cYiPac4YfRXZFFojZ0HSrzmRF/s4424/original_4297937a-3e2e-456e-9cc7-f8b6b3c421c3_IMG_20220824_190754_925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3318" data-original-width="4424" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoga5g1j8GltyCPDMCt6FY3AnU5Tm1NTH331oxxcSAp6pqb9SfV7v1mP5A8IzKbhZmqGKEQNfnKKHDyJlCZddv81QtUZDjMildzsm9CbS_zq-NLFEyVLpZ03-T3p6-zfOr0dTjUPpWJy1mkTwLUgl1FGNFIsbgMf2cYiPac4YfRXZFFojZ0HSrzmRF/w640-h480/original_4297937a-3e2e-456e-9cc7-f8b6b3c421c3_IMG_20220824_190754_925.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
<p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">A barge being towed at snail’s pace over the sandbanks leaving Muar. Too wary to
deviate from the recommended way points, we stayed behind it until
there was enough depth to pass.</span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DNGDnCuGJqewYE5G2PpWr5aS5pb7No1d_Q1saF33XAwGoZbC6rtpc_9DtW2_d9utT1VHnLiGBstZYs7px43JNfX9L1UJNbGp1x9s-XahU-51qtPaRS-rky8Zuo0WXsPy0piQ4XTmjRSLndGU-gJ6TT24vWmQ5ng3oquBmlAtRgHtF6cjKqeNakqy/s3009/original_0d56fe9c-2e0f-4976-91bf-5111a031f5ef_IMG_20220825_074838_437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="3009" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DNGDnCuGJqewYE5G2PpWr5aS5pb7No1d_Q1saF33XAwGoZbC6rtpc_9DtW2_d9utT1VHnLiGBstZYs7px43JNfX9L1UJNbGp1x9s-XahU-51qtPaRS-rky8Zuo0WXsPy0piQ4XTmjRSLndGU-gJ6TT24vWmQ5ng3oquBmlAtRgHtF6cjKqeNakqy/w640-h312/original_0d56fe9c-2e0f-4976-91bf-5111a031f5ef_IMG_20220825_074838_437.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Thunderstorms
a bit further south in the Malacca strait had caused wild seas again as we
set off and we bounced around for 8 hours with spray splashing into
the cockpit, dodging nets and large debris. With wind in front we
could only motor again and after a few heavy smashes into waves it
seemed that the engine was rumbling more than usual. Robert did a
quick check and found the gearbox was leaking oil. Our destination of
another river town Batu Pahat couldn’t come soon enough. More
sandbanks to negotiate and we dropped anchor next to mangroves at the
wide river entrance. </span>
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a busy river entrance with barges, tugboats, Indonesian pinisi and
local fishing boats all moving along the same narrow route through the
sandbanks.</span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66Fc8KTWcDzuzAxISrOBbuPZoQ_RpT5HXDz36UbsQS-OuP_YIL4qAQiPbCJ1YVNyKDdBy7AaOTD1lb2xX7utVdshOGg0q4C50xqdOIbFSCcqk7wv_Drz8cNCVjjq0Z8baETS-NrnX9EE-GHp1NdLd4lP_D84unR3qUPtccHbm4wNvrDBGkGFDItnx/s4608/original_a4ab28d0-a638-4028-a8fc-8730e641ea5b_IMG_20220825_173347_977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1710" data-original-width="4608" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66Fc8KTWcDzuzAxISrOBbuPZoQ_RpT5HXDz36UbsQS-OuP_YIL4qAQiPbCJ1YVNyKDdBy7AaOTD1lb2xX7utVdshOGg0q4C50xqdOIbFSCcqk7wv_Drz8cNCVjjq0Z8baETS-NrnX9EE-GHp1NdLd4lP_D84unR3qUPtccHbm4wNvrDBGkGFDItnx/w640-h238/original_a4ab28d0-a638-4028-a8fc-8730e641ea5b_IMG_20220825_173347_977.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxL_KAZ1Ufcb4JVEcoDzUonVtEOY5Iojt1XP-qS9vvFAljTySM6c6ZXBZbBfZFqaMVqYMGGb9q8b0cqmw6-VzZC6aNVmixinTIoG45TGhjO2svQpkDP8vSXdAs2DvPnl_cwAFBZviiVi0hrdjbiBiX2NlXQsU50XyU_4ZuMxsFmWO1Z3Br2Qwzhq4d/s3776/original_7d17922e-9c8b-4adf-b86f-93466dbc7086_IMG_20220825_181819_593.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="3776" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxL_KAZ1Ufcb4JVEcoDzUonVtEOY5Iojt1XP-qS9vvFAljTySM6c6ZXBZbBfZFqaMVqYMGGb9q8b0cqmw6-VzZC6aNVmixinTIoG45TGhjO2svQpkDP8vSXdAs2DvPnl_cwAFBZviiVi0hrdjbiBiX2NlXQsU50XyU_4ZuMxsFmWO1Z3Br2Qwzhq4d/w640-h400/original_7d17922e-9c8b-4adf-b86f-93466dbc7086_IMG_20220825_181819_593.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjud2ek-EZelmcqAytPa5iS8Yl-GWUQYxrfPdTfOur-s3guY_kkrRQXIa9TIFNsZttFtwU2TQu8_xBToHcv4sbIPwtETOSFFDz_tkgCCusfqY8ZR6O5mR3XTtjQC4fYk_C7GuazOlBuYi51IIyzlzQmHfb5I1DJkz27tN4Pyo-7wrBN6k8yKQT9lnT9/s4221/original_62a9106a-c69d-4337-b448-472fb68a5474_IMG_20220827_080306_472.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="4221" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjud2ek-EZelmcqAytPa5iS8Yl-GWUQYxrfPdTfOur-s3guY_kkrRQXIa9TIFNsZttFtwU2TQu8_xBToHcv4sbIPwtETOSFFDz_tkgCCusfqY8ZR6O5mR3XTtjQC4fYk_C7GuazOlBuYi51IIyzlzQmHfb5I1DJkz27tN4Pyo-7wrBN6k8yKQT9lnT9/w640-h434/original_62a9106a-c69d-4337-b448-472fb68a5474_IMG_20220827_080306_472.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There was a huge thunderstorm as it got dark and</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> rained all the next day. We stayed at anchor while Robert removed the
gearbox and replaced the oil seal. Not a small task. There’s never
too many spares to be carried on board.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">
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dried out on the muddy bank at low tide, really oozing yucky stuff.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
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next morning we lifted the anchor with debris stuck to it by the
gluey mud.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The
current was with us all the way down to Pulau Pisang (Banana Island),
a rolly anchorage for a night and then onwards through the busy entrance
of Johor Strait.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The red boat image is Pegasos: </span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
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had booked a berth at Puteri Harbour Marina for a week and the marina
office took care of the clearing in procedures for us. We took the
Causeway Link bus to Singapore to spend a few days in Singapore
celebrating my birthday and getting a new 90 day visa on our return
to Malaysia. Singapore was entertaining as always and we had our fix
of so many interesting places to see.</span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A rare pic of Robert wearing a shirt and not covered in grease and sweat: </span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
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off very early in the morning from Puteri Harbour Marina, we hadn’t
got very far when the engine cut out. We turned around and puttered back with the small outboard engine to the marina basin and Robert
had a look. It was air bubbles in the fuel system and it took some
time to fix that. So we missed the favourable current and
decided to anchor off the small island in the middle of the strait.
Perhaps just as well as a thunderstorm sprang up and we saw 35 knots
on the wind gauge. Wouldn’t have like that wind crossing the Singapore
shipping lanes.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">
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very early morning and we reached the westbound lane of the Singapore
shipping lanes. So many ships coming past! The hovering Singapore police boat
making sure we didn’t intrude in Singapore waters, we waited for a
gap and hurried across and did the same for the eastbound lane.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">
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were now in Indonesian waters going east out of the shipping lanes.
The complex currents were strong and there were hectic over falls and
big patches of debris to dodge around. Our first intended anchorage
turned out not viable so it was a long 9 hours to the next stop –
off a beach near Nongsa Point. It was a sheltered bay in front of
Montigo Resort. All very postcard worthy except for the annoying
jetskis who were delighted to do doughnuts around Pegasos, treating
us to noise, petrol fumes and bouncy wakes. We’re grumpy after 9
hours in Singapore Strait and just couldn’t wave back.</span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajOX6dKxbgrOBkfRz5AgN1gCwxGLnsc4L0m7Msr_501WCPOefaA3GjmGhOMk16mMtSFRXUOePngwC324JZk3ohUyBGO-sMd0OOvoKnO5b_zhXh90gQ2V5K1ihh95XGWQDOvreeLnll6WWVafN3p09_Tpy3j6uMVF03ObGe3mmB9qz46uEvMxwIc-W/s4503/IMG_20220906_175220_224~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="4503" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajOX6dKxbgrOBkfRz5AgN1gCwxGLnsc4L0m7Msr_501WCPOefaA3GjmGhOMk16mMtSFRXUOePngwC324JZk3ohUyBGO-sMd0OOvoKnO5b_zhXh90gQ2V5K1ihh95XGWQDOvreeLnll6WWVafN3p09_Tpy3j6uMVF03ObGe3mmB9qz46uEvMxwIc-W/w640-h394/IMG_20220906_175220_224~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-qv2Lqi5Aj5tSmLS4Lm-LNHAdIfOdCWqX8bkUiPg46eq6irMqcCDfBacER64QaQYKgLcA177TTzYWwmoe0a-Y9ZpYqGUB9MpYgz7MyLPeP7CWXbw98QIfMf_hDTAKngqZ3NE9BItPkWIxfkgNDP1FRhDoYIBC_wmINzH0ppALY_u80m--NkRAw-q/s4608/IMG_20220906_164856_194.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3019" data-original-width="4608" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-qv2Lqi5Aj5tSmLS4Lm-LNHAdIfOdCWqX8bkUiPg46eq6irMqcCDfBacER64QaQYKgLcA177TTzYWwmoe0a-Y9ZpYqGUB9MpYgz7MyLPeP7CWXbw98QIfMf_hDTAKngqZ3NE9BItPkWIxfkgNDP1FRhDoYIBC_wmINzH0ppALY_u80m--NkRAw-q/w640-h420/IMG_20220906_164856_194.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our
intention was to go north up the west coast of Malaysia to Tioman Island
and the surrounding islands where we believed the weather to be
better in the SW monsoon. This meant we had to re-cross those busy
shipping lanes a little more eastward. The snag is those big ships
speed up once past Singapore and crossing the lanes against the
current is more tricky for us. Robert had worked out the best route
across the lanes. </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's our planned route in red, a sharp left turn and quickly dash across the shipping lanes: <br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcFq7XCBaSuXPuTb-e6gXl4IbWOockONt6JkiDhHnMOZUB47dujRO-EY8XWoJbK7M7FHu4nHKzP5eeGrSuBBAEg_GT2GLqOWr592km1d4k9tEYbmJsJrKR5hDLfPFotUr3l-VDDSXGKWat3DIzlpFcx-FJQokOMBKOlqdKqVz1Nut8axb8JbyAfPX/s1280/IMG-20230119-WA0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1280" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcFq7XCBaSuXPuTb-e6gXl4IbWOockONt6JkiDhHnMOZUB47dujRO-EY8XWoJbK7M7FHu4nHKzP5eeGrSuBBAEg_GT2GLqOWr592km1d4k9tEYbmJsJrKR5hDLfPFotUr3l-VDDSXGKWat3DIzlpFcx-FJQokOMBKOlqdKqVz1Nut8axb8JbyAfPX/w640-h346/IMG-20230119-WA0004.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But those big ships come along in fast moving
bunches and of course it started raining heavily and visibility was
poor. We waited and waited and waited, turning about and moving up
and down next to the eastbound shipping lane and eventually got a
gap. And so instead of our planned quick left turn, this shows our actual track in yellow!<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjR4fjGwwu50F0R88AZO3Gu8W0vdtRTuncLKXemHrU6H9VK_4lezgVfonPF7JolKL5RJWQUMPvuBfSW5xj9_Eu1X61HE_fRG1W66NIX08RqWtLEkIv84kQ4kfuZSk5BdGlFibk8m50g5IPJFRqXi-3Mobt_0wYGJVnb_Zrnv34TZGreC849WhetE-G/s1280/IMG-20230119-WA0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1280" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjR4fjGwwu50F0R88AZO3Gu8W0vdtRTuncLKXemHrU6H9VK_4lezgVfonPF7JolKL5RJWQUMPvuBfSW5xj9_Eu1X61HE_fRG1W66NIX08RqWtLEkIv84kQ4kfuZSk5BdGlFibk8m50g5IPJFRqXi-3Mobt_0wYGJVnb_Zrnv34TZGreC849WhetE-G/w640-h344/IMG-20230119-WA0003.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Truly not the fun part of our journey.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArZiKwZb2eJ-2RYVs_3sjQdBOMNoPFY6Z1XqrU9YZR0oNmSLB3ulIS49oqEwj_W75D7C7IqxMadaZNufE1SQLkMCTjQQIsJkfnBRVTUTQaACXxzX-L-Af73T-mg1l4fNyxy3TjZde37Hvz4W-qybCdGsQmEk62Mfr-UJRfsxMhWHxqVJRfRMIJcqI/s3936/original_cbef11d2-8ea4-4f49-8a46-cc3c43275968_IMG_20220907_110208_627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1971" data-original-width="3936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArZiKwZb2eJ-2RYVs_3sjQdBOMNoPFY6Z1XqrU9YZR0oNmSLB3ulIS49oqEwj_W75D7C7IqxMadaZNufE1SQLkMCTjQQIsJkfnBRVTUTQaACXxzX-L-Af73T-mg1l4fNyxy3TjZde37Hvz4W-qybCdGsQmEk62Mfr-UJRfsxMhWHxqVJRfRMIJcqI/w640-h320/original_cbef11d2-8ea4-4f49-8a46-cc3c43275968_IMG_20220907_110208_627.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We
anchored in a wide bay at the bottom of the west coast of Malaysia,
off a resort near Teluk Panggai.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvzSjvFnTIGPE6eIvJHjdQdI_fx0ik3xlh1xtkUZVSdlQfSsstDcOCdasJj_4m4EIqLNYiNq5ShT9Vgv7cQB8Yur7RPfJLjJo-xSgLvyQjPLPRC5ugUj_uZdnLgiPysDwVeL6Rxlr831NM7IWVxw_h1hX_IlZKJfDS5wKdjgwDXn0EV9Q2sBxQRWp/s4549/original_f97118c9-3c61-4eee-832f-8d8329f67dd6_IMG_20220908_072429_531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2181" data-original-width="4549" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvzSjvFnTIGPE6eIvJHjdQdI_fx0ik3xlh1xtkUZVSdlQfSsstDcOCdasJj_4m4EIqLNYiNq5ShT9Vgv7cQB8Yur7RPfJLjJo-xSgLvyQjPLPRC5ugUj_uZdnLgiPysDwVeL6Rxlr831NM7IWVxw_h1hX_IlZKJfDS5wKdjgwDXn0EV9Q2sBxQRWp/w640-h306/original_f97118c9-3c61-4eee-832f-8d8329f67dd6_IMG_20220908_072429_531.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our next overnight further north in Jason’s Bay must be the fishing net
fiesta, there were so many nets. Robert took a quick dip into the water to
check the anchor chain wasn’t lying over one of the nets and
received a small jellyfish sting on his back.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A long stretch the next day with light wind, enough to put out all the sails but still motoring:</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpn_JWsWZR7urLIDenV-xp7J0FYtcsmOt64JTXQ4MsORjkmXO7r7pB5-v78ky0UE7trblTAK3J0klgNFpm699_dBmexbIgYhjxTASpbqEgr6Odd4wSMxmkOqLV-dQAsQ38_WO83T-5rLlzbnkQB_7XW4XsdmzlNC3KzhSNnVeiwiiSY6r1v1MZw7Y/s4608/original_1698b9e0-8d6a-4c7a-b406-1b2fd462960b_IMG_20220909_085411_493.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpn_JWsWZR7urLIDenV-xp7J0FYtcsmOt64JTXQ4MsORjkmXO7r7pB5-v78ky0UE7trblTAK3J0klgNFpm699_dBmexbIgYhjxTASpbqEgr6Odd4wSMxmkOqLV-dQAsQ38_WO83T-5rLlzbnkQB_7XW4XsdmzlNC3KzhSNnVeiwiiSY6r1v1MZw7Y/w640-h480/original_1698b9e0-8d6a-4c7a-b406-1b2fd462960b_IMG_20220909_085411_493.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The lovely island of Sibu and a chance to snorkel on a coral reef between us and the shore in reasonably clear water. It's a decent reef with big corals and colourful fish. The only downside was that the water had lots of plankton type organisms floating in jelly like threads. Not sure if it was coral bloom or anything related to the full moon.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">View from the boat:</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFDxaBvNbv59OSKxoImPC96p-P3DE5nQgi92rfVegtBsPyA1l25QbCPxMTYwmFhYPpZnYko72Y3XbeYtJ2G-cJYYh8jTL6pZ6b-c2XCp79bae3toYx1TB3UNuwy9aDT8yc8IcK-29pD6D5kNtqIBvCR33A0X7HMzyb91nE6HDHyDfdswfnEbA-qAU/s4327/original_f0d05550-e92d-4251-8563-774a14f47074_IMG_20220909_122643_653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2883" data-original-width="4327" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFDxaBvNbv59OSKxoImPC96p-P3DE5nQgi92rfVegtBsPyA1l25QbCPxMTYwmFhYPpZnYko72Y3XbeYtJ2G-cJYYh8jTL6pZ6b-c2XCp79bae3toYx1TB3UNuwy9aDT8yc8IcK-29pD6D5kNtqIBvCR33A0X7HMzyb91nE6HDHyDfdswfnEbA-qAU/w640-h426/original_f0d05550-e92d-4251-8563-774a14f47074_IMG_20220909_122643_653.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">View from the shore:</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNZ36tBWjJLDIbCW73Ar1g9D3pnDSDCZ8QPukKuD9tmLMmy6_68qZ_HqmzK5DwFl1ET6_CNu8h91w2ypMRVyUnZ5QOTH5lW-6Jnw65X_fjgZQi1IJ9yoyjIkNjAtW62iyywobrKTGVM0P0tHNMSLtVz-SX0apGtFOBgdIvWqvQl1KMwjctsf-RQpG/s4538/original_121d15e0-0292-4edf-8815-9ef80e55c1f6_IMG_20220910_142408_413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2883" data-original-width="4538" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNZ36tBWjJLDIbCW73Ar1g9D3pnDSDCZ8QPukKuD9tmLMmy6_68qZ_HqmzK5DwFl1ET6_CNu8h91w2ypMRVyUnZ5QOTH5lW-6Jnw65X_fjgZQi1IJ9yoyjIkNjAtW62iyywobrKTGVM0P0tHNMSLtVz-SX0apGtFOBgdIvWqvQl1KMwjctsf-RQpG/w640-h406/original_121d15e0-0292-4edf-8815-9ef80e55c1f6_IMG_20220910_142408_413.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We saw plenty of turtles, dolphins
and a pair of fish eagles/buzzards (tried to look them up but <br />not much
info). The anchorage was pretty and the nearby Rimba Resort were happy
to serve us lunch (most resorts turn away visitors and only allow their
guests to dine). A nice lunch in an exquisite setting.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A few days earlier Robert noticed that there was still an oil leak from the gearbox. The new oil seal hadn't lasted very long. So....yes, the gearbox came out again taking the best part of a morning to replace the oil seal yet again.</span></p><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT52AuBS30eTWpFcel-vdbF9Jl6cOHxL-2k2ig3Moi5_ow-ctoN7wTZygDNGTOXF_klPDHQwLsUv9nlzTJXI5ogevcWZ-FH2BFAYTRF1QdLH6j0KB_wg7b9raYFOnMWf14k5NqwQLESpN6XXZ-V1YP9mqzUhG8sbm6OUTYzMY0bbuh-oE1LOkAd_5d/s4608/original_f6fac981-b613-4f67-ae60-1e070d7c97ff_IMG_20220911_114216_046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT52AuBS30eTWpFcel-vdbF9Jl6cOHxL-2k2ig3Moi5_ow-ctoN7wTZygDNGTOXF_klPDHQwLsUv9nlzTJXI5ogevcWZ-FH2BFAYTRF1QdLH6j0KB_wg7b9raYFOnMWf14k5NqwQLESpN6XXZ-V1YP9mqzUhG8sbm6OUTYzMY0bbuh-oE1LOkAd_5d/w640-h480/original_f6fac981-b613-4f67-ae60-1e070d7c97ff_IMG_20220911_114216_046.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a couple of days we headed for the next closest island, Pulau Tinggi. It seemed that the sea swell was predominantly from the south west so we decided on a tiny sandy bay on the north side.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHeSC8VovtI6eOtU9jQzByMfTFZ7Ayfeb_9n8Z9FAKTnTMA4XS94Uq8Ox9ZN65YUyYNBpqs7WA7-KnCiaGzagXuw90TegNRtk7DLmn3lUky9YmyubxdH1mP0XHfZ5JKa5I0MhU3_BHuLQntnHU6wKGmMXuhnkMw1fjSvb2mCmNUo1O1Z0igutMf6v/s4358/original_1eda8c31-2154-441e-bfe7-5b968fdac007_IMG_20220912_125345_965.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3268" data-original-width="4358" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHeSC8VovtI6eOtU9jQzByMfTFZ7Ayfeb_9n8Z9FAKTnTMA4XS94Uq8Ox9ZN65YUyYNBpqs7WA7-KnCiaGzagXuw90TegNRtk7DLmn3lUky9YmyubxdH1mP0XHfZ5JKa5I0MhU3_BHuLQntnHU6wKGmMXuhnkMw1fjSvb2mCmNUo1O1Z0igutMf6v/w640-h480/original_1eda8c31-2154-441e-bfe7-5b968fdac007_IMG_20220912_125345_965.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>It has a tiny secluded beach, no reef and a narrow entrance. We had a swim on the beach and in the evening watched a group of monkeys foraging along the high water mark and the young monkeys chasing each other and falling about on the sand. It is protected from the wind but not from the swell which now seemed to come from the north.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Another exquisite sundowner sunset: <br /></span></span></p><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqL-lZbCL9bZo1JkqPUBj1UIZAE8A-2Tc5FXZn4uGnX5KdGTECz4YpOeDG7MyuyYGQW6SHYBKVAsXzFT8y72e6TJYhb9z7h_lf6Z1H8EnaYEgyydyTFt5NwVpsXqEeUr7ejba0SGIhivJhwZenVwbiQm_UeFff5G6QzBgqiaTcjvA7d3Jsi-gmCO8/s3930/P9120140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2615" data-original-width="3930" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqL-lZbCL9bZo1JkqPUBj1UIZAE8A-2Tc5FXZn4uGnX5KdGTECz4YpOeDG7MyuyYGQW6SHYBKVAsXzFT8y72e6TJYhb9z7h_lf6Z1H8EnaYEgyydyTFt5NwVpsXqEeUr7ejba0SGIhivJhwZenVwbiQm_UeFff5G6QzBgqiaTcjvA7d3Jsi-gmCO8/w640-h426/P9120140.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To escape the swells, the next morning we motored around to the south side of Tinggi and went ashore to explore the tiny village. The tide goes out very far needing Robert to anchor the dinghy and wade over broken corals to shore. When we came back the water had receded far past the dinghy leaving us to pick our way over sticky mud and drag the dinghy back over rocks.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0leFq3AimYkc7LlZFL2C1EQpokl-Fp1XqQRW0Ws89JsSLgxTXJ7N0YCIKnXh4JgGN0tM9IlzzEQwghrxWTnYPlwJHTandIQK1V-3URjiOGBEqrzaDFpYdJz9ZoUnlHZur-ZlGyeq6FxAmCUFC3kYWjx4gJsHly2loueN1lnQLKkCeavuN399BkJQ/s4181/original_52592230-07d3-49ae-a732-eaa1f09c4a34_IMG_20220913_154037_651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2327" data-original-width="4181" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0leFq3AimYkc7LlZFL2C1EQpokl-Fp1XqQRW0Ws89JsSLgxTXJ7N0YCIKnXh4JgGN0tM9IlzzEQwghrxWTnYPlwJHTandIQK1V-3URjiOGBEqrzaDFpYdJz9ZoUnlHZur-ZlGyeq6FxAmCUFC3kYWjx4gJsHly2loueN1lnQLKkCeavuN399BkJQ/w640-h356/original_52592230-07d3-49ae-a732-eaa1f09c4a34_IMG_20220913_154037_651.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The neat police station in Tinggi village serves less than 500 people on the island:</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKOfQZKI52TrwTEQxWL6SPyxT7krq-S9bsYrhc0bhhhyhGExUGreHUaGRJH9YT7ryPl_eCxvT3CFmV0XeU_O3azCOgXfzJOM_P5YGwHfCj1T7q3O6rdCLFlrY3uiT89bGmGHRIG-voXLyK4J1NvYTyK1Ge-qHIx8P6VaaWjsZDX4DLbhvHh5CMucR/s3750/IMG_20220913_154437_399~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="3750" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKOfQZKI52TrwTEQxWL6SPyxT7krq-S9bsYrhc0bhhhyhGExUGreHUaGRJH9YT7ryPl_eCxvT3CFmV0XeU_O3azCOgXfzJOM_P5YGwHfCj1T7q3O6rdCLFlrY3uiT89bGmGHRIG-voXLyK4J1NvYTyK1Ge-qHIx8P6VaaWjsZDX4DLbhvHh5CMucR/w640-h280/IMG_20220913_154437_399~2.jpg" width="640" /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Departure from Tinggi was a rare windy day so we could actually sail some of the way to Pulau Besar.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1ZbLEl6FAdGaAb967AGyJElQQINO6olBSYtRdWwnLO5l2ma0Y_PSlPUUn1Li9bx3ejBdaFTJ5OoBuQLxkQdJqUlVm_CgKSOCMx7aIvedIm9j7pBebOWrkToqzxXghmVue_YKVAuUlnEKuW4jBNmrIwryQgXVULPmW9EH5RtanE2csOdeqikbavip/s3968/P9130183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1ZbLEl6FAdGaAb967AGyJElQQINO6olBSYtRdWwnLO5l2ma0Y_PSlPUUn1Li9bx3ejBdaFTJ5OoBuQLxkQdJqUlVm_CgKSOCMx7aIvedIm9j7pBebOWrkToqzxXghmVue_YKVAuUlnEKuW4jBNmrIwryQgXVULPmW9EH5RtanE2csOdeqikbavip/w640-h480/P9130183.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We had hardly dropped anchor near a resort on Pulau Besar when a huge thunderstorm hit and madness followed for a couple of hours until the sea calmed and we could safely lift the anchor and move to a better spot.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4608" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoB8DXbB0jmSSN78DHEKF8T5U4wI2yfTUK4RVzKriMkfXft_JCwpp_t84Cr0wl5FfJ08kpp_WwU_qF2P7hefPIC9qa-C0-oeSQFaz6IGpTspqUT0-1B4Y5WWWzg-8fonMhkrb-zB5QNKP6KcY4SZWaFP3KJTuhkmZsRqpREQ4OkOcajHdWUwDQyWR/w640-h362/IMG_20220915_144533_826~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div><p><span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Anchorage on west side of nearby island Pulau Tengah:</span><br /></span></p><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxau_KQ_s8467esUMYW6wI4A9SipTzgnU4a93FNsxQmQFZ8HSq0w4WrQ4wQC03_WZtm7rER_S_Cj4zOtLgFwNRuIz5PlxWrNaOrW0PreJgq0xRJSGso1pWVaNOT3iBB-H4jqBbq5p0DG-ZGfagyJeB-DqOwGMuJoh_WV0ACJZa1CkSgs8_P2b6ZzwN/s2894/original_717e110d-1004-4d73-b8de-c0a5938fa404_IMG_20220917_182922_542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Tanjung Penyabong was a good spot for a night <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUHa1PLGWnZggsqU0V-AO8JTATgPgadQnkHVc7x2NIG1-8C6IVd_XSQjFuQOcvthVdYJgwIg968JaNNJKqGiK-f_jFtJOjSVhJwzE0MbE1SDriU_w7bStLB5R9P3d-kFvHyE_5Ln8gml-UMhc5kq5pq8W9NzT87ehnOzVMCextO5KrhHuQbTDLcpY/s4495/original_a73fd195-e333-4bc9-8ef2-3819e3922d64_IMG_20220919_070722_175.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4495" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUHa1PLGWnZggsqU0V-AO8JTATgPgadQnkHVc7x2NIG1-8C6IVd_XSQjFuQOcvthVdYJgwIg968JaNNJKqGiK-f_jFtJOjSVhJwzE0MbE1SDriU_w7bStLB5R9P3d-kFvHyE_5Ln8gml-UMhc5kq5pq8W9NzT87ehnOzVMCextO5KrhHuQbTDLcpY/w640-h438/original_a73fd195-e333-4bc9-8ef2-3819e3922d64_IMG_20220919_070722_175.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDjhf9HziWtQNtflfq-zjKC-YHiub2hoFgIXwBAAmHWYW4gdQNiKIAgtDNiGyzbqbOikYCnvzeh1z8VohVoYgrrmkUTp78Q_O5Pqa5Tq4RMOmmM9IWZRjpUWb4rYk5tLL4kirNRzE4PzQDdGcB8tEdx3HGlQbJb-GiISxzkuIgjM2IWO4mIzg5VIc/s4454/original_d3b50231-d434-4f64-acad-cfd5a0d6d3a6_IMG_20220920_184810_379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3340" data-original-width="4454" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDjhf9HziWtQNtflfq-zjKC-YHiub2hoFgIXwBAAmHWYW4gdQNiKIAgtDNiGyzbqbOikYCnvzeh1z8VohVoYgrrmkUTp78Q_O5Pqa5Tq4RMOmmM9IWZRjpUWb4rYk5tLL4kirNRzE4PzQDdGcB8tEdx3HGlQbJb-GiISxzkuIgjM2IWO4mIzg5VIc/w640-h480/original_d3b50231-d434-4f64-acad-cfd5a0d6d3a6_IMG_20220920_184810_379.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>We decided to go to Mersing, a large town on the east coast of Johor to see if the only boatyard there could assist us with our problematic engine. Unfortunately they're a busy commercial boatyard and were not interested in helping us. While anchored near the river entrance of Mersing, Robert took the opportunity to dinghy up the river and get provisions. I was sick with a tummy bug and stayed aboard Pegasos.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>We set off eastwards leaving Mersing on the mainland and passed a few islands along the way until we reached a fairly sheltered anchorage between the islands of Sembilang and Seribuat, also known as Butterfly Island to some yachties. Super snorkeling on the reefs, corals in good condition, lots of colourful fish and we saw a turtle. There were no villages and no fishing boats and other than the occasional resort boat bringing their guests to stand in the shallows, we had the place to ourselves.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNqsYtJdcRdbgcDysmk7J1k8b_VKLbaQ_bltgq-Bink8Y4vtxWu-RIkpUX1vTwzzv6jJGMSCtXCvWAw-vlJPi_-h6s43C9nPvyZySS8Mp_pl8c8y5flelXwoSnutEM6jMCj8VRRYoxXDsLrLMJyvuWj8q3G8wjgowXkmgnGkWojBKnMBTZyA2z-Fc/s4608/original_2bec630b-64e8-4394-ae0f-579f50524b36_IMG_20220925_130945_549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNqsYtJdcRdbgcDysmk7J1k8b_VKLbaQ_bltgq-Bink8Y4vtxWu-RIkpUX1vTwzzv6jJGMSCtXCvWAw-vlJPi_-h6s43C9nPvyZySS8Mp_pl8c8y5flelXwoSnutEM6jMCj8VRRYoxXDsLrLMJyvuWj8q3G8wjgowXkmgnGkWojBKnMBTZyA2z-Fc/w640-h480/original_2bec630b-64e8-4394-ae0f-579f50524b36_IMG_20220925_130945_549.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YFxudbXRY51ff2wHTIGdQY-ZYBY-6hfge_3HBWuLvyGyTyc7VSx2lK32i5eZJqKTUB5DyhYNxnP8-L0bokWsp4g10PiggTdXMsi68j_r5j23QK1_M7FHkncgexDiOvixQjAhU_nCUssCtBg7llmIJVJ2hstz5GnLop4i7Czfnr-sihhFMkBLsqWz/s3968/P9250244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YFxudbXRY51ff2wHTIGdQY-ZYBY-6hfge_3HBWuLvyGyTyc7VSx2lK32i5eZJqKTUB5DyhYNxnP8-L0bokWsp4g10PiggTdXMsi68j_r5j23QK1_M7FHkncgexDiOvixQjAhU_nCUssCtBg7llmIJVJ2hstz5GnLop4i7Czfnr-sihhFMkBLsqWz/w640-h480/P9250244.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis10w_a8Ulo2RcVEnCrUmd3R01XY8pQ3RYWkFujme92328mB19CsimkVOOr8NLyP7cNeKIzTKFC2KrBQzwB1EtIefvVSmBw7gIuh4qQxs1NLPCBLI8Klc3LXY8hB6tlYccz__FqPfFs35Y7zhte-zVCMq3xVt6aKru1YtQ5yJfTIeXNC5SheRu3HPW/s3968/P9250237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis10w_a8Ulo2RcVEnCrUmd3R01XY8pQ3RYWkFujme92328mB19CsimkVOOr8NLyP7cNeKIzTKFC2KrBQzwB1EtIefvVSmBw7gIuh4qQxs1NLPCBLI8Klc3LXY8hB6tlYccz__FqPfFs35Y7zhte-zVCMq3xVt6aKru1YtQ5yJfTIeXNC5SheRu3HPW/w640-h480/P9250237.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzBZFgKV956pWVEBjHdjZBeSgv11fcyFmxIi2Dyk1DUrbcWvveBa_DoN6jp5S2EBg4sRbn3VI44i3IA8TxcBJN2z3azufW1Mg5jquEQEEulSjt4woNlkHpyit-NCiyrE_Bb-97-aZOB0xGO2ta1Gji71LnCB2J2nomy8-nWsjhGfHtiz26zULF14d/s3968/P9250225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzBZFgKV956pWVEBjHdjZBeSgv11fcyFmxIi2Dyk1DUrbcWvveBa_DoN6jp5S2EBg4sRbn3VI44i3IA8TxcBJN2z3azufW1Mg5jquEQEEulSjt4woNlkHpyit-NCiyrE_Bb-97-aZOB0xGO2ta1Gji71LnCB2J2nomy8-nWsjhGfHtiz26zULF14d/w640-h480/P9250225.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>After a couple of days,a local transport boat came along and asked if we could use our dinghy to get a couple to shore as their boat could not get closer over the reef. So Robert obliged to carry a local man called Won and a volunteer, a girl from Prague, to their rudimentary camp spot on shore, as well as their supplies. Later Won's son and a friend came along in their dinghy. Turns out that one of Won's functions is to maintain the footpath on the island up to the lookout hilltop. We enjoyed their company and the following day we all went on our dinghies through the mangrove trees following Won along a tight shallow route which he obviously knows well.<br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgNyfLszRjkGViw7ZmUMyxnu5ZEzasA0eEBKc4Hyh14hVhYrrVtsGgkhHc8cNL3tYtsdpcCiDBJDLa2wBpMaNu9xx_LhAhu5vHPg6D8nzCmvX2Y4O4yw1cM_dxyHPlZbtMqOZkd3yAncudVf8GoiDxOwl5Ehq1ZxZaiGhnhUaqfYfS8PnBw47Nc1k/s4590/IMG_20220926_094045_714~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3007" data-original-width="4590" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgNyfLszRjkGViw7ZmUMyxnu5ZEzasA0eEBKc4Hyh14hVhYrrVtsGgkhHc8cNL3tYtsdpcCiDBJDLa2wBpMaNu9xx_LhAhu5vHPg6D8nzCmvX2Y4O4yw1cM_dxyHPlZbtMqOZkd3yAncudVf8GoiDxOwl5Ehq1ZxZaiGhnhUaqfYfS8PnBw47Nc1k/w640-h420/IMG_20220926_094045_714~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms6w0WoVAyFHhEybNk1ldruiFj5pBJTzJ-LMJxqCiyPAAKS9_pNOtA--9uw1_dPvgTIaZpVqUtq7QTNgGVHJWTacGNZGMZgc0gcCI4H4nX6LYcm9XntMm9bMyJ3AWKqe96FHrW0l2oAbohQW8almxTjGfZC87x1rvxGeDTpqRq1P-XSSbjpLSqAcY/s4434/IMG_20220926_094151_248~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3325" data-original-width="4434" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms6w0WoVAyFHhEybNk1ldruiFj5pBJTzJ-LMJxqCiyPAAKS9_pNOtA--9uw1_dPvgTIaZpVqUtq7QTNgGVHJWTacGNZGMZgc0gcCI4H4nX6LYcm9XntMm9bMyJ3AWKqe96FHrW0l2oAbohQW8almxTjGfZC87x1rvxGeDTpqRq1P-XSSbjpLSqAcY/w640-h480/IMG_20220926_094151_248~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span></span></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Our next stop was Tioman Island. We had read lots of favourable reports about Tioman as a destination but the anchorages had little protection and were often bouncy in the few days we were there. Facilities on shore were limited too. Perhaps in pre-covid days it was booming but the restaurants were mediocre and sight seeing was limited to a short section on one side of the island only as no rental scooters are allowed to travel the steep road to the other side. At either end of the main road there were resorts which barred entry to the road and beaches. We got the impression that the resorts are probably "dry" as we saw only Muslim families on holiday there and surrounding restaurants did not sell beer. On the bright side, Tioman is a duty free island so we visited the duty free shop, bought lots of beer and stocked the boat.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>We had to do the check in formalities (immigration, customs and harbour master) on arrival and again a few days later on departure. In between we explored our side of the island and swam off the boat.<br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEUTj4x1z39jYI84wpA6P5DkCWlJgH28FAfv4fgAsD4pL_8TDC3XL3Sv5eIrSyw86-SBJgzE4ZQ2wg4X8MhJt2KKIpT4EDl-bBOzlBVWzOCFeMOsjzMp3NK-h6-yXGJPmdjxzm4ZaXNqoZK-N-1KfXwXuByHG9XixFegP6d5ElyEe0juY29vBLz2x/s4424/original_9bbd6d0e-c3b9-4da1-b2d2-cc8a2520180e_IMG_20220927_153344_142~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4424" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEUTj4x1z39jYI84wpA6P5DkCWlJgH28FAfv4fgAsD4pL_8TDC3XL3Sv5eIrSyw86-SBJgzE4ZQ2wg4X8MhJt2KKIpT4EDl-bBOzlBVWzOCFeMOsjzMp3NK-h6-yXGJPmdjxzm4ZaXNqoZK-N-1KfXwXuByHG9XixFegP6d5ElyEe0juY29vBLz2x/w640-h500/original_9bbd6d0e-c3b9-4da1-b2d2-cc8a2520180e_IMG_20220927_153344_142~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6r-0Rme-XsBycbsRNc4qyPQ0m1qzW48FleqklQVrn2n2Yl90Xw-lO6PlNOJvTFokROZb-V6V65-2O_26vc-bF93Vx51qZrFzu9k6qETB4skgbRx-MCJLNoKNUSCoxz-w-Ez0b-me318QdqUhtP-dj4lAfLyZPkXVtYRZp0FnKTtrNKdMSseFYr5g2/s4543/IMG_20220929_111055_225~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="4543" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6r-0Rme-XsBycbsRNc4qyPQ0m1qzW48FleqklQVrn2n2Yl90Xw-lO6PlNOJvTFokROZb-V6V65-2O_26vc-bF93Vx51qZrFzu9k6qETB4skgbRx-MCJLNoKNUSCoxz-w-Ez0b-me318QdqUhtP-dj4lAfLyZPkXVtYRZp0FnKTtrNKdMSseFYr5g2/w640-h390/IMG_20220929_111055_225~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXJLr87CWivueUSomU3R8xO-orbdzJFDCYlVXASC1bOSHAdGnSY8kh8-s6MDBBqwJMmjRh4KtgP95d02BG4VELy4GcR1x7fU0pZ2VeH5R9-Gl-z3Grc8GI1ULtfHRR0vL2tXpNtDIc-osug5L8jfGIbYAoPTSsUOcQ9hVYEW4RP9gC-TG80jYe5nI/s4608/IMG_20220930_160704_461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXJLr87CWivueUSomU3R8xO-orbdzJFDCYlVXASC1bOSHAdGnSY8kh8-s6MDBBqwJMmjRh4KtgP95d02BG4VELy4GcR1x7fU0pZ2VeH5R9-Gl-z3Grc8GI1ULtfHRR0vL2tXpNtDIc-osug5L8jfGIbYAoPTSsUOcQ9hVYEW4RP9gC-TG80jYe5nI/w640-h480/IMG_20220930_160704_461.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Small airplane taking off from the tiny runway on Tioman:<br /><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq27bscH88CjaCXac1GVKqTyUpAB3aEpZWvAF2UqpTrZ3Ok4ShnW1R5Glm49Mke-QGpp4qFgTcYe_pk9hF59sJBnkk9TmpRXXuXYLVatEYwnnb6MP0wKv3N_BHvkhESDHjmRnjWzuay8bjdK6oUKBUaeu0aHeDGaEhx-oOv6kyk590Y4Qjt5RP4eTp/s3114/original_bfb5ad6b-170b-4850-a249-18fc909ad677_IMG_20220930_162817_351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="3114" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq27bscH88CjaCXac1GVKqTyUpAB3aEpZWvAF2UqpTrZ3Ok4ShnW1R5Glm49Mke-QGpp4qFgTcYe_pk9hF59sJBnkk9TmpRXXuXYLVatEYwnnb6MP0wKv3N_BHvkhESDHjmRnjWzuay8bjdK6oUKBUaeu0aHeDGaEhx-oOv6kyk590Y4Qjt5RP4eTp/w640-h448/original_bfb5ad6b-170b-4850-a249-18fc909ad677_IMG_20220930_162817_351.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>We preferred Butterfly Island and headed back to our previous anchorage where we spent several days snorkeling on different reefs. We noticed that rain and thunderstorms were becoming more frequent and remembered that Won told us the north west monsoon would be arriving earlier this year. We had enough of thunderstorms and generally untenable anchorages on the east coast of Malaysia and decided to cut our trip short and head back south with the intention of leaving our boat at Puteri Harbour.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Thunderstorms occurred daily as we revisited some of our previous anchorages on the way back south:</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKwumzPoCUKMdHwWWcF0IWVsSgLuOh5PZG2bdwGfnuAkkLDgYfUBH0vzLs4ZCSe4hvXgnhnm_y6sZ8qrlzxFM_j54jvjF2DUiewlEaxY5YeCzmqHMZQSXj22H7HNXZXy_dWCWdBvI0kueOyJLQiHE6pz7ZjRg4LV618iBTug1ordQLQ4eZVOce4yH/s4608/IMG_20221007_132319_683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKwumzPoCUKMdHwWWcF0IWVsSgLuOh5PZG2bdwGfnuAkkLDgYfUBH0vzLs4ZCSe4hvXgnhnm_y6sZ8qrlzxFM_j54jvjF2DUiewlEaxY5YeCzmqHMZQSXj22H7HNXZXy_dWCWdBvI0kueOyJLQiHE6pz7ZjRg4LV618iBTug1ordQLQ4eZVOce4yH/w640-h480/IMG_20221007_132319_683.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5veZK37S8rWpViT7XTBi7htVVNXDSRqhk9qBhmtMVU0FLuHbA_3LZ4bnkfXDU0lmiPxmijbmW2HkhmhCyWs2GdBVZDwp1KgJKXfEoPtxznvoSCS1Ny1bZAFy1nMyNKSLjc4Zqh9ERDo8WghXMMn8FzMc6gLQQUAsK6ZZ8Z4BqhwxDec5tBwbR6VK/s4608/IMG_20221007_132334_566.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5veZK37S8rWpViT7XTBi7htVVNXDSRqhk9qBhmtMVU0FLuHbA_3LZ4bnkfXDU0lmiPxmijbmW2HkhmhCyWs2GdBVZDwp1KgJKXfEoPtxznvoSCS1Ny1bZAFy1nMyNKSLjc4Zqh9ERDo8WghXMMn8FzMc6gLQQUAsK6ZZ8Z4BqhwxDec5tBwbR6VK/w640-h480/IMG_20221007_132334_566.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Marine traffic increased as we got closer to Singapore:<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAF5QImweWs-9dKNvCH8WkbDxwSNoAg6GbIJ5mr7bHp-z5-B9_Uh6F5ut0JbqwWIaquGPuxYbevtynmaItB23NjdcHtrrfBcAi4xhYDt5dtUKTju8EogDqAJhw_V-CT863ygTYMMp-nay38VPO8kYjuMmyK-SFQGJ9aAnV6Wr8CONQDslAGiPNnZlB/s4608/IMG_20221008_081632_851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAF5QImweWs-9dKNvCH8WkbDxwSNoAg6GbIJ5mr7bHp-z5-B9_Uh6F5ut0JbqwWIaquGPuxYbevtynmaItB23NjdcHtrrfBcAi4xhYDt5dtUKTju8EogDqAJhw_V-CT863ygTYMMp-nay38VPO8kYjuMmyK-SFQGJ9aAnV6Wr8CONQDslAGiPNnZlB/w640-h480/IMG_20221008_081632_851.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert had planned our timing around Singapore shipping lanes to coincide with the best tide, current, weather, etc. with a nearby overnight stop for early departure. As luck would have it, just as we reached our overnight stop at Tanjung Pengelih, the alternator and fanbelt broke. We dare not get into Singapore shipping lanes like this! Robert arranged a berth with Senibong Marina which was closer and behind Singapore out of the shipping lanes.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The next morning we puttered along slowly behind Singapore using just the outboard engine. It was a slow day and we anchored in the evening in the Johor Strait near floating dwellings:<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXmImorG07uuM4YvZcax2ypMRB-tBpf4nei1EU-EnnbW86hlHkKMrObifNHvaQn5jqNNb2_MorMXZ5Mn7OaNMSjMyDKfdOOrJN5CRj8s3PwTqGfLFVyBNl2a7cshqQDmgcjh_QSR21R3Au_ihFW2RbCqadvVu36QHzK9WcR2mM0BRAx30EWx8qRCp/s4455/original_060a4a86-4b16-4973-b3a6-5a642533410d_IMG_20221008_180222_535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2557" data-original-width="4455" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXmImorG07uuM4YvZcax2ypMRB-tBpf4nei1EU-EnnbW86hlHkKMrObifNHvaQn5jqNNb2_MorMXZ5Mn7OaNMSjMyDKfdOOrJN5CRj8s3PwTqGfLFVyBNl2a7cshqQDmgcjh_QSR21R3Au_ihFW2RbCqadvVu36QHzK9WcR2mM0BRAx30EWx8qRCp/w640-h368/original_060a4a86-4b16-4973-b3a6-5a642533410d_IMG_20221008_180222_535.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0U95pJ-EnP_ejbqUi0MI-kWkFxqjl6Z0_pA9h8Z_z-4A7jKQZcDTAwds17G7IDiH5KIvzC-m6fsb6SNRFzNRkgQjaq8d2FrmyaLINeTc3C78jcH-Wu_y6uwGkhSPdMQbKqes9lapFZ43d8XEOKd-UmAcQHvkmkxEkXb_JR7mtMmm_heYVqMAehF3B/s4560/original_574b89cc-6d61-41d8-9f2c-40d235bc6a7f_IMG_20221008_180237_523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="4560" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0U95pJ-EnP_ejbqUi0MI-kWkFxqjl6Z0_pA9h8Z_z-4A7jKQZcDTAwds17G7IDiH5KIvzC-m6fsb6SNRFzNRkgQjaq8d2FrmyaLINeTc3C78jcH-Wu_y6uwGkhSPdMQbKqes9lapFZ43d8XEOKd-UmAcQHvkmkxEkXb_JR7mtMmm_heYVqMAehF3B/w640-h402/original_574b89cc-6d61-41d8-9f2c-40d235bc6a7f_IMG_20221008_180237_523.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Along the way we passed numerous fish and crab farms:<br /><span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wqkLQUv0-M2xDTj7lvR6WZ-uSLgsIn08dQtKVAOslBZ4gppHTJ83HHyhAWbadS_eEDyeYSejnXxxSrv1cN2Ocwm4VSeyyzqBYLjhug1M2_0i6AXFb6UQ0dVMB8afbr23mvk7cabarl-VRelKis4zZQHWIFhJUOOp6n163zkBwJI58N4ajk4kR2rw/s4608/IMG_20221009_101447_368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wqkLQUv0-M2xDTj7lvR6WZ-uSLgsIn08dQtKVAOslBZ4gppHTJ83HHyhAWbadS_eEDyeYSejnXxxSrv1cN2Ocwm4VSeyyzqBYLjhug1M2_0i6AXFb6UQ0dVMB8afbr23mvk7cabarl-VRelKis4zZQHWIFhJUOOp6n163zkBwJI58N4ajk4kR2rw/w640-h480/IMG_20221009_101447_368.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSC3saos28Bhc8VkDL7NO4UnRinB9kAmbc50p6HMtZt0n4EIbh9LLLymXTPEquC-RkI5zTK0ebxzJ0S1TqcpZjIMtuRg7uZw1PgLw6fTKi831KbvMF32hx7qDsteJGkO6XnASnTgX-D8qAmCbEnHzHslbekF9eaLVXTzjHSuRq5bFrFIgfq9K2NOe/s4608/IMG_20221009_101508_757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSC3saos28Bhc8VkDL7NO4UnRinB9kAmbc50p6HMtZt0n4EIbh9LLLymXTPEquC-RkI5zTK0ebxzJ0S1TqcpZjIMtuRg7uZw1PgLw6fTKi831KbvMF32hx7qDsteJGkO6XnASnTgX-D8qAmCbEnHzHslbekF9eaLVXTzjHSuRq5bFrFIgfq9K2NOe/w640-h480/IMG_20221009_101508_757.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span>It's a busy strait with fast ferries and ore carrying ships amongst the smaller boats so it was a little disconcerting to come across a group of 5 or 6 otters trying to cross the large body of water. Their frantic squeaking alerted us and we watched as they ducked under and surfaced as they grouped together tightly, taking turns to look around above water. Hope they are "street smart" and got across safely.</span></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Otter relaxing at Senibong Marina: <br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JBky3cE40GdyNbMVE4-_A4R1zIRu-AaQbiy-TqjATflvLa6COQRaCP2dTWVxu7Qn7SXx9EOTmCMM7Lyymxyn_1apTOwYHRUlalxP3zixK0ZyFIeCJKqGv05fjSNXJNoZ_uogRYlxknhF5AdSPvGkFppRpJ_2tYRkIo0PMZrxOavlrcMIFY2z0tIA/s4608/IMG_20221010_175353_819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JBky3cE40GdyNbMVE4-_A4R1zIRu-AaQbiy-TqjATflvLa6COQRaCP2dTWVxu7Qn7SXx9EOTmCMM7Lyymxyn_1apTOwYHRUlalxP3zixK0ZyFIeCJKqGv05fjSNXJNoZ_uogRYlxknhF5AdSPvGkFppRpJ_2tYRkIo0PMZrxOavlrcMIFY2z0tIA/w640-h480/IMG_20221010_175353_819.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We were glad to finally reach Senibong Marina. A mechanic took the alternator for repair and Robert has ordered new fanbelts. It took us about a week to pack up the boat in the intense heat, packing away sails, outboards, etc and wrapping up whatever we could to prevent mould. We flew home to Cape Town for family visits, Christmas festivities, medical check ups and enjoying the unique Kalk Bay summer vibe. Not to mention good food and wine and a real braai.</span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z3wyKTz9EzZ1ru0fE7vrjo7iW68TZIXv05ilenO4VebUB3A3ZxBwCHl4z5XnB4stIXKn1RUwTF1XPM_M_Z4jt2Gvhsh9BpmIblJwXrfw46icn6eezAHvRgoA3YqSsyAB7HDHuGRWOynBDn5Q-lrEN7piynDFpv5wFOXLx4pNguGhJ67TFo-EEWwn/s4608/IMG_20221015_121512_883.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z3wyKTz9EzZ1ru0fE7vrjo7iW68TZIXv05ilenO4VebUB3A3ZxBwCHl4z5XnB4stIXKn1RUwTF1XPM_M_Z4jt2Gvhsh9BpmIblJwXrfw46icn6eezAHvRgoA3YqSsyAB7HDHuGRWOynBDn5Q-lrEN7piynDFpv5wFOXLx4pNguGhJ67TFo-EEWwn/w640-h480/IMG_20221015_121512_883.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We hope to be back aboard Pegasos in early February 2023 for the start of new adventures.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span>
</p>Marcellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08601832834852072817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078229039724342313.post-60227226617530871962022-08-22T20:16:00.000+08:002022-08-22T20:16:42.850+08:00Painted, patched and powered up - Pegasos is finally ready to sail again<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had a great time in Bangkok and Vietnam celebrating Robert's 60th, spending time with Kristy and returned to Malaysia with a new 90 day visa on arrival. A lot of the parts on order had arrived while we were away and so we had great hopes of boat repairs moving ahead quickly and getting out there sailing. As luck would have it, some boat parts turned out to be of inferior quality, most were misleading in advertised specs, incorrect parts were supplied and the usual back and forth and research on Robert's part started all over again. Very time-consuming and frustrating.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two steps forward and one step back was the daily pattern. Robert spent all his time fixing, upgrading and installing parts. He gritted his teeth, sweated buckets and got on with it. It was very slow progress as not much can be done outside in the intense humid heat from about 09h30 to about 16h30 in temperatures ranging from 32 to 35 C. Robert was the Englishman in "mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun".<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the major setbacks was that the engine's V-belt pulley wheels had become so rusty that no amount of sanding could make them serviceable, below right, and so we replaced them all with a new and improved system of shiny new blue aluminum wheels and a serpentine belt, expensively imported from USA after a further 3 week wait. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQStdFoRaV3e360RxAUYgssHFLp6eFReQVnOqJzAP3KGD57VYiu-X_S-a6tiACi_CeB8RWxRFf7LgnqiFpTZ5Koyb4Zh1xCzbCzc7VjoJHr0K8ZPLkr69v165352-PSVuINDLD8dX-cIu5ZosN598RazzuA96qiNE-VsjjoUwIf30dM4L1tgCZHRLC/s4608/IMG_20220810_155656_482.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQStdFoRaV3e360RxAUYgssHFLp6eFReQVnOqJzAP3KGD57VYiu-X_S-a6tiACi_CeB8RWxRFf7LgnqiFpTZ5Koyb4Zh1xCzbCzc7VjoJHr0K8ZPLkr69v165352-PSVuINDLD8dX-cIu5ZosN598RazzuA96qiNE-VsjjoUwIf30dM4L1tgCZHRLC/w640-h480/IMG_20220810_155656_482.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Replacing the anchor chain:</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbnu5_MflLxsMCNQ3cwg57MmRMG5b4R6JhsQl9B7DdNIYcTlk21ERUQsyVaR4Pdm8zny2GlSd6hxyHu0QcSa10Pst69SI5NeBc16OCaedLS0wqBlv_REY0uNMsArFhJqK2vClam_4wnztAo_hGlLa_dQ6wogznXjrzEE_TqRnv44Isq41GkPI_aiJ/w480-h640/IMG_20220709_151430_451.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Replacing bilge pumps:</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpxAa6Lly9WToA3Rh0klBEdZA7k9-0LYLEPH_mQLyzsht3rhpsII_9jT9XuYdApKw43Ou6uPMFAZjKFG4XHgqwOJi7ZBL_1hLFoAH5Zg0vpAHRskNdobGR49W4nlnoJ9s5dsyHXd1UZV_XOhFlPoEhb5Km0i8SiNKl1C0PjLPZuNsb_k_wLm8Xr6M/s4414/original_288424a0-b054-4ca4-ad22-e71a09bd3930_IMG_20220708_152231_547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4414" data-original-width="2527" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpxAa6Lly9WToA3Rh0klBEdZA7k9-0LYLEPH_mQLyzsht3rhpsII_9jT9XuYdApKw43Ou6uPMFAZjKFG4XHgqwOJi7ZBL_1hLFoAH5Zg0vpAHRskNdobGR49W4nlnoJ9s5dsyHXd1UZV_XOhFlPoEhb5Km0i8SiNKl1C0PjLPZuNsb_k_wLm8Xr6M/w366-h640/original_288424a0-b054-4ca4-ad22-e71a09bd3930_IMG_20220708_152231_547.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Replacing fan belts in a very tight space:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5hb2F0pJmYH8OlIYZpDbvCi-yw6wEfg74Cr1zNlfh1VvD5q52bYVaw8g1GLHgPV2d1bBOquSqp70HwH0dMa6o_JJDR-X_Uiq0VnqIXXM3LzXwkKOJnfTYgF55nK4eqA1OAj86SlZBoegPHbEqzpnXHj_anl_g79gvNsuZWE399hh5T2mdWgxSipO/w480-h640/original_de0aa516-4c46-4813-853f-42e01648dcbd_IMG_20220709_112611_820.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When spring tides came along, we beached Pegasos on a nearby beach and scraped and re-painted the hulls with anti-fouling paint. There was roughly a 4 hour usable gap between low and high tide so in three days we got the job done, albeit it not very professionally, it will suffice for another 12 months or so until we get to a proper haul out facility.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRxsIPOi4enpJfpZDB5kEWDFPCE05CC0-3feNDD2LTM1GIFXYm8tGgjC6vrOLdCIgl-LVsjCxtRUI9mYZW02T2vPQrebks--LYeigQZDUF2KGCiumHuzRHze9s83jBap9oZWlnBKSqogDLrJeC7xAJDn5MH0mH-LTg57Y5HTQjLd7XflVW0cJGQt4/s4608/original_96d20e53-8dc8-4f48-bf9d-e2486d6a5e37_IMG_20220716_131249_754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRxsIPOi4enpJfpZDB5kEWDFPCE05CC0-3feNDD2LTM1GIFXYm8tGgjC6vrOLdCIgl-LVsjCxtRUI9mYZW02T2vPQrebks--LYeigQZDUF2KGCiumHuzRHze9s83jBap9oZWlnBKSqogDLrJeC7xAJDn5MH0mH-LTg57Y5HTQjLd7XflVW0cJGQt4/w640-h480/original_96d20e53-8dc8-4f48-bf9d-e2486d6a5e37_IMG_20220716_131249_754.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIoZ5tg_EoqQ8aB_f_WdbqKOObMAaf_D_JnqBVRG1EcbgQfLX75iRXy23YnbmqEnuZVdcdoPBgW2rKCSjhZCP0zjRyrf269yJVUMrtgzowPZpV4SgDSCSi11-pKSKuRsJvi5x7iljio786y7dkLBCJLfOdqVvS8LVZHohPC3DPAxXxwkcZSTIr1RF/s4608/IMG_20220716_132435_910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIoZ5tg_EoqQ8aB_f_WdbqKOObMAaf_D_JnqBVRG1EcbgQfLX75iRXy23YnbmqEnuZVdcdoPBgW2rKCSjhZCP0zjRyrf269yJVUMrtgzowPZpV4SgDSCSi11-pKSKuRsJvi5x7iljio786y7dkLBCJLfOdqVvS8LVZHohPC3DPAxXxwkcZSTIr1RF/w640-h480/IMG_20220716_132435_910.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNoviSmwSD0RtYq0LsXDYF4PLQl-kU94fuI5H_c4X1qeSvkLDKjbfVjEjIojnhVQuEvEFoJdemntF_zkEPk7YWToJ6YeSUvvAlp5O6Jv4g7SINtQkn9rMueG1r1Xt-4i-YSBy7xhZM80ML2sNOO3J8qCgbSEcHZqJThIc3rhoMTKuunv6yLEJA6jAt/s4608/original_06c298be-5ebb-4efa-917c-2eae7a9d30c8_IMG_20220716_132629_314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNoviSmwSD0RtYq0LsXDYF4PLQl-kU94fuI5H_c4X1qeSvkLDKjbfVjEjIojnhVQuEvEFoJdemntF_zkEPk7YWToJ6YeSUvvAlp5O6Jv4g7SINtQkn9rMueG1r1Xt-4i-YSBy7xhZM80ML2sNOO3J8qCgbSEcHZqJThIc3rhoMTKuunv6yLEJA6jAt/w640-h480/original_06c298be-5ebb-4efa-917c-2eae7a9d30c8_IMG_20220716_132629_314.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On the last day while we were waiting for the tide to lift us up, we noticed a group of people carrying their parrots down to the waters edge and giving the birds a dip in the sea. Makes a change from taking one's dog to the beach for a swim.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkulveMEqDp5L2IUEhbStgSPij6l9Cn-itrmTogtw6t6QUiss6_v0BvV4B-XNN9_NK7TGzVe5Cw0wXcrs-HGgdZmV669Ab7T8dafnGvhb59ItyteKgKu9HUx8nSydOWfYx4FULJdY7ErEllXdEJzwJ1Q8ldy6xrhz6cU9mYBZ9O54SaUeA4XgFMBf/s4433/original_216e7292-bf18-4248-a919-75993af00818_IMG_20220717_175315_399.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3028" data-original-width="4433" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkulveMEqDp5L2IUEhbStgSPij6l9Cn-itrmTogtw6t6QUiss6_v0BvV4B-XNN9_NK7TGzVe5Cw0wXcrs-HGgdZmV669Ab7T8dafnGvhb59ItyteKgKu9HUx8nSydOWfYx4FULJdY7ErEllXdEJzwJ1Q8ldy6xrhz6cU9mYBZ9O54SaUeA4XgFMBf/w640-h438/original_216e7292-bf18-4248-a919-75993af00818_IMG_20220717_175315_399.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8U8Uyo5u1qZ3-gDv8DlnqrXMcnKdm0ZdYma2HXwbPI0pHJnP7LHy-OfF9gcoTDmxXorDo_6melprcQL3ftJy_9kjcFruEpedTLa6a15cUMT7QyL5Fwtq2zeB16j6LZ2PRZidGsOEasvK4-nMCtwKcYLJhmAgBDJJXv-NBQKdoLux-siOdEYcfb4x/s4608/IMG_20220717_181204_813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8U8Uyo5u1qZ3-gDv8DlnqrXMcnKdm0ZdYma2HXwbPI0pHJnP7LHy-OfF9gcoTDmxXorDo_6melprcQL3ftJy_9kjcFruEpedTLa6a15cUMT7QyL5Fwtq2zeB16j6LZ2PRZidGsOEasvK4-nMCtwKcYLJhmAgBDJJXv-NBQKdoLux-siOdEYcfb4x/w640-h480/IMG_20220717_181204_813.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In no time a couple of bedraggled polly's were brought to inspect the boat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipomALrjWzpSN2YlinX5IzP852bgcjvK9lRtW5Ik_ZBP7PftKRLll8n-2pmfNHbTi8nGYJ_k55GM7oWgZXm__LEwJbNmj5VQvWZRyJ1cvLcIcQFRs04jrh8NAZWpc5Koqn5ZLvL98_zPRO85zK2WdwVmRiblIswTyaar674mo0rAhd-EAMV6efNqSr/s4055/original_0409ae25-7ef1-4b56-a316-eb88a1a9b6d7_IMG_20220717_181248_733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4055" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipomALrjWzpSN2YlinX5IzP852bgcjvK9lRtW5Ik_ZBP7PftKRLll8n-2pmfNHbTi8nGYJ_k55GM7oWgZXm__LEwJbNmj5VQvWZRyJ1cvLcIcQFRs04jrh8NAZWpc5Koqn5ZLvL98_zPRO85zK2WdwVmRiblIswTyaar674mo0rAhd-EAMV6efNqSr/w546-h640/original_0409ae25-7ef1-4b56-a316-eb88a1a9b6d7_IMG_20220717_181248_733.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">Feeling I just need an eye patch to complete the picture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefhmpZm4djY9Q9veinBV-mD_B_FHIGRYLnljxawMWCxWWux5i1ySxHsgtIAUfG3B9UORBUS8X_bIjuORej7l_wgTbvUGOnpMTSztzXWDzUGKl52xcRpdR4kyTAdUekKR7zJHTJ0pnEaLvvqFdKdgCB1eFjE7NMciFyUph12C7E-h_LEPYLUXY3-cY/s1599/IMG-20220814-WA0025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1599" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefhmpZm4djY9Q9veinBV-mD_B_FHIGRYLnljxawMWCxWWux5i1ySxHsgtIAUfG3B9UORBUS8X_bIjuORej7l_wgTbvUGOnpMTSztzXWDzUGKl52xcRpdR4kyTAdUekKR7zJHTJ0pnEaLvvqFdKdgCB1eFjE7NMciFyUph12C7E-h_LEPYLUXY3-cY/w640-h480/IMG-20220814-WA0025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We settled into our 5th month of marina life. We had found a decent supermarket and a very good dentist that I needed to visit 3 times. We carried on with our vegetarian meals on board as we still couldn't bring ourselves to buy the revolting looking raw chicken or smelly fish in the shops. Fresh meat was equally off putting. Luckily the fruit and veg are plentiful. Real cheese and butter is often hard to find in these parts and alcohol is mostly beers sold in a separate section of the shop with a supervisor needing to confirm we're not Muslims at check out. We made sure not to run short for our sundowners:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINAbFQcQ9lBXxwQROH0gsjGzpOECnZke_AKM2ti5t-6RMrbuBXN_IRFxj_6Vd9yJxR6NRBdumsHHKmchbux-XG6Tb6DsaaAEbqQWQPfqGGO5BkM3M1Tgsx4JFG6NviE5OgHvybn7en-bQEh4IRVMukKa4AYD8rKINP1WcZDISkSTCFxI7kNcL0Qa_/s4608/original_ea141dc4-3e4f-4aef-a9a6-bb98b9ebe063_IMG_20220801_192127_808.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINAbFQcQ9lBXxwQROH0gsjGzpOECnZke_AKM2ti5t-6RMrbuBXN_IRFxj_6Vd9yJxR6NRBdumsHHKmchbux-XG6Tb6DsaaAEbqQWQPfqGGO5BkM3M1Tgsx4JFG6NviE5OgHvybn7en-bQEh4IRVMukKa4AYD8rKINP1WcZDISkSTCFxI7kNcL0Qa_/w640-h480/original_ea141dc4-3e4f-4aef-a9a6-bb98b9ebe063_IMG_20220801_192127_808.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally the happy day came when we could take Pegasos out for a test sail in the bay. Such a thrill to hoist the sails again. Everything worked well except the anchor windlass key popped out so that needed a more robust repair again.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcEaiI6K5aAYHDsh3oulKnj44boUsJFXIAIZvi8JDci54t8doWKhXpeqE6Mn05jN01MFWoa_N5E8twkWjhqpI7h4UCvIWOHzAbH2V-dQUahYnErKFjj-2jBISI_OZm0w2JnGE56xshhNjsu2LNbYvsZn1OdY2Ym7I2ut0WVal6BhDms1nInZMvqyN/s4608/original_8b69295d-cc7d-4e87-82e0-7e7b1bf4362c_IMG_20220813_140552_757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcEaiI6K5aAYHDsh3oulKnj44boUsJFXIAIZvi8JDci54t8doWKhXpeqE6Mn05jN01MFWoa_N5E8twkWjhqpI7h4UCvIWOHzAbH2V-dQUahYnErKFjj-2jBISI_OZm0w2JnGE56xshhNjsu2LNbYvsZn1OdY2Ym7I2ut0WVal6BhDms1nInZMvqyN/w640-h480/original_8b69295d-cc7d-4e87-82e0-7e7b1bf4362c_IMG_20220813_140552_757.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRypSpDqDtUnEcf4GtD1prRMgyieC3HdHl8YDdwb8q-uC5lQMN_vGw0Hazy2IfEAxig1EYZmJnsbKorQscyS9Z7-Us9QJkMNx54hwH-DEYHdBqwxu1ZPpDGwmZuXECsWED7rJla__7HqtUAQZP9tWM_BIC2TUCpTk_zs9QnkDPNLafksfanS36w6Ew/s4608/original_eeacfe2b-1609-486a-9892-be49221ee1ca_IMG_20220813_135929_595.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRypSpDqDtUnEcf4GtD1prRMgyieC3HdHl8YDdwb8q-uC5lQMN_vGw0Hazy2IfEAxig1EYZmJnsbKorQscyS9Z7-Us9QJkMNx54hwH-DEYHdBqwxu1ZPpDGwmZuXECsWED7rJla__7HqtUAQZP9tWM_BIC2TUCpTk_zs9QnkDPNLafksfanS36w6Ew/w480-h640/original_eeacfe2b-1609-486a-9892-be49221ee1ca_IMG_20220813_135929_595.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8ZFhKl3M8lsr6mpJIlNe36rlqd-4hcltxPBMvwL0FGq0VW-pTYpgVoIFRfRmwhA5omYPYxU5QKWra0toSjfIhKD4c3sUgedxwIpW7tFwaxIZNYI0CrLalbp1NZajiM3-UBec6GFmqYkX-kQ-9-Qn8P3RbcmBz0AgaQnElll-xAuiVvoNgVaU96P_/s4608/original_2a3d0508-f3bf-42e2-91ce-bb7be0bf93f1_IMG_20220813_140537_625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8ZFhKl3M8lsr6mpJIlNe36rlqd-4hcltxPBMvwL0FGq0VW-pTYpgVoIFRfRmwhA5omYPYxU5QKWra0toSjfIhKD4c3sUgedxwIpW7tFwaxIZNYI0CrLalbp1NZajiM3-UBec6GFmqYkX-kQ-9-Qn8P3RbcmBz0AgaQnElll-xAuiVvoNgVaU96P_/w480-h640/original_2a3d0508-f3bf-42e2-91ce-bb7be0bf93f1_IMG_20220813_140537_625.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Back in the marina Robert received more deliveries of temperature gauges for installation. There were a few more tasks, most important being installing a new membrane in the watermaker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally a visit to the immigration, harbour master and customs for our check out (obligatory at every port in Malaysia) with our bundle of paperwork and dressed in the recommended long pants and closed shoes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITKSeDhk7islNou-2Xefb7ABhHvC5N6yicSnuBD23hpWKEbSOeWZ_7NdsX3VQCEptrnUAKXLpQjFlbstA2aXOLuSpEQ4tRD43RbWtxHnqX5Z8ZaP_iTDuTytcI-5FmLAg8gzCbobOeAflDTeneX8YnUjxCV-WJuaNiimdX8i_ROmLWnAdNxABOCzE/s3813/original_8854fbcc-53b1-461b-813d-29bc00dbef9e_IMG_20220822_103016_202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3813" data-original-width="3062" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITKSeDhk7islNou-2Xefb7ABhHvC5N6yicSnuBD23hpWKEbSOeWZ_7NdsX3VQCEptrnUAKXLpQjFlbstA2aXOLuSpEQ4tRD43RbWtxHnqX5Z8ZaP_iTDuTytcI-5FmLAg8gzCbobOeAflDTeneX8YnUjxCV-WJuaNiimdX8i_ROmLWnAdNxABOCzE/w514-h640/original_8854fbcc-53b1-461b-813d-29bc00dbef9e_IMG_20220822_103016_202.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our last night in the marina and excited to get moving again. Hope the weather is kind to us as we head down towards Singapore in monsoon season.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The big ships on the horizon reminding us of what's in store in the super hectic Malacca Straits.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXDgq8WGLRFuAqWu_UKMXglca2oiws4KGbdvmTPzGh_352Y1UIdLVYsSi0mLSjCKYV-MeAFBeTtRq7kzG0HxfoXiM5atNbcMBXJLFwpVB0m0ZE8PiEZudGLCIOYXc1Pkfeu_P_64GU_gWcep66MfUJ-0gt5xQkNCJwKbOH8tXLX0GFS7KPRvi0kxk/s4608/original_6f2238aa-2bcf-4ea4-8d69-3e57785a781a_IMG_20220717_192303_613.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXDgq8WGLRFuAqWu_UKMXglca2oiws4KGbdvmTPzGh_352Y1UIdLVYsSi0mLSjCKYV-MeAFBeTtRq7kzG0HxfoXiM5atNbcMBXJLFwpVB0m0ZE8PiEZudGLCIOYXc1Pkfeu_P_64GU_gWcep66MfUJ-0gt5xQkNCJwKbOH8tXLX0GFS7KPRvi0kxk/w640-h480/original_6f2238aa-2bcf-4ea4-8d69-3e57785a781a_IMG_20220717_192303_613.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>Marcellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08601832834852072817noreply@blogger.com1Malaysia4.210484 101.975766-41.575575399520631 31.663265999999993 49.996543399520633 172.288266tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078229039724342313.post-7646760917377304092022-05-28T15:18:00.001+08:002023-02-28T11:42:37.389+08:00Season 5: Cruising is just boat maintenance in exotic locations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">We’re back!</span></span>
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</span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">We left Pegasos in Port Dickson in December 2019 and had planned to
be back in Malaysia in May 2020. But then Covid happened and the
world changed and all our plans went belly-up. Malaysian borders
seemed to take the longest to reopen and when finally it was
announced that borders would open on 1 April 2022, we booked a flight
from Cape Town for 1 April. It seems the April fool joke was on us
as the flight was cancelled for technical problem after a 14 hour
wait at Cape Town airport. The next day’s flight was full and we
had to wait another 2 days.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">Eventually
we flew via Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and en route we were so excited
to see Admiral Marina below us and to catch a distant glimpse of
Pegasos. Yes still floating!</span></span>
</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBH37gOBZc0TkTpLZUij1HRVMfoTu5t945-edlH6Ss_PwAuX9mOtFDY5iJas663Q7Tv-1gJ1bRW5fbI3UtmTGbJAVkBAk6dqmLSjBoEcqMjbxudYuncqEKaQrOzVft_UaFn2jwySXscs4hv9FCQD8W6uIXu1bCWnveOin2SFV3PP8qPy-2giaKbjzh/s1333/marina_from_air.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBH37gOBZc0TkTpLZUij1HRVMfoTu5t945-edlH6Ss_PwAuX9mOtFDY5iJas663Q7Tv-1gJ1bRW5fbI3UtmTGbJAVkBAk6dqmLSjBoEcqMjbxudYuncqEKaQrOzVft_UaFn2jwySXscs4hv9FCQD8W6uIXu1bCWnveOin2SFV3PP8qPy-2giaKbjzh/w480-h640/marina_from_air.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">KL
was very hot and humid as usual and thankfully the taxi had aircon
for the hour’s drive to Admiral Marina in Port Dickson where we
stepped out into another blast of hot, sticky air. After check in to
the hotel we went to look at Pegasos which seemed fine from a
distance.</span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjno1jbG7VALnMiPL5rQ6g68zObHtsvf8QtskgJniMP5kVDil7uAFeoY9X8XibFp-nl2tJn7Y9Yr40bKpRGGoRImNXzoMz1KWchbbEKEbRqRz8aBGDr1umuuTHqWTJhHjVkvopGnkRiIBfNxkjy1Xm8N9TnMJ6_KTpyheg6jkC17f9sqwyNuf_fsHri/s4590/original_3a07fb64-3ae8-48aa-94f4-ba2094d980d0_IMG_20220404_162527_305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3001" data-original-width="4590" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjno1jbG7VALnMiPL5rQ6g68zObHtsvf8QtskgJniMP5kVDil7uAFeoY9X8XibFp-nl2tJn7Y9Yr40bKpRGGoRImNXzoMz1KWchbbEKEbRqRz8aBGDr1umuuTHqWTJhHjVkvopGnkRiIBfNxkjy1Xm8N9TnMJ6_KTpyheg6jkC17f9sqwyNuf_fsHri/w640-h418/original_3a07fb64-3ae8-48aa-94f4-ba2094d980d0_IMG_20220404_162527_305.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">But
once we got closer, the horrors began.</span>
</span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">The
plastic cover we had left over the dinghy had deteriorated into tiny
fragments and the dinghy had acquired a few new holes</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgns0e88x1nxVlHZHz0x5LSfdMslTY4dvcYrGQ1mHxndA9TpZOHUtN3IG7ruJSL1BBxByFQmbdixVMIuqTZSQAI1MQFGZ61Ayh_iXLRdCO-rvUkLE1UKd5bd3UK5Mc4tsdHl_b2pSUvWQ3QFXFRbq0pQzpzrpJCgQXLlT5O6LJ6Y2Iy5cWt1A7BL-A0/s4268/original_21464078-c002-40d3-9982-9a8cd506eb25_IMG_20220404_162636_604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3260" data-original-width="4268" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgns0e88x1nxVlHZHz0x5LSfdMslTY4dvcYrGQ1mHxndA9TpZOHUtN3IG7ruJSL1BBxByFQmbdixVMIuqTZSQAI1MQFGZ61Ayh_iXLRdCO-rvUkLE1UKd5bd3UK5Mc4tsdHl_b2pSUvWQ3QFXFRbq0pQzpzrpJCgQXLlT5O6LJ6Y2Iy5cWt1A7BL-A0/w640-h488/original_21464078-c002-40d3-9982-9a8cd506eb25_IMG_20220404_162636_604.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbD3RmR5c0mlYkmw_g2nBilAOuqUFtlcxtWCBZvtXY-RXk34AV7r-gpxH63Vyt7jU55XCxuFrpDIw6JC8YAYb4SydxQiysP1_w0sJHR41KGJ1XixfXIuUosLWphswCPfU9pEgYKffJODnOO9avXc0UG1UZfkRwjgNyQA2wu1MJvtCR-Ukn8a58vkK/s4608/IMG_20220404_183150_815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbD3RmR5c0mlYkmw_g2nBilAOuqUFtlcxtWCBZvtXY-RXk34AV7r-gpxH63Vyt7jU55XCxuFrpDIw6JC8YAYb4SydxQiysP1_w0sJHR41KGJ1XixfXIuUosLWphswCPfU9pEgYKffJODnOO9avXc0UG1UZfkRwjgNyQA2wu1MJvtCR-Ukn8a58vkK/w640-h480/IMG_20220404_183150_815.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">The
marina’s attempts at repairing the jetty had left steel rods
sticking out of the jetty, dangerously close to the boat</span></span>
</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKJvNhUyPFFLeUoozdcQX50FPDaXCSq2WCfwmBK7G2Gpd6GpFZn9NBbclVuPgqiL81cgoa4F3TFXEsBm25mIIX1EHQzDM8Sciqz9my53QDKrcGGS8qdA1LCwflDrLF57a-X4C_-TEZhw/s4608/IMG_20220404_162834_404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKJvNhUyPFFLeUoozdcQX50FPDaXCSq2WCfwmBK7G2Gpd6GpFZn9NBbclVuPgqiL81cgoa4F3TFXEsBm25mIIX1EHQzDM8Sciqz9my53QDKrcGGS8qdA1LCwflDrLF57a-X4C_-TEZhw/w640-h480/IMG_20220404_162834_404.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">The
boat had been moved and re-tied to the jetty and the ropes left
dangling in the water – now trashed with sea growth.</span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lOBkNjjJtumMCv-SLxPocoCZwpxoRKYEqizSzsOqxFYjk5KzMUAUWzo2A9ZaCUJyAXb6CzWrTzTUMNbs3QPk90ch47xk_LLT_uV3-ZSPxFpUvcn3jiv6UMrisd9LtlQfZJpOv038Yqyai7lfBR3UJy03sWICWPKBRqjjF6PvzjKKRTWR7VjkP16Q/s4608/IMG_20220404_164641_793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lOBkNjjJtumMCv-SLxPocoCZwpxoRKYEqizSzsOqxFYjk5KzMUAUWzo2A9ZaCUJyAXb6CzWrTzTUMNbs3QPk90ch47xk_LLT_uV3-ZSPxFpUvcn3jiv6UMrisd9LtlQfZJpOv038Yqyai7lfBR3UJy03sWICWPKBRqjjF6PvzjKKRTWR7VjkP16Q/w640-h480/IMG_20220404_164641_793.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">We
opened up the boat and stepped in. Mould everywhere! On the floors,
ceilings, sides, every surface, every nook and cranny. We had left
several containers of moisture absorbing chemical which works for a
couple of months, not a couple of years in t<a class="sdendnoteanc" href="#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc"><sup>i</sup></a>his
climate.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
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was rainwater partly filling the engine compartment and in all the
bilges</span></span>
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fittings were corroded</span></span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid60Ueb-t_t36gcLg8hwnryzefbBmwkHMMsMJE9GTdXCu8xrj-8jkjeOFZ90kx-9gUBr3PIZwzeA46uvHOn8l1a2QVofcUbHZ9rwpFrWrcmrIufCv4Dkt_ANmRCFesEKlANH-KDPWwQub1wpLiOED5OGrsd5pHog6r6cx-G1WdnhXJqWX5Se1QMvR-/s4608/IMG_20220404_174517_817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid60Ueb-t_t36gcLg8hwnryzefbBmwkHMMsMJE9GTdXCu8xrj-8jkjeOFZ90kx-9gUBr3PIZwzeA46uvHOn8l1a2QVofcUbHZ9rwpFrWrcmrIufCv4Dkt_ANmRCFesEKlANH-KDPWwQub1wpLiOED5OGrsd5pHog6r6cx-G1WdnhXJqWX5Se1QMvR-/w480-h640/IMG_20220404_174517_817.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"> and signs of wood rot in a few places<br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIZrn6BXxGmskpe8zazBWRaeJXmKKcomiQjWO_hldjiVv7r-pAwpLrPCSFW5lJ104XtBcHqDcqXPchfdYtXiwpRZjA_6er-nomktWHDHmFiKKFb5H4KBXgIMciihpejSClFuXFAftk-nd-r_Qp4srA2J64TJS_DOtymwHmznXBU0gxKq7rpO_rcyt/s4608/IMG_20220404_174230_867.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIZrn6BXxGmskpe8zazBWRaeJXmKKcomiQjWO_hldjiVv7r-pAwpLrPCSFW5lJ104XtBcHqDcqXPchfdYtXiwpRZjA_6er-nomktWHDHmFiKKFb5H4KBXgIMciihpejSClFuXFAftk-nd-r_Qp4srA2J64TJS_DOtymwHmznXBU0gxKq7rpO_rcyt/w640-h480/IMG_20220404_174230_867.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"> The wood under
the mainsail traveller track was soft and broke up on touch</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
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</span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">The
sails had been stored away in the side hulls and all the sails have big
rusty water stains.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">The gas bottles were corroded. <br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2AwLCOQWQGoP9xr4641Nu1cenhfAofr_-t11XVA8kpuYe2rypt0Vj218pBIFNXWaYd3PPgZMxhPFu-yhlzv8lLzjViAwIK3qL6W3OA2-Vjcmj-kTwhH_cTR4D59IIGn0NbKbjrUpktHsGYsuCe92E64YTOESoVCu33M66Hu1eN9ZSqju3bmY8ekO/s4608/IMG_20220404_174950_027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2AwLCOQWQGoP9xr4641Nu1cenhfAofr_-t11XVA8kpuYe2rypt0Vj218pBIFNXWaYd3PPgZMxhPFu-yhlzv8lLzjViAwIK3qL6W3OA2-Vjcmj-kTwhH_cTR4D59IIGn0NbKbjrUpktHsGYsuCe92E64YTOESoVCu33M66Hu1eN9ZSqju3bmY8ekO/w480-h640/IMG_20220404_174950_027.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
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sea growth under the hulls was to be expected</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">Some
items had simply melted in the closed up interior heat like this sticky tape roll</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"> </span><br /></span>
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the next few days Robert would come across so much more that needed
replacing or repair, including pumps, watermaker parts, engine parts,
3 outboard motors and the generator had corroded, a water tank
leaked, the fridge no longer worked,
most electrics were corroded, the gearbox leaked oil, the anchor chain was rusted, etc. </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">All the battieries had died - </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">a good time to get a new DIY lithium battery pack, adding four more solar panels and a bunch of chargers and controllers <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">Once again we learned that things that seem too good to be true usually are. A water pump impeller from China was extraordinarily cheap and advertised as identical to the Yanmar original. One should always have a few spare. Robert ordered three from the same supplier. They weren't even identical to each other. <br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">We sourced parts from hole-in-the wall local hardware stores and ordered parts from all over Malaysia and imported parts from China, America, Australia and even Trinidad (!) <br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">There
is no chandlery anywhere in Port Dickson so most items have to be ordered
online and some orders were cancelled as suppliers unable to supply (especially those from China which was so frustrating as they say they can deliver, take the payment and then cancel about 10 days later and refund).
Each evening Robert had a list of more items to order and eventually
the parts started trickling in slowly.</span></span>
<span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif">We
began scrubbing and Robert got stuck into repairs to everything,
replacing parts, washing and mending sails, patching the dinghy, opening up wood rot, fibre-glassing, fixing the engine and
so much more. Opening up any feature was opening a can of worms. It
was very slow progress in the hot humid environment with slow delivery of parts. </span></span>
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had arrived at the start of Ramadan so there wasn't much activity
during the day. After sunset the marina restaurant got busy with
patrons breaking their fast. Lavish Ramadan buffets were on offer but
we looked too scruffy after a day working on the boat.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
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Marina has a fabulous big pool and we mostly had it all to
ourselves during Ramadan. After the first week we rented an apartment next to the
marina which also has a fabulous big pool to ourselves – the best
way to cool off</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"> </span></span>
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there’s the aptly named marina pub:</span></span> </p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p><span style="font-family: arial;">
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got Grab to deliver groceries and occasionally took a Grab taxi to a
nearby shopping area for fresh produce and hardware items.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Microsoft Sans Serif, sans-serif"> </span><br /></span>
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while sipping cocktails (I wish just once), it’s hot and sweaty
while working away in tight corners. We’re getting there and soon
we’ll hoist the sail (actually no - lack of wind here means crank up
the engine) and get going again on real adventures. </span></span>
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moved on to Port Dickson with enough wind for some sailing early in
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Most of the boats
had booked berths in the marina and when we dinghied in we saw they
were crowded together in hot pens without much breeze. Thank
goodness for the shady big pool at Admiral Marina and we lost no time
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Many boats stayed on
at Admiral Marina to go on a tour to Kuala Lumpur but Robert had made
contact with an agent for the faulty radar and we wanted to get
closer to Kuala Lumpur to deliver it. Port Klang has a marina and
easy access to Kuala Lumpur so it seemed a good plan.</div>
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We set off early in
the morning and initially the current was with us but it soon turned
and we had current against us the rest of the way. As soon as we got
closer to Port Klang the area became very busy with big ships. It is
the main port of Malaysia and the 11<sup>th</sup> largest port in the
world. Non-stop action with loading and unloading 24/7 at 3 different
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We crossed the busy
Port Klang shipping lane and anchored in a calm mangrove lined
channel just off the shipping lane. There was a very strong current
through the channel but it was peaceful and if not for the big ships
passing in the distance it would have seemed remote.</div>
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Robert had worked
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thought was the optimum time to our advantage. But the current seemed
to be a bit against us so we slowly trundled past the long South Port
and its line of ships and cranes, grateful that we had a gap without
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We motored further
up the wide river and eventually found Royal Selangor Yacht Club. We
had considered leaving Pegasos at RSYC for about 5 months until our
return next year but we immediately noticed the vast amount of
rubbish moving downstream. Much of the rubbish collects between the
boats and the jetties resulting in smelly piles of refuse jammed
between the boats and the jetties.</div>
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In addition to the
endless stream of rubbish moving back and forth with the tides, RSYC
has a channel between its mooring jetties which is used by big
trawlers, smaller fishing boats, power boats and just about every
other speeding craft which sends big wakes crashing against the boats
tied to the jetties. We quickly decided this wasn’t a good place
to leave Pegasos.</div>
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The advantage of
RSYC is their big swimming pool and even bigger restaurant with an
extensive menu.</div>
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Robert made further
contact with the agent for the faulty radar and much to our surprise
one of their guys came to collect it from us at the marina saving us
a trip into Kuala Lumpur. Their technician is away for a couple of
weeks so we wait and see what transpires – repair or replace as it
is still under warranty.</div>
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We were keen to get
out of Port Klang as quickly as possible but the complex tidal system
in the delta meant that we could only leave in the afternoon. And so
we set off under a black cloud – which is often the case in the
afternoons as it rains daily. We hadn’t got far when the
thunderstorm broke and it started raining heavily, probably the
heaviest rain we’ve had so far. Visibility was very poor and we’re
in a busy shipping channel. We kept the spray dodger down to see
better but we got horribly drenched in the cockpit. We got as far as
the North Port loading docks and decided we had enough so we moved
over to the edge of the channel where it is too shallow for any big ships
and dropped the anchor next to mangroves. Robert closed up the tent
covers and I had a warm shower and it turned out to be a peaceful
anchorage although it rained for hours.</div>
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We caught the
morning tide early and set off with the current, motoring along at
over 7 knots for the first few hours. We passed a bizarre sight of
hundreds of people standing in the ocean – what it turned out to be
is a sandbank in the strait which dries out at certain high tides and
lots of little boats ferrying people from the shore to the sandbank
to experience the phenomenon of “standing on the sea” with boats
passing around.</div>
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The whole area is
very busy with trawlers and smaller fishing boats. Some of the
trawlers had AIS but many did not and so it was a constant look out,
especially for nets strung out from the smaller fishing boats. The
trawlers move under 3 knots when they drag their nets but can move
exceptionally fast when heading out to sea. We saw a trawler coming
closer from slightly behind our starboard side heading towards us. We
kept an eye on it and got worried when it didn’t change direction
and was moving much faster than us. Through binoculars I could see no
one above deck! In the end we did a full 360 deg turn to avoid being
hit by the trawler. At the last moment a few heads popped up on it
looking surprised. They clearly hadn’t seen us. One of the other
rally boats was not so lucky in the same area and got hit by a
trawler in the front with enough damage to its crossbeam
and its mast fell over.</div>
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We also received
several SART alerts on our AIS which is a signal from a Search and
Rescue Transponder intended for emergency use at sea and is used to
locate a vessel in distress. Normally closest boats would respond to
save lives. However these alerts were originating from close to the
shoreline and we had read that the local fishermen in this area use
these transponders to locate their fishing nets! Insane behaviour.
It’s a wonder that the Malaysian authorities don’t do anything to
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By lunchtime we no
longer had the current with us and the wind was in the front so the
afternoon was a bumpy and swelly ride. Very tedious 11 hours to cover
62 miles. Entering the river mouth of Sungai Bernam is a bit tricky
as it is extremely shallow in places. We crept along watching the
depth and two trawlers overtook us, clearly following their
waypoints. Good enough for us so we sat behind one of the trawlers
following it. We moved off to the side of the wide mouth and anchored
in only 1 metre! We had heard lots of stories about fishing boats
crashing into anchored yachts in this area so we put on all the nav
lights, dangled a flashing light and kept an inside light on.</div>
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Nothing hit us
during the night and the next morning we set off for our most
northerly anchorage in this leg – Pangkor Marina. It was a pleasant
motor sail dodging a few trawlers along the way. The marina was fully
booked with rally boats so we joined a few anchored on the outside of
the marina. Luckily we have a shallow draft so we anchored as close
as possible and ended up just outside the entrance within paddling
distance of the bar – convenient! A catamaran tried the same area
but it was too shallow for them and they backed off. As Robert later
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Lunch was the
highlight in an exquisite beach setting in Nipah Bay. Tables and
chairs were set up under large shady trees and a great lunch was
served by Nipah Deli.
We swam after lunch in the very warm calm water. We could have stayed
there for days and earmarked the bay as an anchorage for next year.<br />
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The next day we had
to clear in at Immigration, Port Authority and Customs – as usual all 3 are not in the same street, not even in the same district and we
had to hire a scooter and buzz around from one to the other filling
in forms and having bits of papers stamped. Although we checked into
Malaysia at Puteri Harbour, all ports in Malaysia have check in/check
out requirements for boats – a pain in the rear but at least the
paperwork is processed with far less hassle than in Indonesia and the
various offices made their own photocopies.
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We found Aeon
shopping centre, the big attraction as always being the aircon. We
stocked up on a few provisions but mainly enjoyed the aircon and food
court. On one of our scooter outings, we found a buddhist temple -
Tua Pek Kong Temple in the nearby Manjung district. It started off
about 100 years ago but has seen much more recent construction and
now covers a wide area. The statues are absolutely enormous!<br />
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We treated ourselves to a 3 day tour of the Cameron Highlands staying at a 4
star hotel. The luxury bus, accommodation and guide was arranged by
the Sail Malaysia organisors, the cost for ourselves. A bit pricey
but an opportunity that we probably wouldn’t do again and a nice
way to end off this leg of our furthermost north sail to date. 22 of
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The Cameron
Highlands is a high mountainous area first surveyed by the British
geologist William Cameron in 1885. It was further developed in the
1930’s as people saw the opportunity to escape from the heat as the
Cameron Highlands is high enough for a cool climate. In fact for the
first time in many months we wore long sleeves and coats! The area
is famous for its tea estates and farmlands and very scenic
countryside.<br />
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Our guide took us on
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park, “honey farm” (yes it’s really just hives) and a
waterfall.<br />
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The scenery was spectacular, beautiful cultivated
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It’s
also crowded with tourists and some of the attractions felt rather
contrived. In some places the ratio of vendors to product was
overwhelming, everyone selling the same tourist tat (made in China).
The fresh fruit and vegetable markets were of excellent quality and
we came back with bags of fresh produce. <br />
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Big Rajah Brooke butterflies </div>
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Blue orchids<br />
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All in all the Cameron Highlands was a great
experience, interesting and fun with our fellow travellers.</div>
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On our return to Pangkor we were happy to see Pegasos hadn't moved in our 3 day absence. We had decided to leave Pegasos at Admiral Marina in Port Dickson while we go home to SA so we needed to go back south again taking a few days to get there.<br />
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When we got to Port Klang and contacted the radar agent, we learned that the Australian B&G agent would send a replacement at our cost for freight and duties! And not only that, we have to pay the freight return costs for the faulty radar too! What a cheek to pay international freight costs for something which will be discarded anyway. This is actually the second faulty radar from B&G the first one was faulty on arrival and we paid the return costs at the time. Not a satisfactory outcome for a radar that worked for only a few days but B&G have us by the short and curlies.<br />
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We carried on back south until we reached Port Dickson and anchored off the beach near the town. We had to do the usual clearing in at Immigration, Customs and Port Authority. A young man was the only official at Port Authority and at the end of our form filling and stamping session he said the cost is MYR50. For what we asked. He hedged and mumbled something about port charges. We dug our heels in. He got irritated at our refusal to pay unless the reason was clearly stated and waved us off with some comments. He's not good with extortion.<br />
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The next day we motored into Admiral Marina and tied up. This will be Pegasos' home for the next 5 months while we fly back to SA for summer.<br />
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We've come a long way on this trip: 1600 Nautical Miles from Lombok, Indonesia to Port Dickson, Malaysia. <br />
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It's been a jam-packed busy trip - the highlight was definitely the orangutan tour in Borneo but there were many other great times especially with the rally crowd. Next year we hope to sail the east coast of Malaysia at our own pace with Pegasos. Have a good rest Pegasos, see you in May 2020.</div>
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Crossing the
Singapore Strait in a small boat is not for the faint-hearted. It is
one of the busiest commercial shipping channels in the world with
super tankers and ships of all kinds passing through it every few
minutes. It has a Traffic Separation Scheme which means that
eastbound ships pass in the south lanes and westbound ships pass in
the north lanes – at any given time ships are also moving into and
out of the strait to various ports or big anchorages within the
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This is what our AIS screen looked like. The green and yellow triangles are ships, the red boat icon lower middle of the screen is us, and the blue line is our planned route.</div>
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So of course we did
our research carefully, taking into account the currents and boat
speeds and the large ship anchorage area in the middle that allowed
us to cross one lane at a time. Still it looked hectic.</div>
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We set off from the
Indonesian side early in the morning and waited at the edge of the
south lanes for a gap in the shipping traffic and then we upped the
engine speed and motored across as quickly as we could. So far so
good. We moved through the middle anchorage area staying far away
from the bigger boats. We waited longer at the edge of the north
lanes as it was busier and more boats were moving into the strait
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We got a gap and
motored hurriedly. About 90% of the way across, a Singapore police
boat called us up on the radio and came alongside asking us to stop.
They wanted details of our passports, etc. We hurriedly gave them the
info and then they asked us to accompany them back towards the middle
– eeek! – we really didn’t want to repeat this crossing
exercise. While they laboriously captured our info, we kept looking
around anxiously at approaching tankers.
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The Singapore police
waved us on saying we should follow a passing navy ship’s route
(going much faster than us) and stay further away from the Singapore
area. We complied for a short while and then dodged around a large
anchored boat into a side anchorage off the channel.</div>
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We wound our way
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We passed through
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and Malaysia on the other side. We soon passed a group of high rise
buildings and we knew we were no longer in Indonesia – we hadn’t
seen a building over two storeys in months.</div>
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We passed under the
Tuas bridge which links Malaysia and Indonesia. It has a clearance of
25 metres at high tide – we knew we could pass under but the closer
we got, the more it seemed that the mast would touch. Of course, it
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After a couple of
hours we reached Puteri Harbour and berthed at 1’15 Marina and went
to the Marina office to arrange clear in. Immigration was quick and
easy, the official barely looked at our passports, stamped and we
were waved back into the Marina shuttle bus and taken back to the
marina about 500m away!</div>
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We spent about 2
weeks at 1’15 Marina – it was incredibly hot and humid with
barely a breeze in the marina and the heavily polluted water is not
for swimming. One day our neighbour on the next boat fell into the
water as he was cleaning a mat. I rushed over to help and later he
said “You didn’t jump in to save me” and I replied “You would
have drowned before I jump in that water.” Robert set about
attending to the various boat jobs saved up for the time spent in the
marina, and one of them was getting the aircon to work. We had never
used it since we bought the boat in 2017 but I was feeling faint in
the intense heat. Luckily he got it right and I was so happy! Pure
bliss inside the boat, the deck was too hot to walk on and the tent
structure too hot to touch. We spent a lot of time sitting in front
of the aircon.
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After sunset when
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The highlight was
being in a pub watching the Springboks win the Rugby World Cup, made
even more enjoyable by a few Brits nearby who were crowing loudly
about their team but became much quieter as the game progressed while
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Puteri Harbour is a
strange place – it has many high rise residential blocks but hardly
anyone living in them. Wide 3 lane roads but few cars on them. All
new and landscaped with wide pavements and newly planted big trees.
It’s like a brand new ghost town waiting for people to happen. The
locals said the buildings are built for the richer Chinese who work
in Singapore and cross over the congested Tuas bridge everyday.<br />
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After the sparse shops in Indonesia, we
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from all over the world (at a price) and a non-Moslem section selling
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modern buildings where tasty (and some not so tasty) strange
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One day we took a
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interesting mix of old and new, small old buildings and modern
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We visited the
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Chinatown and the Indian shops and the modern high rise City Square
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The Sail Malaysia
Rally organisors had arranged a sumptuous dinner hosted by the Johor
Tourism Dept and the next morning we set off back along the Johor
Strait, crossing another shipping lane and headed westward to Pulau
Pisang (Banana Island). 30 seconds after dropping anchor a torrential
downpour of rain started and built up to a thunderstorm that lasted
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Our next sail to
Pulau Besar was mostly motor sailing as the wind was light. We had
the current with us for the last 5 hours so we skipped out 2 possible
anchorages and kept going. Ten and a half hours later, we had done 69
nautical miles. It was tedious as there were lots of fishing nets
strung out from many small boats and we had to change course
constantly. It’s difficult to distinguish between fishing net
floats and floating plastic rubbish so we both kept our eyes peeled
all the time – very draining. We were too tired to appreciate Pulau
Besar’s nice looking beaches and fell asleep early.</div>
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The next morning was a short sail
to Malacca (Melaka) dodging more nets along the way and we anchored
in a shallow wide bay with nearby dredging operations underway. A
couple of rally boats were there already and more arrived later to
total 13 boats. We parked our dinghy at a nearby marina that is no
longer used for sailing boats since it was damaged by a storm a few
years ago. We set off to explore Malacca in the afternoon and was
surprised to find that it’s a colourful vibrant city steeped in
history. Restored architecture, attractive river canal with shops and
restaurants, different cultures side by side, a mix of old and new
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middle of the floor is a slab that marks the grave of Maria van
Riebeeck, wife of Jan van Riebeeck who spent many years in Malacca.
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everywhere and many buildings remind me of Cape Town’s old sites.<br />
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Tourism. We visited the Malacca Museum and an hour and a half is not
enough – interesting history from the founding of Malacca through
the Portuguese, Dutch and British occupations, as well as Japanese –
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Large monitor lizards inhabit the canal - this one almost as big as a croc<br />
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The weather was
changing as we got closer to the equator. The winds were lighter and
thunderstorms more frequent. There is no accurate mariner’s weather
forecasting service in Indonesia. Mostly we are using the Windy app
which is vaguely accurate but in the transition period at the end of
October we seldom experienced SE winds, mostly winds from North –
NE and NW, although it was a bit early as noted in various cruising
guides. Also our new B&G radar had stopped working shortly after
we left Australia and we can’t get it fixed until Malaysia. It
would have been useful to see approaching storm cells.</div>
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After we left North
Bangka we overnighted at Cebia Island, fringed by extended reefs and
we didn’t go ashore. There’s about a dozen houses at most. 3
other rally boats anchored around the island. Very early the next
morning the sky seemed dark and we thought it was pre-sunrise. We had
just moved off along with the other yachts when the storm cell hit
and we immediately experienced thunder, lightning, 24 knot gusting
winds and torrential rain. We heard on the radio that one of the
other yachts had seen the storm cell on his radar and tried to run
around it and was “bitch slapped”. The other 3 yachts were
monohulls and turned to face into the wind, a large Oystar boat
screaming towards us with sails out and I hoped it saw us then it
shot past our back. Robert said as a multihull we should run with the
wind and we got Pegasos around and it was more comfortable in the
rough sea although we couldn’t avoid the rain. We were blown off
course for a bit but in less than 20 minutes the storm passed over
and we were back on track.</div>
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After the storm the
sun came out, the seas smoothed and it was a pleasant 6 hours to Saya
Island. We saw dolphins swimming near the boat. From a distance
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we got closer and moved around towards its west and north side we saw
tiny pretty beaches, thickly forested slopes and granite boulders. We
eventually found an anchor spot off the surrounding reef on the north
side and it was peaceful and exquisite.</div>
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We went ashore to
walk on the tiny beach and swim under the overhanging trees in
crystal clear warm water.
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It’s a beautiful
postcard worthy spot and as always, marred by the plastic rubbish so
prevalent in Indonesia.</div>
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In the afternoon a
small traditional fishing boat came and anchored nearby, sorting out
their buckets of fish and ice. Our sundowners on deck in this calm
lovely setting was curiously watched by the fishermen.</div>
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A swiftlet visited
the boat inspecting the inside and went off to get Mrs Swiftlet. It
seemed to meet their approval as the next morning the bird was still
around and stayed on the boat until some distance from the island.
We often have hitchhiker swiftlets but none so keen as this one.</div>
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There is so much
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sitting on a piece of polystyrene floating past or surfing down a
swell.</div>
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When we left Saya
Island the sea was glassy smooth in complete contrast to the previous
morning. It stayed flat and windless all the way to our south Lingga
anchorage. Once again we saw dolphins nearby. Interestingly, we also
saw a sea snake almost every day, the banded variety.</div>
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Our south Lingga
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Robert tied ropes onto the boat so we could hang on for our swim off
the boat. I certainly couldn’t swim against that current. A few
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In the morning some of the other boats headed
for a nearby island lagoon for a BBQ but we needed to move on further
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Between south Lingga
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As luck would have
it, the sea was calm and there was no wind so who could resist a swim
over the equator while we let Pegasos drift. The water temperature
was a glorious 30 degrees.</div>
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The anchorage at
Kentar Island is actually between two islands, Kentar and Bakau.
There are quite a few fishing platforms in the area and a stilt
village nearby. A young fisherman came up to our boat, sailing along
in his small home made canoe with a home made tatty sail. He was
interested in our boat and chatted with Robert in broken English. He
said he’s 25 and a fisherman although it seems he hardly catches
anything. We can’t help feeling a bit sorry for the young man
trying to eke out a living in a stuffed up fish ecology. There will
be less and less fish to catch each year and the fishes that are
caught now are not much bigger than pilchards.</div>
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Our next stop was
the island of Benan which was also a rally stop. As we moved north we
saw more and more plastic rubbish in the water. We had to keep a
sharp eye as there are many small white buoys with fishing traps
underneath and from a distance a floating plastic bottle or styrofoam
looks like a buoy.</div>
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We were almost half
an hour from Benan island when a strong tropical storm hit us. There
was not much else to do but ride it out. We watched the wind gauge
climb up to 35 knots! The boat bounced up and down in the churned up
sea while everything seemed to strain and creak in the wind.
Torrential rain made visibility difficult and we were soaking wet.
Robert increased the engine speed hoping to get closer to Benan. It
was almost impossible to make much headway and at best we were doing
2,5 knots. I was feeling quite scared as the storm seemed to last
longer than normal and the wind wasn’t dropping. Robert decided to
edge towards the east side of Benan as the wind was from the west and
we should get some protection behind the island. Eventually we got on
the lee side of the island and felt the wind drop and the seas clam.
Robert motored up and down checking the sea bottom on the sonar –
it seemed all sand so we edged closer in towards the beach and
dropped the anchor to sit out the storm. One of the rally boats at
anchor on the other side radioed us to find out if we were ok –
Karen had seen our progress on AIS. Their anchor had dragged in the
storm, luckily they were on board.<br />
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After the storm
passed we dried out the cockpit as best we could and motored around
to the anchorage next to a stilt village. In the late afternoon we
went ashore with Karen and Frank for some dinner. There is only one
“restaurant” and you either get Nasi Goreng or Mie Goreng.</div>
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A market was
set up next to the “restaurant” and we bought fresh fruit and veg
to take back to the boat. Our food stocks had been getting low and we
were resorting to tinned food - “woof” or “meow” dinner menu
depending on whether it's corned meat or tuna. We don’t have a
freezer and I would rather be vegetarian than eat Indonesian meat or
chicken from their open outdoor markets as the cloud of flies is
intense. Their fish are small and bony. Fishing off Pegasos is
'fishless' in these fished out waters.</div>
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Robert’s computer
with the charts, Google Earth and AIS overlay had been giving display
problems and finally crashed in Benan. We had a late morning start
from Benan Island to Petong Island as Robert spent time fixing his
computer crash. It’s working again but not 100% yet.</div>
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Moving northwards
now means a light wind always from the north so we couldn’t put up
the sails. It’s a bit tedious motoring all the way. At Petong
Island we anchored off a mini island – there were several beautiful
mini islands scattered about.
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We went for a
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Interesting to see
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Our last day in
Indonesia was about 7 hours of motoring along the Combol Strait
passing beautiful islands on both sides. Had we known these islands
were so inviting we would have allowed more time to explore them.
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the north bay of Kepalajerih, the heavens opened and the rain came
down in buckets. Typical of these parts it soon cleared up and we sat
on the deck having our last sundowners in Indonesia. We were next to
the very busy Singapore Strait and could see many big ships passing –
a taste of things to come tomorrow when we cross to Malaysia. We
could also see the lights of Singapore on the opposite side of the
Strait. It seemed a bit surreal to think we have come so far in
Pegasos from Brisbane to Singapore. As a real novice back in Brisbane
when the first time on a boat for me was when we sailed out the
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One of the biggest
highlights so far has been the 3 day, 2 night tour to see the
orangutans in the jungle of the Tanjung Puting National Park.
Together with an American couple on the yacht rally we booked a
“klotok” to take us further up the Sekonyer river through the
bordering jungle. A klotok is a traditional simple wooden houseboat
which has been fixed up to accommodate tourists wishing to see
orangutans – it comes with a guide, cook, captain and deckhand to
cater to our every need. On the bottom level are toilets and showers,
the cook’s kitchen and large sleeping area for the staff. The top
level is like a large verandah with a basin, table and chairs and
mattresses which are spread out at night under mosquito nets. This is
the vantage point for tourists to sit and see what unfolds as the
klotok putters slowly along making the sound for which it is named:
“klotok-klotok-klotok”. Below the cook worked tirelessly to
produce sumptuous platters of food in traditional Kumai style.<br />
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There are both wild
and semi-wild orangutans in the area, the semi-wild are those who
have been rescued elsewhere and rehabilitated into the wild. This
means that they usually have to be fed and so there are 3 feeding
stations set up in different parts, guaranteeing one the opportunity
to observe the orangutans from a few metres away. We also visited
Camp Leakey where Prof Birute Galdikas has spent almost 50 years researching orangutans and according to our guide, is still actively
involved on a daily basis. We were enthralled to see so many
orangutans and so many babies in the area. Robert took over 500
photos! Here is just a handful:</div>
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This old fellow had
been in a fight with another male and had come off the worst with
broken fingers, sore foot and a gash in his head. He is being
observed by researchers but seemingly they don’t interfere with
nature taking its course other than he was first at the feeding
station picking out mangoes – their favourite by far.</div>
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The jungle is home
to 8 other species of monkeys and we were delighted to see grey
monkeys, red leaf monkeys, long tailed macaque and of course my
favourite – proboscis monkeys whose faces look more human to me
than the orangutans who share 97% of our DNA. Our guide said the
locals call the proboscis monkeys “the Hollanders”…. must be
the big noses….</div>
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No jungle tour would
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with our guide and a ranger. Although we didn’t see tarsius or slow
loris, it turned up the expected tarantula and frogs. Spot the spider:</div>
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The vegetation is
very diverse. In the beginning small palms lined the edge of the
swampy river bank, giving way to pandanus as the water became less
salty. Our guide said that saltwater crocodiles inhabit the
downstream river which floods with the tides and freshwater
crocodiles inhabit the upstream area. And to think that on arrival
in the Kumai river we were so hot and sweaty that although we
wondered about crocs, we jumped in and swam off the boat to cool off.
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Sleeping on a
mattress on the klotok under a vast mosquito net listening to the
sounds of the jungle is a good compromise between comfort and
adventure. An amazing experience and we’re so glad to have done it
while there are still some orangutans left in the jungle.</div>
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It’s worth
mentioning the town of Kumai’s prominent features (besides its many
amplified mosques) – the high rise buildings for swiftlet birds to
produce birds nests for the birds nest soup so favoured by the
Chinese. These drab buildings are actually bird nest factories in a
sense and apparently built and owned by Chinese (well who else would
eat the nests). Kumai is a scruffy dusty town with no redeeming
features and these grey concrete windowless buildings with many
little holes make it even uglier. The 24/7 loud twittering of bird
noises is produced artificially to attract even more swiftlets to
these slabs of concrete buildings. How the residents can put up with
the constant noise is unbelievable.</div>
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And yet at 4.00 am
when the various mosque loudspeakers burst into wailing action, I
have a sense of karma.</div>
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On our last day in
Kumai we discovered that the relatively new Tohatsu outboard motor
for the dinghy no longer works. Doctor Robert opened up the motor
and removed a black box with dangling cables – the ignition
electrics have stopped working and is not something that can be
fixed. This is a blow as the dinghy is our car on the water and we
need it to get from boat to shore (shops and beers). Probably not an
easy part to get in Indonesia. We’ll have to see if we can find it
on our next few stops.</div>
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We left Kumai for a
very long sail to the next anchorage on Belitung Island. We dodged
some ships moving along the Kumai river – it takes about 3 hours to
navigate. Out in the bay we came across a half sunk barge.</div>
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In the beginning we
had a few rally boats on our AIS but soon we had all spread out of
range. We chose to sail closer to the Borneo coastline and had very
few barges and ships to contend with at night until we started to
cross the shipping channel in the morning and it became a lot busier.
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When planning our
long route to the north of Belitung Island, Robert had found an
anchorage on the east side of Belitung at the small town of Manggar
situated on a river estuary – and more valuable, the GPS tracks of
Yacht Ocelot going in some years previously. There is a large sandbar
to cross and in the dark we would not have attempted it without GPS
tracks. After almost 40 hours of sailing we arrived at Manggar a few
hours after sunset. We stuck to the tracks meticulously and just as
well, as there were times we wouldn’t have believed we could
advance further up the narrow estuary. We crossed the sandbar with
1,4m to spare and very slowly inched along to drop anchor in a very
calm and peaceful spot. It was too dark to see much and we fell
asleep exhausted. The next morning we woke up to the sounds of small
fishing boats coming past and looking at us in surprise. Manggar
riverfront is lined with lots of colourful fishing boats.</div>
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Close to us was an
old Wharram, a classic old-style catamaran sailing boat – guess
that must have an interesting story. We Googled it (Wharram Kali Sara) and found out that it was for sale in Thailand 4 years ago, and was in much better shape back then.</div>
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12 hours away. There was enough wind to put up the spinnaker in late
morning. In the afternoon dark rain clouds suddenly appeared and the
wind changed direction completely. We motored the rest of the way
with the wind and current against us. We arrived at the anchorage of
Tanjung Kelayang in north Belitung just before sunset. What a lovely
spot – crystal clear water, white sand and large smooth boulders.
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the next morning to be able to sleep late – no audible mosques! We
went ashore and after being warmly greeted by the Sail Indonesia
organisors, we hired a scooter and went into the main town of Tanjung
Pandan about 45 minutes away to find a replacement part for the
dinghy motor. Although the town was larger than expected with shops,
restaurants and coffee bars, it was clear that we wouldn’t find the
Tohatsu part. Eventually we found a shop selling generators, etc and
saw a small Parsun 3,5 outboard engine hanging on the wall. Robert
bought it for roughly R7500 which meant about 7 withdrawals at a
nearby ATM. Indonesian ATMs only dispense limited amounts. The shop
agreed to deliver it while I sat in the truck with the young driver
to show the way. He played excruciating “bemo” music all the way
back to Kelayang and clearly delighted at having a westerner in his
passenger seat, he called up his family and friends on WhatsApp video
call and I had to wave, grin and say hello to various amazed
strangers.</div>
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a building with helmets left on the scooters. No one takes them. This can only be appreciated by crime weary South Africans such as
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The
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ashore the next morning, I was surrounded by a whole class of excited
high school students and their teacher wanting to practice their
English. So Robert snuck off to organise fuel and I had half an hour
of answering what is my favourite food and other fascinating facts
for Indonesian teenagers such as my country’s main export crop. The
school teacher was a nice fellow and filled me in on some of my
questions about the islanders and we had reached the discussion of
post-apartheid SA when Robert returned.</div>
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beach. The music was good, the food was plentiful and the dancing
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out Kelayang’s inviting surrounding islets and snorkeling spots
(apparently as good as Raja Ampat said one of the other yachties who
went to both places) as the new Parsun outboard developed a problem
of cutting out all the time. Robert found a mechanic on shore who
agreed to see if he could fix it while we hired his scooter and went
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After dinner the
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worked their way around until in about half an hour they had found a
tarsius and sent word. Off we trailed and found them holding down a
branch with a tarsius calmly clinging on and looking around. I’m
not sure if the tarsius doesn’t see us with the headlamps shining
on it but it didn’t appear to be stressed. We were told no camera
flashes and a maximum of 10 minutes to view. That was a well
photographed tarsius! They are much smaller than I expected and
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The next day we said
goodbye to Tanjung Kelayang on Belitung – really a jewel in
Indonesia’s many islands and definitely a place I would come back
to as long as it doesn’t go the way of the Gili islands and remains
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A couple of dolphins
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island with its steep slopes completely covered in very tall trees
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This island does not seem to have been logged and
it’s probably the original forests remaining. There are no people
living on it, just a resting stop for some small fishing boats during
the day. It also has a great coral reef and we snorkeled in the late
afternoon as two other rally boats came in to the small bay for the
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to Ketawai Island and we were so thankful not to be doing this at
night as there were hundreds of large fishing platforms dotted about
all over in the strait covering a vast area, in fact the whole east
side of Bangka is a fishing platform nightmare. A few of the
platforms have fishermen on them but most seem unmanned. We had to
keep a constant look out as we weaved our route around them and the
various buoys with a tiny black flag – really! Who can see these
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To add to our
difficult motorsail, large black clouds gathered above and thunder
rolled as the wind shifted. Robert pulled in the mainsail and dropped
anchor in the nick of time off Ketawai shore as the squall broke.
Wind gusted up to 24 knots and heavy rain came down along with more
thunder and lightning. Our boat tent cover is leaky in such heavy
rain and we moved the cockpit seating cushions but not before some
parts got soaked. Yay, smelly foam cushions…</div>
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Ketawai is also the
beach for repairing or building fishing platforms and it seems to be
the best thing to do at night so I had been awake since 3 am with
hammering sounds from the nearby shore. Sound really carries over the
water. I think these guys sleep during the day and do their fishing
platform thing at night. We got up at 4 am and moved off at sunrise
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As we got closer to
Bangka we had internet again and our long sail got even longer by the
rally announcement that the anchorage had moved further away owing to
the original anchorage becoming unsafe in current weather conditions.
And so it was that after 14 hours of dodging more fishing platforms
we rounded the top of Bangka and headed into Kelabat Bay. This is a
very big, long bay with ferries and boats of all kinds and night fell
before we reached our designated anchorage. We saw 8 other rally
boats of the 37 we had in Kelayang, a few coming up behind us on the
AIS. It was very dark and Robert had the opportunity to use his
strong beam brought from SA to shine into the water and his fancy
laser beam gadget to measure the distance between the neighbouring
boat and us. We were exhausted and slept like the dead.</div>
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Fuel was our next
priority and in the morning we watched most of the rally participants
setting off for a day of festivites as had been planned at the
original anchorage an hour away by bus. We decided to skip the
events and gala dinner and to take it easy and get more diesel. Our
visa is expiring on 5 November and we only have 2 weeks left to day
hop along to Malaysia (night sailing only if unavoidable). There was
a small police station on the shore and when Robert dinghied ashore,
a policeman approached to help him. It turned out the policeman has a
friend who can supply Dex Lite (the preferred diesel for boat engines
and not widely available in most of Indonesia) at a rather inflated
price marked up by 50%. It works out to approx R15 per litre so
Robert asked for 100 litres (get the good stuff while we can) and
left the jerry cans on shore. An hour later 2 policeman came out in
their marked police dinghy delivering our full jerry cans – how’s
that for service! Robert checked while he filtered all of it –
it’s the good stuff indeed.</div>
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did one of the most dangerous things in a S-E Asian country – we
ate the bar snacks while watching rugby. Touched by a zillion germy
hands. No excuse, we knew better even at the time. And so it was that
we left Lovina with a mild sore throat which steadily got worse over
the next few days and developed into a head cold with lots of
coughing, sneezing and rheumy eyes.</span></div>
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had a head wind from Lovina to Menjangan Island so we motored all the
way. Robert had spent time re-aligning the engine mounts and it was
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between Menjangan Island and the mainland with two other yachts
coming in shortly after us. It was low tide and we saw monkeys
foraging on the mud flats and deer on the shore. The area is part of
the West Bali National Park.</span></div>
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absence of small fishing boats led us to think that perhaps the no
fishing zone in the national park is actually enforced here. We were
not disappointed when we went snorkeling. The corals are mostly dead
but there were so many different coral fish it was fabulous – we
had not seen anything like this since Gili Banta (a remote island
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<span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">Apparently
it ranks 3<sup>rd</sup> on Discovery Channel’s The World’s 10
Best Places for Snorkeling – and probably the least crowded as we
almost had the place to ourselves. It just goes to show that if
over-fishing can be controlled in Indonesia, the fish stocks are
plentiful. We suspect that this is already too late in many areas as
we’ve seen fishermen with very fine nets trawling over the reefs
catching very small fish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">We
were invited to one of the boats for sundowners and enjoyed the
company of fellow sailors in this lovely spot, even meeting an
ex-South African from Witbank!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">Despite
our sore throats, we snorkeled again the following day, probably not
a wise move but we were making the most of this opportunity. The
other two boats left and we decided to linger another day – the
wind howled all day and we stayed on the boat nursing our throats and
coughing away. Among our arsenal of medicines onboard, we found some
meds to ease the discomfort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">On
our 3<sup>rd</sup> day we were lucky enough to see a family of deer
swimming across the channel at low tide to reach the opposite shore.
Bambi at the back lagged a bit in the strong current but made it
across. Absolutely amazing in 30 to 40 metres depth.</span></div>
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next leg was a long 65 miles to Raas Island. We started off in good
wind and happily moved along between 7 to 8 knots. After 3 hours the
wind dropped and Robert put up the spinnaker.</span></div>
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more than 11 hours we arrived at Raas. It’s a shallow muddy
anchorage surrounded by rocky reef so we anchored very far from the
shore. Just as well as I spotted an abundance of mosques through the
binoculars. The distance muted the loudspeakers. We were approached
by a couple of fishermen selling “lobsters” - more like giant mud
prawns. We declined as they are not suitable for boiling, only
frying and we’re not keen on cleaning them and doing a smelly fry
up in the small galley.</span></div>
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stayed a full day at anchor to rest and get over the worst of our
colds. We
binge-watched Years and Years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">Robert fixed another puncture on the dinghy. We haven't been able to find the correct Hypalon glue and have had to resort to using epoxy resin, which works but it is difficult and messy!</span></span><br />
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next destination was Bawean Island about 150 miles away which meant
an overnight sail. We hoped to cut the length by first overnighting
at Slopeng on Madura Island. Robert had seen a reference to it on
another blog by someone who had sailed along the north coast of
Madura. It was an unknown anchorage but on the charts it seemed
suitable if the wind was from the south. We checked the Windy app –
yes, wind from the south and the next morning we set off. Except the
wind was from the east and so were the swells which were building up.</span></div>
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the time we reached Slopeng the swells were big and there was very
little protection on the straight coastline. We crept into shore as
close as we could and dropped anchor in about 4 metres. Slopeng
doesn’t get many yachties and Pegasos was clearly a curiosity as
some of the local boats came out for closer inspection. Their fishing
boats were very different to the ones we have seen before so we were
equally impressed.</span></div>
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stuck it out for 3 hours rocking and rolling and being thumped by the
swells. It was too wild to take the dinghy to shore. The wind didn’t
appear to ease off as forecast by dear old Windy so we upped anchor
and set off for the overnight sail to Bawean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">Robert
took first watch as it involved dodging various fishing boats and
larger barge type boats crossing the route. Further out to sea, there
was very little boat traffic on my watch. The moon was only a
crescent and the inky blackness did nothing for my night blindness.
It wasn’t a comfortable sail as the swells were still big but at
least in approximately the same direction we were sailing. It was too
bouncy to make food or boil water so we had biltong and cooldrinks
for supper.</span></div>
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saw quite a few fishing boats and FADs on the north east corner off
Bawean Island and the wind blew strong enough for us to surf down the
swells at over 9 knots.</span></div>
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were happy to reach our anchorage after a bouncy night – a big wide
bay on the north of Bawean at Labuhan beach. It was an easy anchorage
but the wind blew strongly for days.</span></div>
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first we were the only rally boat, with some tugs and huge barges off
the entrance of the bay waiting for the sea conditions to improve.</span></div>
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watched two men fishing off the beach with a net. Their typical catch
seems hardly worth the effort – very few tiny fish is all that is
left in many areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">We snorkeled on a nearby reef – great corals but
the water was a bit cloudy.</span><span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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hired a scooter and explored the area to the south and the small town
of Sangkapura.</span></div>
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few days later some of the other rally boats arrived and it was great
to have company again. We hired a car with another couple and took a
drive around Bawean Island – there is only one main road all the
way. After some tricky very narrow winding side roads through
villages we found the deer reserve – these are endemic hog deer, a
highly threatened species found only on this island. Apparently there
are only about 250 left so we were happy to see several fawn in the
group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">The
very friendly islanders are delighted to see westerners and we were
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<span style="font-family: "dejavu sans" , sans-serif;">In chatting to some of
the older men we found that many older Bawean men had worked on
cruise ships and cargo ships for MSC and Maersk and had been to ports
all over the world including SA. There seems to be an active recruitment drive
for Bawean seamen and so many men work elsewhere that Bawean is often
referred to as the Island of Women. The people are devout Muslims
and the island is totally dry – not a beer in sight. We guess that
friendly teetotaler crew are an advantage on cruise ships. </span><br />
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We got caught up in the "Wonderful Sail to Indonesia" yacht rally and the festivities organised to welcome them by the local tourist authority. It was all very bright and colourful with balloons and dancing girls and cheerful soldiers and the local governor and even Miss Tourism Indonesia. We were treated to a "Gala Dinner" with a great spread of giant prawns, lobsters and fish.<br />
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We left Bawean Island at first light for the southern tip of Borneo in a group of about 10 rally boats. The swells were high for about the first 12 hours and not very comfortable. Then as night fell, the seas settled and it wasn't too bad except for a tug boat that took an interest in us and came too close for comfort. We did a full 180 deg turn to move away from it but it seemed to move closer and shone a light at us. Annoying but the rest of the night was uneventful. Lots of fishing boats. The rally boats spread out over the Java Sea with the bigger, faster boats way out in front. We kept up in the middle and were glad to see these other boats on AIS. We took turns keeping watch and listening to audiobooks. The next morning the boats were strung out even further apart. We reached the wide mouth of the Kumai River and moved up the long river until we arrived at the town of Kumai. Over 32 hours later mostly motor sailing all the way. We dropped anchor next to the river bank opposite the town looking onto thick forested jungle. Hello Borneo!<br />
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The staff at the marina welcomed us back warmly. A really lovely group of people.<br />
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We were delighted to see Pegasos looking much the same as when we left it on the hard stand at the marina. We got to work immediately, hosing the dust and sand off the deck and opening hatches, unpacking, putting up the cockpit tent and sails and washing dusty surfaces and cupboards. Luckily there was no mould. Robert got busy installing fuel filters and reconnecting engine bits, etc. We arranged for the hydraulic lift to lift the boat even higher to paint the dropdown keel and bits that were under the supports. A team effort!<br />
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We have had so many nerve-wracking experiences in Indonesian waters of getting fishing nets and ropes and other plastic rubbish caught in our propeller that as an emergency backup we now have a small outboard engine hanging off the side. We hope that we will never have to use it. <br />
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After a few days Pegasos was ready to go back into the water.<br />
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We crossed our fingers and did a test sail out to sea and back. All went well.<br />
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We filled the water tanks, hoisted the flags and were ready to go!<br />
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Passing through the marina heavily loaded local boats carry garbage back from the tourist resorts on the Gili Islands.<br />
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An unexpected strong northerly wind started blowing with big swells and
we decided to do our first short hop to the nearby Gili islands. It was a
good move as we later heard a boat broke free from its mooring and a
few other boats dragged on anchor at Medana Bay.<br />
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We passed a fisherman in a typical spider boat whose sail seemed to be made from advertising posters.<br />
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We’ve been to the Gilis a few times and always found a mooring buoy. This time we first went to Gili Trawangan, picked up an unmarked buoy and half hour later a glass bottom boat operator came along and insisted it was his buoy. We motored among all the buoys but didn’t see another free buoy and the wind was picking up. We moved off to Gili Air and picked up an unmarked buoy in gusts of 25 knots. Along came a dive boat and said no, and pointed out another buoy. We picked up the indicated buoy and waited half hour and along came another glass bottom boat to claim it. Sod it – we moved off and anchored instead close to the reef. This meant keeping the anchor watch on all night in case the wind direction changed.<br />
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We got up at 4.30 am and motored off in the dark following our tracks around the reef and out to the Lombok Strait, moving along the moonlight path on the sea. The Lombok Strait is notorious for strong currents and choppy waves and it was a rollier than we would have preferred but not as bad as anticipated. <br />
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We reached Ambat Bay on the east coast of Bali by mid morning. The bay is littered with FAD’s and we picked our way closer in to the town of Amed.<br />
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Amed is a small sleepy town with black volcanic beach sand and warm water.<br />
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The sea shelf rises steeply and the swells roll in to thump right on the shoreline making it tricky to get in and out on a dinghy. We anchored on the narrow shelf. It was very rolly. We braved the dinghy dump onto the beach and went ashore and found a restaurant with good food for lunch. Ricotta and spinach cannelloni - ‘tis good to be back on Bali! We swam off the boat, caught up on some sleep and went back to shore for dinner lounging on bean bags close to the water.<br />
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We were up at sunrise the next morning.<br />
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The active volcano of Mount Agung is the highest point in Bali and a dominant feature on Amed’s landscape. It was quite a sight to see the rosy sunrise lighting up the volcano.<br />
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After the strong wind on the Gilis we had no wind at all for the next leg and ended up motoring all the way to Lovina – 10 hours of motoring! As always we saw a few tiny local fishing boats out at sea.<br />
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Lovina was a welcome sight and we found it to be a pleasant laid-back town with colourful warungs and restaurants.<br />
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Lovina is famous for its dolphins which are often spotted just out of the bay and every morning little motorised outriggers take tourists out to see the dolphins.<br />
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Lovina has a mix of Hindu and Muslim inhabitants (we didn’t escape the mosque loudspeakers).<br />
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Mostly the Hindu influence is more noticeable.<br />
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On the day the Springboks played the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup in Japan, we found a tiny pub showing the game with a motley collection of French, Kiwi and Brit patrons and one more South African on holiday. It’s a bit surreal watching rugby amongst Hindu statues, flower garlands and incense.<br />
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We provisioned at a nearby supermarket which was very well stocked with mostly pricey imported items – so happy to find butter and cheese again! Dairy products are very difficult to find on other islands, especially those off the tourist paths. Meat is generally not good quality and the fish is scarce – thanks to over-fishing by the locals. It’s mainly on heavily touristed Bali that meat and fish is available of decent quality. Lamb almost non existent. It’s easier for us to go a bit vegetarian out at sea – all good for my cholesterol and of course the planet...<br />
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Among the Lavina tourists were the passengers of the Star Clipper, a huge sailing cruise ship. <br />
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There were several other boats anchored nearby and most evenings we met up ashore for drinks and dinner. The best part is meeting other sailors from all over the world (ok, mostly Aussies) and making new acquaintances who we may or may not see again. Interesting people with wonderful stories and experiences add to the pleasure of our cruising adventure.<br />
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<br />Marcellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08601832834852072817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078229039724342313.post-36568665997633861802019-06-22T10:00:00.001+08:002019-09-22T17:43:03.489+08:00Medana Bay<br />
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When we got back to Medana Bay we discovered that Eid holidays were
about to begin and last for about a week. So we decided to leave
Pegasos on a mooring at Medana Bay and go hang out in Bali again for
a week. The biggest difference between Bali and Lombok is that Bali
is mostly Hindu and Lombok is mostly Muslim, making Bali a much more
inviting place to be.<br />
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We took a ferry from Bangsal to Padang Bai. Ferry operators are
cutthroat and prices are not fixed, it depends on how much effort you
put into comparing and negotiating at the port. We discovered that
buying a ticket at the port was cheaper than on-line.<br />
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The next morning the hotel staff were very enthusiastic about
arranging a taxi for us at a rather inflated price so we compared
prices and decided on Grab - the Uber version of rideshare in Bali.
This has to be done discreetly as local taxis hate competition and
can attack Grab drivers. Most hotels won't allow Grab near them so
slick is the hotel/taxi mutual partnership. There are certain hotel
lined roads banning online taxis.</div>
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So we waited a short distance from the hotel until the car appeared,
slowed down and the driver said "Quick, get in quickly" and
we were off in a flash. A friendly, chatty driver made our journey of
over an hour to Ubud interesting. There is no open countryside along
the main roads and one town blends into the next.</div>
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Ubud is much busier than we expected with throngs of tourists,
hotels, restaurants, and zillions of shops selling handcrafts that
Bali is known for, as well as many art galleries and studios teaching
art and wood carving. Temples and shrines are everywhere.</div>
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We visited the Monkey Forest Sanctuary in the heart of Ubud. It's a
well maintained green jungle space, home to about 900 monkeys. There
are long-tailed monkeys everywhere who are very used to people moving
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There are 3 temples in the Monkey Forest - the cremation temple has
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We also visited the Agung Rai Museum of Art situated in a large green
shady area with many trees and water features. There are 2 galleries,
one is for traditional art - a fascinating display of intricate,
finely detailed, busy Balinese paintings.</div>
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Rice paddies are everywhere, even next to our hotel in the middle of
Ubud. We decided to see the famous Tegallalang rice terraces and
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The countryside is lush and green and we
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We were expecting a quiet village surrounded by rice terraces.
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The coffee plantation also makes the famous coffee via civet cat
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A long drive back to Padang Bai for the night and the morning ferry
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We got back at spring low tide - an occasion where the villagers forage on the exposed sea grass flats collecting sea urchins and other delicacies.<br />
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The haul out of Pegasos went very smoothly. It was the first
multihull haul out for Medana Bay Marina with the general manager
Suraya getting into the water for a true hands on supervision. We
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The scraping and painting took about 4 days and Pegasos looks
re-freshed. Pegasos will stay on the hard until early September.
We're off back home for 2 months and plan to join the Sail2Indonesia
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Gili Trawangan is a tropical playground with its beachfront strip of cocktail bars, restaurants and endless tours for snorkeling and diving. The beach is lovely and shaded by trees and the water is warm. </div>
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Behind the beachfront facade is the local sprawling village of conservative Muslims whose incomes come from providing services to the scantily clad, mostly young, western tourists.</div>
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When we were here about 8 months ago the damage from the earthquake was very evident. There has been a lot of rebuilding although it's far from finished. One of the biggest grander buildings is the new mosque whose white minaret towers over everything else ensuring that the calls to prayer are heard loud and clear for miles around. Being the month of Ramadan it seemed to be ongoing throughout the day and night. Of course it's not the only loud mosque on this tiny island.<br />
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There are no cars or scooters on the Gili islands - only bicycles or pony cart.</div>
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Even the police vehicle is a pony cart.<br />
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The reef close to the island is not spectacular being mostly dead with patches of soft corals. However Turtle Point lived up to is name and when snorkeling there we saw a large Green Turtle and several Hawksbill Turtles. They are both endangered species so it was a super experience - made more memorable by the large Green Turtle surfacing next to me as I snorkeled and swimming alongside for a few minutes.<br />
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We saw pipe fish, butterfly fish and ribbon eels among other small tropical fish and a black and white banded sea snake - apparently venomous but rarely bites.</div>
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We're still taken aback by the overfishing on the reefs. Early every morning a few local fishermen would drop fine nets on the reef and drift along sweeping up whatever was caught - mostly small reef fish as the bigger fish have long since been taken.</div>
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Robert had exchanged the fuel filter and it seemed to solve the engine problem but on our second day at Gili Trawangan our watermaker packed up. Robert spent many hours taking bits off to check why the pressure was gone and eventually contacted the manufacturer based in Trinidad. They were very responsive and helpful and after some more days of checking it turned out that in 2017 they had a batch of faulty pistons and had no way of knowing where they ended up. They shipped out the replacement part.<br />
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There is no fresh water for filling boat tanks on Gili Trawangan and as our water was low we headed to Medana Bay Marina. We filled one tank with fresh water and handed over our engine water pump for their off site mechanic to look at and hopefully repair. It was great to meet up with a few other yachties and we gathered together most evenings in the marina restaurant.</div>
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There are many waterfalls on the slopes of Mount Rinjani, the second highest active volcano in Indonesia. With the help of Google Maps we found Air Terjun Tiu Pupus. "Air Terjun" means waterfall in Indonesian. "Air" meaning water - a little confusing. The route to waterfalls are not well marked along the way and is usually a small rough road that peters out to a track in the jungle. As we hesitated on the track we met a local, Adi, who confirmed we were in the right place and promptly led the way along a narrow path. On the way he said he had a job there as a "cleaner" and kicked a few random dead leaves out the way. He also said he was collecting donations to rebuild the toilet which was damaged in the earthquake. Sigh, we had acquired a "guide". The toilet was indeed damaged to non-existent. The waterfall was great, pouring into a large inviting pool of water. Robert gave Adi a donation but he wouldn't bugger off so we couldn't really have a peaceful rest. We decided not to swim in this pool as it wasn't high enough to avoid being polluted by many tiny villages further upstream.<br />
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A few kilometres away is Air Terjun Kerta Gangga which is higher up and has two waterfalls. It also has an annoying self appointed "entrance fee collector" who demanded IDR25,000 each. We refused as he couldn't issue tickets or receipts and he stood around muttering. A bit concerned about leaving our scooter behind, we gave him IDR10,000 each. Sort of SA car guard tactic. He pointed to two guys lolling under a nearby tree and said we needed a guide. We said no we don't and set off along a paved path. The earthquake had damaged whatever buildings were there before to piles of rubble. The first waterfall appears out of the jungle and goes into a deep ravine. Scenic but not very accessible without paths.<br />
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The second higher waterfall is easy to get to and quite spectacular. A little further on is a smaller waterfall that drops into a deep pool surrounded by dark rockface. We had a lovely refreshing swim in the pool.<br />
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Away from most tourists, the north part of Lombok is still very damaged from the earthquake although there are signs of re-building and many shops selling roof trusses and cement. Priority has been given to re-building beautiful mosques which are seemingly every 300 metres along the main road in busy areas. I felt sorry for the residents in their broken hovels inbetween the grand mosques.</div>
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There was a delay in Trinidad to ship out the watermaker part and the seal for the engine pump was proving elusive so Robert did some other minor repairs, and of course, collect water in jugs.</div>
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We hired a scooter again to visit a temple on the outskirts of Mataram, the biggest city on Lombok about an hour away. It was a busy, narrow main road again but quite picturesque as we climbed higher away from the coast.<br />
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The temple is old (built in 1714) and unique in that it serves both Hindu and Moslem worshippers. Currently it is not in good condition and lacks the meticulous care given to local mosques.<br />
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It's hard to drive the whole day without a pee and the typical public loo at the temple looks like this. Luckily we had found one of Lombok's cleanest toilets. It's a tough choice between the nearest shrub in public or braving the loo for privacy.</div>
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The part for the engine water pump seems not to be available locally so Robert got it back and installed it again. We'll just have to keep pumping water out the engine bay with a temporary set up and take it back to Cape Town for repair.<br />
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Another yachtie family had gone away for a few days and we shared their cat sitting. What a lovable character, this cat had sailed from Australia and is very agile on a boat.<br />
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If we had done our homework properly, we would have not been in Lombok for the month long Ramadan. The many mosques use potent loudspeakers to broadcast the call for prayer (5 times a day) and the reading of the Koran during Ramadan. On Lombok the wailing and screeching starts at 4.30 am daily. The night is the worst as children are also given the opportunity to broadcast in a shrill tone deaf sing-song fashion from about 8 pm until well after 1 am. I don't know when the locals sleep, probably during the day when they are fasting anyway. The relentless volume of noise meant we had very little sleep. However, we are the visitors here so we just make do. Robert took to running the generator at night and early morning to drown out the noise. You should know how bad it is if we rather listen to generator noise!<br />
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Parts of Gili Air has not yet been re-built and still has many broken buildings and closed hotels. The western side is well maintained with lovely sunset viewing beach bars and restaurants with more tables than visitors. The tourists are a slightly older crowd and families compared to Gili Trawangan and we enjoyed the vibe at Gili Air. Lots of snorkeling and diving tours on offer. We followed a dive boat in our dinghy out to a snorkeling site and was disappointed in that it was the most barren reef we have seen. Some of the other reefs are better although not great. We spent our time snorkeling, swimming off the boat and eating at beach restaurants - a truly relaxing time.<br />
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get back here. We had a seven month break in Cape Town. Traveling back we endured two crowded and uncomfortable long-haul flights to Bali, an
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Semanyak Bali! We stayed for three days to enjoy this international
tourist hotspot with fancy drinks at decadent pool bars, warm
beaches, great food and the chaos and confusion of South East Asian
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bustle behind as we jumped on a fast ferry 40 km eastwards to to
Gili Gede, the tiny island just off Lombok.
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of sorts here, Marina del Ray, where we had left Pegasos in September last year tied to a mooring buoy. We had taken down all the ropes and
sails and tent canvas and everything else that we could on the
outside of the boat and along with the kayak and dinghy we packed it
all away inside the cabins. We locked it up and hoped for the best.
After seven months of tropical monsoon season heat and humidity we
were quite anxious about what we would find.
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take a fair bit of work to make the boat habitable and so we booked
to stay for 4 nights at the nearby Pelangi Homestay. That's our room behind the hammock. </span></span></div>
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more rustic on this island! This is the morning bus taking kids to
school on the nearby big island of Lombok.
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work things were starting to shape up. The sails were fitted, the
cockpit-covering tent rigged, dinghy inflated and it's outboard motor
mounted, all interior surfaces got scrubbed. </span></span></div>
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marine growth on the boat's undersides and especially on the propeller
needed to be scrapped off. Its a good pastime for anyone who feels
they have too much skin on their knuckles.</span></span><br />
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got reinstalled – and it works fine! It got damaged last year when
we caught a big plastic carpet in the propeller while the engine was
running full tilt. I took it to Cape Town and back in my airline
baggage to get it fixed properly.
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on the fridge packed in. We did the obvious thing and drank the beers
before they got warm, and then set about getting a technician to
braze a copper pipe that had corroded. </span></span></div>
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or roads or schools in the village of Pelangi where we were based on
the island of Gili Gede. There is however a mosque. And another
four just across the water. And they all broadcast calls for prayer
at full volume five times a day. Melodic chanting from one distant
mosque has a quaint exotic charm, the first few times that you hear
it. But when there’s five of them with open unobstructed line of
sight from mosque megaphone to boat cabin then it all becomes a bit
too much. During Ramadan, which started while we were here, they read
from the Koran till late at night, often till after midnight. And
everyone has a go: teenage boys with breaking voices, screechers,
tuneless shouters and frantic wailers. Having the Koran read out loud
to you is apparently as beneficial to your soul as reading it
yourself, and so of course being considerate kind people they want
everyone to share in the blessing.
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is Diesel – I’ve been getting down on my knees in the engine bay
5 times a day, or more! My delight that the engine started first kick
was short lived. Now that we’ve used it a few times some of the
usual problems are appearing: water is leaking from the cooling pump
and a fuel filter clogged up.</span></span></div>
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but long enough to make us feel like we were moving on. There wasn't
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crossed over the same point where last year we had our disastrous
encounter with a big plastic carpet and we noticed that there was an
extraordinary amount of plastic and rubbish floating in the sea in
the same area. There must be an ocean current that directs a river of
garbage along this stretch of seaway. The Indonesian island of Java
is one of the most heavily populated and polluted places on the
planet and it is only a couple of hundred kilometres away.</span></span></div>
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We left Labuan Bajo with some misgivings about our patched up
gearbox. The engine sounded noisier and there were more vibrations
and rattles. So we motored off with less revs than normal and
puttered along slowly. We passed Gili Lawa Laut on the north side of
Komodo Island, a spot famed for some of the best diving and
snorkeling in the world. We were now in a tourist zone and the area
had many dive charter boats dotted about from the swish to shabby
depending on the tourist's budget.</div>
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We were 5 days behind schedule owing to gearbox repairs so
reluctantly we gave stopping at Gili Lawa Laut a miss. We can go back
there next year. We saw a rally boat Allure on the AIS and we chatted
briefly on the radio - Patrick had offered to help if our gearbox
didn't hold out and it was comforting to know that we had someone to
call if only for the morning. Shortly thereafter the wind picked up
and we touched 8 knots speed. Allure was doing a longer distance
requiring an all night sail and we separated near Gili Banta in the
early afternoon. We had heard reports of the Gili Banta north bay
being rolly so we picked a bay on the north east side. And what a
find it was! A little tricky to ease through the gap in the reef to a
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The north east bay had the best reef we have ever seen - lovely
corals and many varieties of fish from tiny little bright blue fish
to bigger spotty coral trout. It was great fun snorkeling amongst so
many fish. It's still part of the national park and has escaped being
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secure and protected. The next morning we sat on the deck for
breakfast and saw some fins circling nearby and presumed it was reef
sharks coming in with the tide. I got so excited standing at the bow
as we moved off and a manta ray lazily swam across the bow. So that's
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We would have liked to do a longer distance to make up for lost time
but it would have meant arriving in the dark at our next anchorage
and we were in fish traps country - hard to see even in daylight. We
were also in volcano country and we could see the volcano Sangeang
smoking as we got closer. Some dolphins played on our bow and it was
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We anchored at Were and were immediately besieged by lots of young
visitors in dugouts asking for handouts. The first to arrive had a
very leaky dugout and there was continuous frantic bailing with a
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Were village is typical of villages in Indonesia. As we moved
westwards the inhabitants become more Muslim. Eastwards is more
Christian but all along the way, churches and mosques are side by
side, with mosques dominating westwards, seemingly at every anchorage
with huge loudspeakers for calls to prayer. We never woke up later
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Robert also met the resident volcanologist who is there to monitor
the active volcano. He is from Java and had been stationed at Were
for 3 years (poor fellow). He was super keen to chat to someone in
English about the volcano. There are about 60 active volcanoes in the
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The next leg across the top of Sumbawa past the Bay of Bima is
notorious for "intense fishing activity" which means lots
of FAD's (Fish Aggregating Device), lone fishermen in small boats and
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Some of our rally participants described the area as a minefield of
FAD's and one of the boats caught on a net a few days before. So we
made a detour further out to sea to avoid the worst congestion of
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We had almost got past most of the fishing activity when we saw a
flag bobbing on a buoy which usually means a net stretched out to a
small boat. We scanned the area around and couldn't see a boat or the
tell tale signs of float bobbles on the surface. No way to tell which
way the net stretched out if there was one. We motored along slowly
and at the last minute I saw the net just below the surface stretched
across our bow. It didn't have the usual floats, just small rounds of
plywood below the waterline. I shouted out to Robert who immediately
killed the engine and turned away but the momentum carried us over
the net and it caught on the prop. Damn! He took down the mainsail,
tied himself on to the boat and went in the water with goggles and
snorkel. Luckily the prop must have stopped as we drifted over the
net and it wasn't too twisted. He cut it off and climbed back on via
the kayak and off we went. The only boat we could see was way off in
the distance, surely too far for the net - who knows.</div>
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Our arrival in Kilo was enthusiastically received by the usual
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There were 3 pretty girls in their teens who asked for lipstick, nail
polish and earrings. Teenage girls all over the world have the same
requirements. The girls sat on our boat and inspected our coral shoes
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Two big catamarans arrived shortly afterwards and the children lost
interest in our boring boat and headed for the new arrivals who were
better stocked and handed out some items.</div>
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We escaped to the shore for a walk but hadn't gone far when a young
man ran up behind us. He is Udin and the self-appointed English
teacher. He taught himself English from Facebook and uses every
opportunity to practice it with passing tourists. He seemed to have a
fair knowledge of cities around the world and we were surprised to
find out that not only did he know all the major cities in South
Africa but he also knew that Macassar in Cape Town was named after
Makassar in Sulawesi and originally had some Indonesian settlers who
are now integrated with "the natives". I googled afterwards
and he was right! An interesting tale for other Googlers. We got to
know a lot more about Udin in the short walk including his recent
second marriage and hobby of collecting foreign banknotes. We
presented him with a vacuum flask for his new wife, a donation to his
English class and R20 which delighted him as it had his hero on it,
Nelson Mandela.<br />
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By the time we got back to our boat, the children had congregated on
one of catamarans, the music was turned up very loud and an
Australian lady was teaching them Gangnam Style on deck. It became so
festive that the sounds of the muezzin through loudspeakers was
barely heard over Abba. Eventually the parents stood on shore waving
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The muezzin got his comeback at 4.30 a.m. the next morning - a very
loud, shock awakening screech of a vuvuzela. Or he had a very
scratchy morning voice. Either way the sound through loudspeakers was
horrendous. All the lights came on in the boats and most of us lifted
the anchors early.</div>
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The wind picked up in the late morning and we had a breath taking
ride of 12,2 knots on a swell. Robert took in some sail and we
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rally soon to be combined. We went ashore to a black beach for a walk
and amazingly the black beach sand was quite soft. Volcano
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We met Boodi, a home style shop keeper who said he could provide
fruit and vegetables. Robert and a couple from another boat went off
with Boodi. It turned out his home style shop was where he wrote down
our orders, went on scooter to the next town half an hour away and
quoted ridiculous prices. It was all declined and the prospective
customers returned to their boats. We were having a late supper when
we saw a light approaching our boat and someone calling in the
darkness. It was Boodi on a small outrigger with mangoes, watermelons
and pineapples. He presented his invoice. The prices had dropped
drastically and we duly paid for everything. Ekeing out a living here
is sometimes desperate and Boodi was enterprising.</div>
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The western bay on Moyo is a difficult anchorage as it is very deep
and the coral extends outwards from the shoreline. The only place
where we couldn't get ashore. It took 3 attempts to find a sandy spot
that wasn't too deep, a nearby fisherman got into his dugout and
paddled over to indicate a coral free sandy bottom. We anchored in
19m. The fisherman's name is Rio and he asked if we like lobster. We
said yes and wondered what this was going to cost. He came back with
2 lobsters and asked if he could climb onboard. He refused to take
payment and instead asked if we had glue to fix his wetsuit. Robert
scratched around and the only glue sort of suitable was for tent
repair. Rio seemed happy with that and then mentioned his leaky
goggles ("masker"). We've been asked for a "masker"
so many times but we don't have spare. On the one hand I felt bad
that we couldn't give him one as he helped us with anchoring and gave
us lobsters. On the other hand, more masks mean less chance for the
smaller reef fish to escape capture before reaching maturity. There
are hardly any big fish left on the reefs we've seen.</div>
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Moyo island also happens to have the world's most expensive dive
resort in a corner of the bay. Dinner at the resort costs USD 130 per
person and has to be pre-booked. Stuff them, we have lobster.</div>
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Most of the rally boats had congregated in Badas where all kinds of
festivals and tours had been arranged for the participants over 5
days. However, we had just caught up on our 5 days behind schedule
and we were deciding between more tours to villages, dancing girls,
weaving and speeches - or swimming peacefully in warm water and a
sleep in without mosques. Swimming off an island won and we set off
for Pulau Kramat, an island on the north west side of Sumbawa.</div>
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We found a deserted quaint wooden building on the beach, with planted
banana and coconut trees in the background. A dilapidated jetty and
delightful clear swimming area in the front. There were pathways,
bridges, fountain stands and shady purpose built areas - all
derelict. How intriguing, what a magnificent setting! I tried to
persuade Robert this is the fixer-upper of my dreams.</div>
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We saw a small fishing boat circling madly with a net. A very excited
crew pulled in a haul of large sized fish. That's a rarity here where
most places are so fished out that the locals almost resort to
catching Nemo in very fine nets. The fishing boat pulled up to the
beach to sort out their net. They were clearly very pleased with
being in the right spot at the right time. Robert went closer for a
look and offered to buy a fish. They gave him one and didn't want
payment. How nice is that! We have enough fish for two dinners which
is great as our provisions are low.</div>
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The next morning's sail from Pulau Kramat to Gili Lawang across the
north of Alas Strait was the worst we have experienced so far. The
wind unexpectedly quickly reached 30 knots from the front and the
steep swells became waves crashing into the front of the boat and
shooting water into the cockpit. We had clipped on in the cockpit and
were sitting ducks literally as the water sprayed in continually and
drenched us. At one point the rope from the front sail's roller
furler snapped loose and Robert had the unenviable task of crawling
to the bow and manually dragging down the sail into the toilet hatch
while waves bashed him. Six hours of sheer hell and a green looking
Robert and me needing to pee desperately.</div>
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There were two other boats ahead of us and it was some comfort to
know that we hadn't got it all wrong and we weren't the only idiots
at sea in this wind. We reached Gili Lawang eventually and it was
calmer behind the high mountains. We anchored off the island
surrounded by a reef and Robert got to work on the roller furler. 4
hours later the wind direction changed completely and pushed Pegasos
almost 100m back - too close to the reef. We dropped everything
(including a part of the roller furler that fell into the sea),
gunned the engine and fought our way across bouncy waves to the shore
on the mainland. It was a windy night with gusts up to 28 knots at
anchor.</div>
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The wind died down in the early hours of the morning and gave us a
chance to put the front sail back up. Bizarrely after yesterday's
gale-force wind, there was none today and we motored the whole way to
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We went ashore for a walk and the damage from the previous month's
strong earthquakes in this area were all around. Many people have
lost their homes and are living in makeshift tents. The more remote
villages are without water and sanitation.</div>
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We found a café selling snacks and drinks with a small viewpoint. We
had our coffee served the traditional way - black and sweet in small
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Back on the boat for sundowners we discovered that the village of
Amoramor must have at least 4 mosques seemingly in competition with
each other. The wailing through powerful loudspeakers carried on for
2 hours, one of them had a young child wailing discordantly on and
on. It started again at 4.30 am for another 2 hours. Unbelievably
loud and irritating. No wonder the place is not mentioned as an
anchorage in the Sail to Indonesia notes.</div>
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It was a short hop to Medana Bay in the calm morning. It seems to be
a weather pattern of a few hours of early morning calm and gales the
rest of the day. We anchored close to Medana Bay Marina where the
yachts from 2 different rallies were starting to join up. It was a
tight place for anchoring with so many yachts.</div>
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We went ashore to buy data - usually a long winded affair of much
button tapping by the seller. In Indonesia one can't buy data online
without an Indonesian bank account and the various confusing packages
are designed to provide minimal GB internet data and lots of GB for
unwanted items for videomax, chat, etc. On the way we saw much more
evidence of how serious the earthquakes were.</div>
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As the boats started arriving in Medana Bay, there were plans being
made by the yachties for fund raising, food supplies and assistance
for the local people who had lost their homes and schools. It was good to see familiar faces and boats however
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Our next stop was just an hour away at one of three islands close
together known as the Gili islands. We picked up a mooring buoy at
Gili Air and immediately noticed some fishermen standing on the reef
fishing with very fine nets. The fish they caught were minute. It's
quite distressing to see the extent of over fishing on reefs, as well
as the damage caused to the reefs.</div>
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We dinghied around to the east side of the small island which is
supposed to have good coral. There were even more fishing boats on
these reefs. We snorkeled a couple of spots and were disappointed.
The reefs are damaged, the coral is mostly dead and there were very
few fish. It's clear from the island's infrastructure that this is a
heavily touristed area for diving and snorkeling - a source of much
needed revenue for the locals so it's such a pity to destroy the big
draw card for the tourist revenue. The main waterfront area has its
own charm with quaint shops and bicycles or pony carts for transport
- cars are not allowed on the Gili islands. Here too the destruction
caused by the earthquakes is everywhere and most of the shops and
restaurants were still closed with very few visitors around.</div>
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We decided to visit Gili Trawangan as it's so close by. We picked up
a mooring buoy and had a quick swim off the boat. We went ashore for
lunch and to walk along the waterfront area. This is more of a vibey
island with the tourists being mainly young backpackers wanting to
enjoy the diving experience. There are more dive shops than anything
else in Gili Trawangan, every business seems to offer a diving trip.
The damage caused by last month's earthquakes is very severe with
nearly every building cracked and broken including the mosque with
its minaret leaning over nearby homes.</div>
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Our last sail of this season turned out to test our endurance and was
probably the most memorable for all the wrong reasons. We left Gili
Trawangan early for what was supposed to be a short sail southwards
to Gili Gede. The sea was choppy and the wind from the wrong
direction so we couldn't use our sails and we bounced along making
slow progress with the engine revs going as much as we dared not
wanting to push the repaired gearbox.</div>
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About 2 hours later our prop caught on something and the engine
screeched to a halt. We were too close to shore with the wind pushing
up swells to sort it out on the spot so Robert lifted a sail and
sailed off our route into the open sea. Along the way we had noticed
hundreds of small outriggers with a sail tearing along downwind in
our direction. A couple seemed about to crash into us as we shouted
and veered off course to avoid collision. There were hundreds more
stretched off into the horizon all maximising the wind at high speed.
It was tedious dodging through the kamikaze avalanche of outriggers
for over an hour.</div>
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Eventually the wind dropped and the sea calmed down. We stopped and
launched the kayak and Robert dived under the boat to check the prop.
He came up with a large plastic woven mat. There is so much rubbish
in this sea, it was inevitable that it would happen.</div>
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Back on the boat Robert switched on the engine. Oh no! The gearbox
isn't working properly, in fact it's barely making 1 knot at a push.
It seems the strain on the prop with the plastic mat was too much for
the gearbox and broke the recently repaired coupling - the Labuan
Bajo workshop job that Robert was most apprehensive about turned out
to be not good enough.</div>
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The wind dropped even more so up went all the sails and Robert tacked
making the most of what wind there was hoping it would last. About
two thirds of the way from our destination at Gili Gede there was a
strange whooshing sound in the air. Suddenly out of nowhere we got
blasted with a very strong wind from a completely different
direction. Robert quickly changed sail angle and Pegasos took off
doing over 7 knots. Unfortunately not in a sustainable direction so
we were forced to tack again, this time in wind over 20 knots.</div>
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We zig zagged along keeping constant watch for moving ships as we
were now crossing a busy shipping lane. Our zig zag got tighter as we
entered a narrow channel with reefs on either side using an
inaccurate chart. This was a steep learning curve for me as the pace
in the narrow channel was too fast for Robert to tack on his own. I
hopped from one side to the other releasing ropes as he called out
while the wind still blasted.</div>
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We got as close as we could to Marina Del Ray which was still out of
sight around a corner, headed as close as we dared to a shore and
dropped the anchor. Robert pulled in the sails and there we were - a
little stuck to make the last few 100 metres as we couldn't see
around the corner and didn't want to go barreling into expensive
yachts moored at the marina. Or even cheap yachts for that matter.
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After a while, he came back with 3 guys in a power boat belonging to
the marina and they towed Pegasos around the corner to a mooring
buoy. So our last leg didn't end with a flourish, more like a fizzle.
We didn't care. We made it through a series of odds and we are now so
hot at tacking!</div>
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We spent about a week packing up the boat, dissembling bits and
storing away. It was very hot and at lunchtimes we took a break and
went ashore for lunch at a nearby fishing village.</div>
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We sailed on from
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on Friday 17 August. This is a remote part of Indonesia that gets few
outside visitors. It’s poor, noisy and squalid and the litter is
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Next up was a
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A bunch of us filled
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Sailing on, we
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Two other boats from
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and Margie and Jeremy, Australians on Moonshadow. After
a swim all six of us went ashore for a beach walk but were
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This is Petrus:
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Then we headed on to
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As always seems to
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It’s sad and
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Then we arrived in
Riung, a little town on the edge of the tourist zone. Tied up on the
town Jetty are a few local launches that have been converted to basic
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Its quiet a pleasant
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foreign backpackers and adventurous divers. We stocked up with fresh fruit and vegetables from the local
market and had a couple of our diesel Jerry cans refilled.
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At the end of the
first day we anchored at Lingeh Bay, a little village notorious for
excessive begging. And sure enough we had a stream of kids and their
parents coming past in dugouts demanding stuff. Those of us who’ve
been to the Eastern Cape can deal with this: treats for the first
boat and then “sorry none left” for the rest. On the next day we
arrived in Gili Bodo, a little tropical paradise of clear water and a
super reef. I didn’t take any pictures, but anyone still reading
this has seen enough of my underwater coral reef shots. It’s more
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We then arrived in
Labuan Bajo, the easternmost town on Flores and the base for all the
tourist action for seeing Komodo Dragons and some of the worlds best
scuba diving. The harbour is crammed with dive charter boats. Most of
them are rather beautiful traditional Indonesian Pinisi ships,
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Labuan Bajo was a chance for us to get fresh produce and more
fuel. And as we were anchored off from a beach resort it was also a
chance for us to refuel ourselves with cheap Indonesian Bintang beer
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And then it was Saturday, September 1<sup>st</sup>, Marcelle’s
birthday. We thought we’d better do something a bit special, so we
went to Rinca Island which is adjacent to and slightly smaller than
Komodo Island to see the Komodo Dragons. These giant lizards
weigh-in at up to 100 kg! They’re carnivorous, poisonous and
fearless.
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Park rules are that you have to be accompanied by a park ranger,
who is armed with a big stick.
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According to the park ranger the dragons prey on water buffalo,
wild pigs, monkeys and even people if they get the chance. Most of
the one’s that we saw were hanging about the back of the staff
quarters and evidence on the ground and on their ugly faces suggests
that they actually subsist on kitchen scraps.
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Nevertheless the Park insists that these are wild animals in the
native habitat and it is not a zoo and they don’t feed the animals.
One of the biggest dragons, waving it’s long forked tongue about
sampling the tastes of the air flaying about made a determined
swagger towards a group of tourists, among them was a young pretty
Spannish woman. The park ranger turned to her asked quite bluntly
“Are you menstruating?” She was squirming with embarrassment and
while the oblivious ranger continued “Period bleeding, yes? Dragon
very sensitive to smelling blood”. The poor girl almost wilted into
her shoes. I doubt the ranger got much of a tip from that group!<br />
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Rinca is surprisingly dry.<br />
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The walk around the park was short and a bit disappointing. We
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When we got back to our dinghy we found it had been overtaken by
monkeys!
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We departed from Rinca at 11am and headed north and before we had
decided which of the many nearby and apparently superb snorkelling
sites we would like to spend the rest of Marcelle’s birthday at,
the gearbox failed. This is an area of lots of little islands and
submerged reefs and hopelessly inaccurate charts and strong currents
and fickle winds and one the the last places I’d choose to be in a
boat without an engine. It was a tense moment and not quite the birthday surprise that Marcelle would have liked! A passing dive boat gave us a short tow away
from a reef that was uncomfortably close. And then we had to sail
properly and really use the sails efficiently to get back to Labuan
Bajo. But it turned into a fun evening back in town with some of the other yachties and because it's Indonesia, line-dancing!<br />
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With so many boats in this port there must be boat repair
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Luckily my gearbox is light and easily removed. Early on Monday
morning I packed the gearbox in a large backpack took a taxi to the
harbour-side address of a promising sounding marine workshop.
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The workshop was a reminder that despite the extravagance of many
of the large luxury tourist boats, Indonesia is a poor third world
country. No safety regulations here!
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They didn’t have the replacement parts to do a proper repair and
so they made a plan and with a bit of welding and skilled metalwork
they set about patching it up.<br />
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While the gearbox was being repaired we hired a scooter for the
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Eventually the gearbox was ready. We’ll be leaving here with our fingers crossed
and the engine revs way down.<br />
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Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377450421365900329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078229039724342313.post-35484589266088715652018-08-17T08:09:00.000+08:002018-08-17T08:18:22.517+08:00Into Indo <br />
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Kupang is quite a shock after the clean, neatly maintained towns of
Australia. It is dilapidated, dirty, over crowded and noisy.</div>
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the local people are friendly and jovial and very welcoming of
foreign visitors. We are participating in the Sail Indonesia 2018
rally. This year it's a group of 25 yachts sailing from Darwin and
starting the Indonesian leg in Kupang and ending in Singapore after
stopping at various archipelagos in Indonesia along the route. Not
all participants will follow the official route from the beginning of
August to the end of October.</div>
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Once Pegasus had anchored in the bay at Kupang, the yellow flag was
hoisted and quarantine officials came to inspect the boat. There were
3 officials in uniforms and shiny shoes who arrived in another boat's
small dinghy and when they got to our boat (which has no steps so one
heaves oneself up) they all stood up in the small dinghy at the same
time and tried to jump, unsuccessfully..... The poor little dinghy
was completely submerged even its motor and the three officials were
left dangling on the edge of our boat with their feet in the water.
Robert had to grab one by his belt and drag him up. Luckily they
thought it was funny and they were still giggling when they left -
Robert took them back to shore in his dinghy which was low in the
water with 4 people and the sea was choppy so they were all
completely wet. And so began the endless filling in of copious forms
and a visit to the customs clearance office took Robert a whole
morning.</div>
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A lot of things get done in Kupang by someone who offers his services
to "take care of all needs" - getting fuel, water, beaching
the dinghy, laundry, etc all comes with a little commission for "Mr
Fixer". There's these little "Mafia" set ups with a Mr
Fixer running the show with his bunch of loyal employees. Beaching
the dinghy is particularly hazardous as a group of local thugs insist
on grabbing it in the water and pulling it up and demanding payment
for "looking after it". Much like the South African
self-appointed "car guards" just more menacing. It was
easier to pay the daily rate of 50,000 Rupiah (about R50) to Mr Fixer
and be left in peace.</div>
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We got around by using a bemo - cheap and popular. The crowded
streets are full of them racing about and hooting, near misses being
the norm. Again much like the South African mini-bus taxis except
these are smaller and highly decorated mostly with themes of English
football clubs or combinations of race cars and Christianity. Most of
the drivers look about 14 years old and his tout hanging out the side
door could be his 8 year old brother.</div>
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The Sail Indonesia rally is considered quite an event on the mayor's
calendar and we were unexpectedly treated like VIP's. We had a
welcoming address with various dignatories, presentation of
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On the last evening we were invited to a gala dinner - a huge feast
and display of traditional dancing, presentation of woven scarves to
all participants, followed by line dancing which is clearly a popular
activity at any event.</div>
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We said goodbye to Robert's Polish crew who immediately started
looking for a boat ride to Flores. We heard later that they managed
to hitch hike across by ferry after telling their story to a port
manager.</div>
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We also started our daily visit to ATM's as the withdrawal amounts
are very limited and cash is king in Indonesia with very few
facilities for card transactions. We needed to build up a kitty for
our visits to remote areas. It's easy to be a millionaire overnight
in Indonesia - the currency has so many 000,000's.</div>
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During our stay we were treated to a tour by guides from the tourism
department. We visited a large traditional food market. The stalls in
the open were surrounded by slippery mud and the crowded stalls under
cover exuded such fine particles of spices and chillies that we all
started coughing and my chest closed up. Not conducive to lingering
purchases.</div>
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We visited traditional cloth weaving and it was most interesting. The
process hasn't changed in hundreds of years and the different
patterns are relevant to the places of origin amongst the islands. We
bought a fabulous hand woven table cloth to take back home.</div>
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We also visited a palm oil processing to sugar site - unbelievably
it's done in situ next to someone's home with an agile person
climbing up the surrounding palms to collect the liquid and a
constant furnace under a low thatched roof.</div>
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The driver did a quick drive past Lasiana Beach - only vaguely
resembling the touched up photo of Lasiana Beach on the tourism
website and on to the Kupang Museum which had many artifacts but no
date attached to the exhibits so it was a bit of a guess for a novice
like me.</div>
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There appears to be no garbage disposal service in Kupang and piles
of accumulated garbage are occasionally burnt around the city but
mostly lie around festering or floating on the sea. It brought to
mind my sister in the UK doing her bit for the environment by using
her non-disposable drinking straw. Sadly it is of miniscule
difference when compared to the vast amounts of plastic casually
disposed of daily next to the shoreline of Kupang. Later we
discovered that this was the case throughout Indonesia. We had all
been given a box of snacks on our tour and just as we left the
museum, the driver collected some boxes of leftovers and tossed them
out of his window as he drove off leaving the plastic packaging and
contents to roll about the road. There are no bins in sight anyway.</div>
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It's clear there are not many foreign visitors to Kupang and it's a
great pity for the city's inhabitants who are so friendly and eager
to try out their English and so pleased to see visitors. The mayor's
messages was to spread the word that Kupang welcomes tourists.
Perhaps some of the money spent on the governor's office could have
been spent on municipal services. There again - not much different to
some towns in South Africa.</div>
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The start of the rally in Kupang was scheduled for 9.00 am on
Saturday 4 August but we were the only boat who left. Perhaps we had
missed the memo? We motored off anyway, glad to see Kupang behind us
and excited to start our new adventure.</div>
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Not all participants go off in the same direction or to the same
destination. We chose to initially follow the scheduled route which
begins by sailing along the north coastline of Timor to the town of
Wini. It's a long way from Kupang so we decided to day sail and
anchor at night where possible.</div>
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There was very little wind and we motor sailed to Tangung Kurus
(Tangung means Cape). It's a deceptive anchorage as the cape has
large waves crashing on the surrounding reefs but giving a wide berth
to the breakers it becomes calm beyond the rough surf on the point.
It is a very pretty bay with lots of trees, wooded slopes and free
roaming pigs on the beach. The pigs on the beach became a common
sight at every stop - it's how the community deals with dumped
garbage on the shore. What the pigs don't eat is taken away by the
tide.</div>
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We went ashore for a walk and crossed paths with a local resident
carrying a large live rooster over his shoulder. He had bright red
lips from chewing betel nut - the juice is bright red and stains
everything. We later came to understand that the red splotches on
paths and roadsides was not blood, but spit with betel juice.
Spitting betel juice is frowned upon but not the practice of chewing
the carcinogenic dried nut which is sold everywhere.</div>
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The next morning we set off for Tangung Gumuk and anchored at the
village of Naikliu. Our arrival off the beach brought out a group of
excited children and our dinghy ride to the shore was
enthusiastically received. We did our beach walk feeling a bit like
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The next hop to Wini was very long, over 9 hours with hardly any wind
so we mostly motored. As luck would have it, the wind came up
strongly for the last mile into Wini along with choppy swells and we
rocked and rolled our way to the designated anchorage with the
coordinates given to us. These were so wrong! Whoever did that
deserves a big kick in the butt as there was a reef directly in the
prescribed area. We saw the reef at the last minute and turned away
quickly but not before hearing the awful sound of the boat scraping
on rocks.</div>
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On our way in, one of the boats at anchor called us on VHF to us to
warn us of the very deep anchorage. Well it was awful to anchor -
much deeper than anything we had experienced before and very little
room to manoeuvre. We eventually found a shallower spot at 17 metres.
We could see another boat coming in and did our turn to call them up.
He ended up anchoring a bit closer than we were comfortable with but
he was lucky to be among the first arrivals. The other 5 boats
arriving afterwards had to spend some time motoring around the
anchorage and ended up quite deep. We had gone ashore and watched the
5 boats motoring about while the silly tourism representative on the
beach waved them on in front of the reef. Luckily he was ignored by
all. Wini officials would be doing their boat visitors a favour by
giving out coordinates by someone who actually sails.</div>
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The water was too choppy for Robert to dive in after arrival but the
next morning he went in to inspect underneath. Luckily it's only
superficial scratches, mostly on the retractable keel. The bump had
broken off a pulley for the rope to drop and raise the keel. Not too
serious as we don't drop the keel often and it may still be managed
for now.</div>
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We walked along the main road which appeared recently built with a
decent sidewalk and four lanes. Two on each side with a dividing
raised concrete centre. So one assumes it's two lanes for traffic on
the left and two lanes for traffic on the right. It was quite
disturbing to see that vehicles used any side for any direction and
often not caring to be in the same lane as oncoming trucks.</div>
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The people we passed were very friendly, almost every passing vehicle
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We stopped at a cafe restaurant for lunch. The food was displayed in
the window so it was easy to point out our preference as no one spoke
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The food was taken off to be reheated while we were seated
and was simple and tasty. Knives are not utensils used for eating in
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The Wini tourism office arranged a warm welcome for the rally
participants and we were treated to a very nice dinner by the
regional government representatives and given woven scarves as
souvenirs. We have a few musical talents in our group and it was good
fun to see and hear them play music. It wasn't long before line
dancing fever began so we went back to the boat for an early night as
the next day was an early start.</div>
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We were up at 4.00 am and set off at 4.50 am, a little behind 4 other
boats to cross Selat Ombai (Selat means strait or channel). There was
enough wind in the beginning for Pegasos to catch up and pass most,
being a lighter boat we occasionally have an advantage with the right
wind. When the wind dropped we put up the spinnaker but eventually
resorted to motor sailing. It got even more tedious when we reached
the southern end of Selat Pantor, a channel between the high
mountainous islands of Alor and Pantor. This channel is notorious for
its strong current running north to south through the channel. We had
approximately 4 knots of current against us as we battled along with
the engine revs high sometimes doing only 1.5 knots.</div>
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The redeeming feature is that the sides of the channel is very scenic
and we came across a pod of dolphins feeding in a nearby spot and saw
a few jumping and twisting clear of the water.</div>
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The current eased off as we turned into a very long fjord like
channel. The water is very dark and deep and we saw a couple of
whales very close to the shore. Later someone told us that blue
whales often frequent the deep channel. The sides rise up steeply
into mountains and quaint tiny villages are dotted along the edge all
with at least one mosque and one church as the dominant buildings.</div>
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We eventually reached the town of Kalabahi - our designated anchorage
at 6.00 pm. All in all it was 7 hours of sailing plus 6 hours of
motoring over 67 nautical miles. It was almost dark. There were 2
boats anchored already and 4 more close behind. What a deep, tight
anchorage on a narrow shelf - we spent almost an hour locating a
shallow enough spot in the dark only to find that the anchor wouldn't
grip on the bottom. It took several attempts before it gripped almost
on the shore. All the boats were very close to each other but it was
very still and calm. And incredibly smelly. The smoke from burning
rubbish and the smell of human poo wafted over the boat. Really awful
spot and we decided to endure the night and leave. However the next
morning we were visited by the harbour master and advised that
another anchorage had been allocated to the Sail Indonesia yachts
which was close to the port and more secure and we happily moved
further up the channel next to Port Dulionong.</div>
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Before the harbour master's visit, we were visited by Ahmed wearing a
Sail Indonesia shirt saying he was a tour guide and trying to sell us
a tour. We declined and he said he also needed a crew list for his
boss. Robert refused and although Ahmed was persistent, Robert saw no
need to give over any details to the man balancing on a rickety boat
with two other fellows peering through our open back window. Some of
the other yachties had bought a tour with Ahmed and they dinghied
over to the smelly disgusting shore and were shepherdered by Ahmed
through some bushes. Later we heard that they enjoyed the tour and it
was half the price of the legitimate tourist office tour.</div>
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During our stay in Kalabahi all the participants of the Sail
Indonesia yachts who had arrived there were treated like VIP's and
many special events such as traditional dancing, rowing competition,
the Alor Nautical Festival, etc had been arranged by the town's
officials to coincide with our visit.</div>
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We're not used to such fuss
made of us and felt very VIP-ish. We were treated to a very good
dinner at the Regent's quarters and presented with woven scarves. We
were made to feel very welcome and the locals are super friendly.
Again the message was that the area really wants foreign tourists. To
us, the sea next to Kalabahi seems to be even more polluted and dirty
than Kupang. One of our group brought up the subject at the dinner
since we were being addressed on encouraging visitors. Although it's
acknowledged as a problem and plans are proposed, there doesnt seem
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All the anchorages near towns are very noisy with the mu'adhins calls
to prayer through loudspeakers starting at around 4.00am and
seemingly in competition with each other, so our day begins much
earlier than we like. We decided to skip the last day of events with
a farewell party and rather find a quiet spot and clean water to
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We pulled up the anchor which had some rubbish hooked around it and
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garbage also floating out to sea. People on passing boats and ferries
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Four other yachts also left about the same time and while they went
further on, we investigated a possible anchorage along a big reef on
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It took
a while to find but we could see a small narrow channel on Google
Earth that opened onto a shallow sandy spot, big enough to anchor
without catching the chain on coral. And what a brilliant spot! The
snorkeling was super - warm clear water, lots of coral banks to
explore and plenty of small colourful fish. We saw the most starfish
in any one place and we finally found Nemo!</div>
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wind but the sea was very choppy. We lingered along Batang Island as
the water here is incredibly deep, 200 metres right up to the
shoreline. The island has a nice beach but is surrounded by reef and
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and full sails in strong wind that lasted briefly. We ranged from
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into a long bay at Tangung Sirumerang and anchored off a big reef on
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to have all this to ourselves. At night some fishermen went about in
small boats without light and we could hear the plops of fish that
escaped them. We decided to stay an extra day in the same spot. The
next day one of the fisherman came past in his little noisy boat and
showed us two large fish. We indicated that we wanted one but had no
idea of the cost. We showed him 50,000 rupiah and he seemed delighted
and so were we as we now had fresh fish for at least two dinners for
the price of parking a dinghy on the beach in Kupang. Unexpectedly he
nimbly jumped on board and peered into our cockpit intrigued with the
set up. He was especially impressed with the binoculars and tried
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Most of the boats we already knew were at Krako when we arrived -
nine altogether anchored off a reef enclosed tiny island. The
snorkeling was fabulous, probably the best so far. Extensive reefs
that dropped off suddenly into very deep channels. So many corals, so
many fish, including a lion fish and the usual reef sharks and a
water snake. We decided to stay an extra day and were visited by
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Soon we were the only boat left at the anchorage and it was with some
reluctance that we pulled up anchor and motored down a channel to the
next rally stop, the town of Lewoleba. We went ashore to top up on
diesel - Robert got a lift on a ojek (a scooter taxi) with two jerry
cans slung over the scooter. The fuel station had run out of diesel
so the ojek driver took Robert to a small roadside fuel kiosk which
had diesel and back they came bouncing along the potted road with
Robert trying to keep one of the jerry cans off the hot scooter
exhaust. Local festivities were in full swing on the harbour
waterfront as the rally coincided with the Indonesian Day of
Independence public holiday - lots of speeches on loudspeakers and
terrible music.</div>
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We like Darwin. Its
such a friendly cheerful town where everyone seems to get out and get
involved in all the local events. Where else would you get an event
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Although its a
Capital City, the capital of Northern Territories, it is still just a
town about the size George. Just before we got here they celebrated
Territory Day, a public holiday that marks their “independence”,
the founding of the Northern Territories, with fireworks displays.
We gather that it must have been quite a show based on the number of
left over fireworks that were let off in the next few days. They are
isolated from the rest of Australia by thousands of miles of desert,
but they aren’t that independent. Almost everything in Darwin has
been transported right across Australia by truck or ship, and then
heavily marked up by the time it gets to the shops: It’s an extra
expensive town in an already expensive country, quite a challenge for
those of us travelling on feeble South African Rands. But they do
manage to get almost everything that Australia has to offer. They
even have my favorite shop, Bunnings, the chain of massive hardware
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The only noticeable
sign of independence is that they have their own time zone, 30
minutes and 3 decades behind Queensland. There’s a lovely old
fashioned innocence and cheerful friendliness everywhere. There’s
no crime, no traffic, kids are polite, there’s no litter or
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Rules are relaxed.
Careening, the practice of parking a boat on the beach at high tide
so you can clean and paint the hull is banned in most developed
countries, including Australia. But it is still standard practice in
Darwin. I used the opportunity to get Pegasos scrubbed and
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In many respects
Darwin is an unlikely place to find a city. Its insanely far from
everywhere. It’s surrounded by Aboriginal lands, which means
incessant bush fires and no attempt at farming anything. Crocodiles,
Jellyfish and muddy water make the beaches quite unappealing. The
tidal range of up to 7 meters combined with the very flat shallow
bays make for challenging shipping. The summers are hellish. Every
now and then a Cyclone rips through and damages everything. Imagine
the ferocity of the storm that reduced their original town hall down
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But despite the
challenges its a wonderful and busy town. Every day there would be an
event on at the Darwin Sailing Club where we became temporary
members, or at the Trailer Boat Club next door to the north or on
Mindil Beach just next door to the south, making Fannie Bay where we
anchored quite a festive place.
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Here’s a few more
photos of the beer-can regatta. A few boats made entirely out of beer
cans race around a short route off Mindil beach while hundreds of
small boats raft up and anchor together and most of the townsfolk
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The crowds and boats
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not be safe to swim here.
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We met up with
Bronwyn and Gary, old friends of Marcelle’s from Cape Town 25 years
ago and now living in Darwin.
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We saw another boat
like ours, a Jim Brown designed Searunner 37 trimaran. The owners are
Alan and Bronwyn (another Bronwyn). And with typical kind Darwin
hospitality they collected us from the yacht club, took us to their
home, showed us around their boat and then drove us to town for
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The very competitive
Australian Tasar sailing nationals competition was being held at the
same time. We saw the start of the Darwin to Dili (East Timor) yacht
race. The Darwin to Sumlaki (further East in Indonesia) is soon. And
then there’s the Sail to Indonesia Rally, which we have joined.
It’s a fairly informal group of 25 yachts sailing more or less
together on the same route across Indonesia. The organisers helped
with Visa and boat clearance formalities and a few events have been
planned for various destinations along the way.
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But first we have to
cross the Timor Sea to get to Kupang, the nearest entry point
Indonesia. It involves a long sail through 4 nights. Marcelle opted
to fly. I would have liked to do so as well but that wasn’t really
feasible. So I recruited two young polish backpackers as crew.
Here’s Maciej and Manic:</div>
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They are attempting
to be the first Poles to hitch-hike all the way around the world. They
started two and a half years ago and have sailed on a series of
yachts across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They were a delight to
have on board. They are very capable and eager to help with
everything and good company with funny stories and interesting
insights of their travels. Most of the journey was desperately
boring. There was very little wind and so we slowly and noisily
motored nearly all the way. Sunrise and sunsets on the open sea and
a few brief visits by dolphins were the highlights.</div>
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Eventually after 4
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The wind pinned us down in Gove harbour for 4 days until we could set
off for the last leg of our Australian journey to Darwin. On our way
out of Gove we passed a ship being loaded with bauxite and two more
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Robert put up the main sail and foresail. The wind was still strong
and the foresail twisted in the wind, got caught on a rope and
wrapped itself haphazardly with madly flapping bits. Robert tried
unsuccessfully to unwrap it manually and resorted to turning the boat
in a tight circle until the wind unwrapped the sail. Quite hectic in
the bouncy swells. The sea was still rough from the previous days of
strong winds. Luckily we were going in the same direction as the big
swells, occasionally surfing along at more than 11 knots as we passed
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It was trickier as we adjusted our course to take the narrow gap
between Point William and the south west corner of Bromby Islet. The
swells now came from more than one direction and we got the washing
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We turned the corner and as soon as we were behind the peninsula, the
sea smoothed and we had a pleasant sail past Elizabeth Bay to Astelle
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We anchored in the westernmost bay of Astelle Island in the early
afternoon and went ashore. Unexpectedly, it was a really super beach.
Soft powdery sand, lots of shells and calm warm water. We didn't swim
as it's not clear enough to spot crocs. They really spoil a swim at
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At the one end of the beach were many large boulders weathered into
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We had a good night's sleep in the calm anchorage and set off the
next morning to Alger Island. Unfortunately Alger's anchorage is not
calm at all and the boat bounced all night as there is no protection
from swells coming around the island. We had to anchor far off the
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Our next leg was the tricky Cadell Strait which requires entry in the
eastern side on a rising tide as it is very shallow. We are fortunate
that Pegasos has shallow draught so we can go over shallow areas that
most keel boats can't navigate. Also extremely fortunate to have the
waypoints kindly given to us by Mel who we came across at Lizard
Island. He had navigated Cadell Strait several times and had barge
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We moved along slowly and carefully for most part of the strait. The
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first half. The strait is like a wide river with impenetrable
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Coming out of the western side of the strait is a short distance to
the small town of Galiwinku on Elcho Island. It is privately owned
Aboriginal land as is most of the Arnhem land. We were the only boat
there. We went ashore the next morning and immediately saw we were no
longer in Queensland. There is litter everywhere - on the beach,
around the houses. Council bins lined the
streets but seem to be of little use. The smell of bushfire lingered
over the burnt patches of ground between some of the houses and
streets. Some friendly locals directed us to the supermarket which is
well stocked, quite pricey but we needed fresh fruit and eggs. We
were surprised to see that the eggs come from Adelaide - over 2500
kms as the crow flies! I guess no one keeps hens in Galiwinku.</div>
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We anchored in the calm bay and took the dinghy to the beach. If we
were taken aback by Galiwinku, it's nothing compared to what we saw
at Langarra. The beach had several abandoned tinnies on it in various
state of falling apart, beyond being functional. There were signs of discarded broken trailers and
engines mostly covered by mud in the falling tide.</div>
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We aimed for the most plastic littered spot and found the track
leading into the hamlet of Langarra which is behind a slight rise
from the beach. There seemed to be not more than 10 houses. I had the
eerie sensation of arriving at one of those places one sees in a
movie after some catastrophic event had taken place. There was no
sign of life, broken vehicles abandoned with doors hanging open and
burnt patches of ground.</div>
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Walking further in we saw a figure coming out of a house and waved. A
young Aboriginal man came over to us and we said we had arrived in a
boat and asked if we could walk along the beach (private land). He
said yes and asked if we had fuel with us. Robert said only diesel on
the boat. He lost interest in us and we went back to the beach and
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Coming from South Africa, we are used to seeing litter and squalor in
many places. We always associate this with poverty - most of the
people are unemployed and receive little in the way of social grants,
housing or basic municipal services. However, it doesn't seem to us
that Aboriginals are poor. Certainly no unemployed rural African
could afford those vehicles or houses. Puzzling way of life.</div>
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The next morning we got going early. Robert set the sails, got the
watermaker going, caught a mackerel and cleaned it for supper - all
before 9.00 am! There was very little wind and it was a long and
tedious motor sail along a flat and featureless coastline.</div>
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We anchored at Cape Stewart, described as an unprotected anchorage
but we were lucky to have no wind and hardly any swell. Since the
area is uncharted we anchored far from the shore but could still
dinghy to the beach and enjoyed the chance to stretch our legs and
admire the plentiful shells, collecting a few for my home made
bracelets. Things to do aboard when there's no internet...</div>
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The next leg to Entrance Island was another almost windless day.
Robert put up the spinnaker and we got between 5 to 6 knots. Better
than the noisy engine.</div>
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All along the coastline we noticed smoke from bushfires and a brown
smoky haze stretched across the horizon. The bushfires on the
mainland across from Entrance Island even burned down to the
shoreline. Good thing the breeze was blowing away from us, otherwise
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Entrance Island has a short beach and since it's at the mouth of the
Liverpool River we kept a look out for crocodiles but didn't see any.
As the saying goes, the crocodiles see us... No matter how far or
how remote an island, we always see signs of plastic pollution on the
beaches and this small beach was no exception. Amongst the usual
plastic containers and flip-flops, we found a child's push-bike, a
toy Tonka truck and two balls. I carried them above the high tide
mark and set them in a visible place. Perhaps a child on a passing
boat will be delighted by the kid-friendly beach.</div>
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Another comfortable night at a calm anchorage and the next morning we
motor sailed to Cuthbert Point in rather swelly seas. It's not well
chartered so we anchored quite far back in the bay but still went
ashore for our walk. The beach is long and disappears out of sight -
one can walk along it for days, probably without seeing another
person. The water next to the beach was calm and we watched small
fish leaping in the shallows as they were chased by bigger fish.</div>
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The next day's leg to South Goulburn Island required an early start
at 6.30 am to take advantage of the flood tide through Macquarie
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We sailed all the way in near perfect conditions and anchored near
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It was a super calm anchorage but the next day's sail to Valencia
Island was anything but calm. Shortly after we left, the sea swells
built up and soon became huge waves churning around the boat as it
dipped and rose up each wave. At some point we were doing a heady 11
knots down a wave. After about 3 hours of wildness Robert dropped the
main sail. This required turning the boat into the wind and facing
the oncoming wind and waves. My job was to turn the boat and hang on
to the wheel while Robert loosened ropes around the mast. Sliding
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Having the main sail down helped a bit with just the front sail out
but the waves coming from behind were still higher than the boat.
Robert felt sea sick and the rest of the journey to Valencia Island
was a rough ride. So much for the Australian MetEye weather forecasts
- completely wrong although we had checked again early in the
morning.</div>
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We anchored on the lee side of Valencia Island sheltered from the
wind and swells in a pretty bay. The mainland in the far distance had
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We arrived at high tide so there was not much beach to explore as
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Shortly after going to bed, the swell into the bay picked up and
coupled with the outgoing tide it made the boat ride up on its anchor
chain - very noisy when we are just a few feet away inside. Sounds
seem amplified through the hull so we didn't get much sleep.</div>
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We got up groggily at 5.30 am to catch the ebb tide westwards through
Bowen Strait. The moon looked large and golden pink on the horizon as
we headed off in its direction - apparently it was the Strawberry
Moon - the full moon at solstice.</div>
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The Bowen Strait is another flat and featureless landscape and very
shallow in parts. Coming out the west end we passed a tug boat towing
a large load along. They must know their way through the strait
really well.</div>
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Soon after leaving the strait Robert caught a very large mackerel,
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of dinners and we don't have a freezer. It seemed wasteful to kill it
for a couple of fillets so reluctantly Robert threw it back and off
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We anchored at Danger Point around lunchtime, caught up on some sleep
and went ashore for a walk. We saw turtle tracks in the sand and came
across two turtle nests where the nests had been dug open and the
eggshells broken and empty. There were lots of dog prints around the
nests so perhaps a dog had eaten the eggs. Rather sad. Later that
evening I read that leatherback turtles have very few nesting sites
in Australia and the main site is Danger Point. Even more sad if it
was leatherback turtles as they are endangered.</div>
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While having our sundowner on deck gazing at the shore we saw two
cows almost on the beach. Looking through binoculars (not our beer
glasses) Robert said they are banteng - a breed that is almost
extinct in its native Indonesia. They were brought to the Arnhem
Coast in mid 1800's for a colonial settlement at Port Essington which
did not flourish. The few cattle were released into the wild where
they flourished very well and are now rather too many feral banteng
for their adopted environment.</div>
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The next morning we had a leisurely breakfast and set off for the
short hop to Smith Point which has a National Park Rangers office and
cultural centre and prescribed walks. We hadn't seen anyone in five
days, a ranger would have to do. We went ashore and found the Rangers
houses, but no sign of life. There was a lovely view spot.</div>
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Nearby there is a marked walk around a billabong (swampy area) so we
started off but I'm not really a swamp enthusiast and the heat,
biting midges and wearing open sandals through the insect-infested
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We headed back to the cultural centre, met the ranger and toured the
small centre. A walk along the beach was nicer and we came across
more turtle tracks and the sand hump seemed undisturbed. Hope this
one lasts the 80 - 90 day incubation period.</div>
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We planned to leave Smith Point in time to make the rising tide at
Dundas Strait. In this part of the world, the tidal flows are very
strong and can work in our favour by a couple of knots. Or against by
the same margin. Robert tried to lift the anchor but it seemed stuck.
It took 20 minutes of putting the engine into gear, reversing,
turning and eventually the anchor came up with a big chunk of dead
coral embedded on it! So far in our travels last year and this year,
we have been very fortunate in picking the right anchor spot - one of
the trickiest aspects in muddy water. Luckily Robert didn't have to
dive down to fix the problem as the ranger had said crocs were in
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There was very little wind on the way to Alcaro Bay and Robert put up
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still, fringed with trees, a creek off to one side, it looked more
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The next leg was a long one from north to south across Van Diemens
Gulf and we had to get going at 3.30 am to make the distance with the
tricky tides. It was the second day without internet and we were
hoping the previous weather forecast was still valid. Oh how wrong we
were! We set off in the dark wee hours of the morning gliding in the
protected bay on water that was mirror smooth. As soon as we left the
bay, we were smacked with steep swells and a strong current gripped
us pushing us along at 10 knots! The swells got rougher, initially
from every direction and then a barrage of thumping waves from the
side. We hoped daybreak would bring some relief. It didn't really,
just that we could now see what was going to hit us. Robert was sea
sick and took to standing at the mast in the cockpit gazing at the
horizon, unfortunately getting sprayed too. The strong tide fell away
and there was a marginal improvement so we could turn more southwards
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Over 10 hours later, we dropped anchor in Beatrice Bay with huge
relief. The engine had run constantly at 3000 rpm using 35 litres of
diesel. With two front sails out we covered 66.6 n.miles in 10 and a
half hours bouncing all the way. Perhaps we are no longer just
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required a later start at noon. Robert was spot on with the timing
and we had a strong current pushing us through the south channel of
the Vernon Islands at 8 knots in only 11 knot wind. Unlike the
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it! It's certainly remote with poor to non-existent internet and no
VHF radio reception. For much of the time we did not see any other
boat, except for the occasional trawler or barge. The feeling of
being alone in a remote area was either challenging or exhilarating,
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So ends our Australian journey. It's been quite an experience for 2
middle aged novices from far away Cape Town. We have met the warmest,
most gregarious people and seen amazing scenery, especially along the
Coral Coast and Barrier Reef islands. Looking forward to our next
adventure with Pegasos.</div>
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Lizard Island was
fantastic, but we need to keep moving on. The winds calmed down and
we had a forecast of fair weather for at least a week. In the next
section of our journey we pass by many remote and pretty islands and
the beautiful coastline of the vast, unspoiled and largely
uninhabited York Peninsula, the north-eastern tip of Australia. But
with long distances between anchorages and little chance of getting
updated weather forecasts, we wanted to move fast and so we settled
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Early on Sunday 3<sup>rd</sup>
June we left the paradise of Lizard Island for Cape Melville. After
sailing for eight hours we anchored in the murky waters of Ninian
Bay. We’re not expecting to enjoy any more coral reef snorkelling
for some time: it’ll be all mud and crocodiles till we get to
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It wasn’t always
uninhabited - it had been used as a refreshment and re-provisioning
stop for fishermen during the last century and by early colonial
explorers in the century before that and by Aboriginal people in the
centuries before that. Somewhere on these islands is a rather special
piece of Aboriginal rock art depicting an early European sailing
ship. I would have loved to see that but the exact location isn’t
widely advertised and we landed up on the wrong side of the wrong
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There are also less
interesting rock engravings made by crews of English early colonial
ships and we found some scratchings that might be an example of that.
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The next day was
another early start and a long, long sail, 10 and ½ hours! Not
uneventful though, I caught my biggest and best fish to date, Spanish
Mackerel for dinner for the rest of the week.</div>
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Morris Island, our
overnight stop, is a comic-book-classic tiny deserted tropical island with one tall
coconut tree and a long sand spit trailing off into the distant
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The next day’s
early start and long 9 hour plus sail took us to Portland Roads. The
reefs cluster quite nearby to the mainland in this stretch and so the
shipping lanes are forced to become narrow and we have to keep our
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As soon as we
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Portland Roads is
described in the guide book as an outpost of civilisation 250 miles
north of Cooktown and 150 miles south of Cape York. In reality it is
no more than the end of a long track for 4-wheel-drive explorers, a payphone, a
bunch of beached fishing dinghys and half a dozen holiday houses, one
of which doubles as a cafe advertising coffee and cake three mornings
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But still no
Internet. There’s an aboriginal community nearby and Telstra, the
Australian government telecom co, generally is quite good at
providing cell phone services to these remote villages. The
proprietor of the coffee-and-cake-selling holiday house told me that
the big cell phone repeater got destroyed in “the wet”, which in
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She also told me
that the winds should remain calm for at least a few more days.
Without access to the Internet and there being no VHF repeaters along
this stretch of coastline, that information would have to suffice as
our weather forecast. On AM radio we were able to pick up a local
station broadcasting forecast temperatures for nearby towns (bloody
hot everywhere), but in terms of wind conditions at sea all we heard
was a DJ saying “Marine forecast ... hmm ... well ... I dunno ... I
wouldn’t got out in a small boat today”. We had no choice but
to sail on and hope that the coffee-lady was right. She was.
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So after another
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Nearby is Sunday
Island, which features in the Mutiny on the Bounty story. After the
mutiny Captain Bligh and a few loyal crew were given an open boat to
try to get back to civilisation and they landed here briefly. They
did eventually manage in their small open boat to sail to Kupang in
Indonesia, which is also one of our intended destinations for about
three or four months time. It’s incredible that they made it.
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The next day we had
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We hadn’t seen any
other sailing boats for about a week and then we came across this
flotilla of seven brand new charter catamarans on a delivery journey,
probably to the Whitsundays.
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Finally the series
of long sails was behind us. On Saturday 9<sup>th</sup> we had a
sleep-in, a late start and a short and enjoyable after lunch sail
through the Albany passage, a narrow and spectacular channel between
the mainland and Albany Island. We had to get the timing right for
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external antenna on our especially sensitive device, but we were able
to download a weather forecast and were very happy to receive a few
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Next day we sailed
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We’d done it! We’d
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That’s our fridge
built into the floor below the dining table where Marcelle is
inspecting expiry dates on groceries. We collected a few provisions
from the local pricey supermarket. And I filled up all our diesel
Jerry cans at the local garage. It boasts of being the most northerly
one in Australia. It’s probably also the most expensive.</div>
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The Gulf of
Carpentaria, that bite out of the top corner of Australia was our
next formidable hurdle. It’s a vast
shallow bay covering the latitudes where the tropical global ocean
currents and trade winds are strongest and near where Australia meets Asia
and where the Pacific ocean meets the Indian, all of which add up to
giving it the notorious reputation for having an extremely complicated
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The weather forecast
was promising us a window of a few days of mild weather, and so we had
to go for it. It turned out to be 339 Nautical Miles and took us 56 ½
hours to get across. This little island was our last view of
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Our first overnight
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Sunset with no land
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The rest of the
crossing was horrible! There was no moon and that night was really
dark. The waves, although not huge, were steep and wild and rough and
unpredictably came from different directions and I could not see them
approaching or anticipate the resulting jerky boat motion and I
became quite sick. The wind died down and the waves became much
milder and we ended the journey motoring for 31 hours straight! We
eventually anchored behind Bremer Island, the first bit of land on
the Northern Territories side.
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The next day we
sailed to the little town of Gove. From the distance it appears to
have a skyline of fairytale red-stone medieval towers and magic
castles.
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Closer-up it turns
out to be the rusting desert-dust covered chimneys and industrial
plants of the now largely defunct aluminium processing facility, as
awful and ugly as can only be created by a big multinational
corporation like Rio Tinto.
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But the anchorage
was secure, the boat club pub ashore was super friendly. And we have
Internet, and a chance to update this blog.</div>
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Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377450421365900329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078229039724342313.post-8710495073584290192018-06-10T16:00:00.000+08:002018-06-10T16:00:43.665+08:00Cooktown and Lizard Island
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The strong wind was relentless at Hope Island, blowing constantly
between 22 and 27 knots. At high tide the sea covered the surrounding
reefs and the waves rolled over into the anchorage bouncing Pegasos
around. On the second day we launched the dinghy to walk around the
island. The wind was so strong that Robert secured the dinghy to the
boat with a very long rope in case the dinghy engine died and we
would be blown past the boat out to sea. We beached the dinghy and
walked around the island. All 10 minutes of it. We did another lap.
In good weather this must be a lovely island to snorkel and explore
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After 3 days of bouncing anchorage at Hope Island, we decided to move
on to the security of Cooktown despite the strong wind. The forecast
was strong south easterly wind continuing for at least 2 weeks and no
improvement. According to Meteye it was going to get worse. The
yellow area is 25 to 30 knot wind in our intended area of sailing
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We waited for the tide to drop enough to see the submerged reefs and
slowly motored out carefully following our previous inward GPS tracks
between the reefs and Robert put up the front sail. It was no
surprise that we were the only boat at sea other than a strange
looking ship moving past in the shipping channel. It had no AIS
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It was a hectic sail. The wind remained around 25 to 28 knots and the
swells were very steep and short. The boat rode up and down and the
wind hammered from behind. The hem of the foresail tore loose.
Occasionally a larger swell picked the boat up and pushed us almost
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After 3 hours of horrible lurching we reached the mouth of the
Endeavour River into Cooktown. Robert furled the sail and switched on
the engine. We needed to turn to port to enter and took the swells
side on as he manoeuvred the boat to the first set of channel
markers. It was the moment the wind decided to reach 31 knots. The
water was wild! He gunned the engine through the markers as the
swells churned around. Just before the second set of channel markers
a larger swell crashed into the side and shot water into the cockpit.
We could see calmer water at the third set of markers and people
strolling on the headland. Then we were through! What a relief.</div>
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The Endeavour River mouth has a large wide sandbank in the middle
which dries at low tide. A variety of boats are moored around the
sides.</div>
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We edged our way around other moored boats and found a spot to anchor
near the mangroves. The anchorage here is very shallow and the bottom
of the boat touched mud at 0.9 metres. The Cooktown welcoming
committee was sunning himself on a nearby mudbank a few metres from
the boat. Our first crocodile in the wild close up. We were very
impressed.</div>
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The next day we went ashore to explore the small town's facilities.
We found our shore necessities: fuel jetty, refuse bin, laundry,
supermarket, grog shop and a tap for potable water as we can't use
the water maker in this muddy water.</div>
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Cooktown has some quaint areas, some shops and restaurants closed up,
and a few lovely old buildings that could do with a spruce up. The
locals are the friendliest and chattiest we have encountered up the
Queensland coast.</div>
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The most noticeable feature in Cooktown streets is the predominance
of four-wheel drive vehicles. The town is the last outpost for those
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Cooktown owes its origins to Captain Cook establishing a number of
historical firsts in 1770 such as the first place Englishmen spent
more than a few days ashore in Australia and the first sighting of
kangaroos and the first contact with Aborigines. Cooktown milks the
Captain Cook connection, as it should - that someone could achieve
such passages around the reefs with none of today's navigational aids
is absolutely astounding.</div>
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That afternoon there was a particularly low tide and we realised just
how shallow we were when the tide went out and Pegasos leaned over
into the mud. It might have been a good opportunity to clean the
underside but the mud is sticky, soft and swallows a whole foot.
Sitting duck for a watchful croc. When the tide came back we moved
closer to the mangroves and Robert put put a second anchor to prevent
further dragging. He thought about tying up to the mangroves as
another boat has done, but watching a crocodile cruising along the
edge of the mangroves is a bit off-putting.</div>
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Every morning we looked at the weather forecast and it seems we are
stuck in Cooktown for almost two weeks. Thanks to a very slow moving
high pressure ridge, quite common at this time of the year. Bullets
of wind often rip over the boat causing the boat to shudder and swing
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There's not much to do in Cooktown and a visit to the James Cook
Museum is a highlight, not only for the artefacts and history of
Cook, but also for the beautiful building that is now preserved for
the museum. It used to be St Mary's Convent with Irish nuns setting
up a school in 1888. That itself is a story of the times and the
school exhibits are equally interesting.</div>
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After 10 days of non-stop wind, the forecast was for one day of the
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We set off after breakfast for Cape Flattery, about 35 nautical miles
north. We made good time passing Cape Bedford and reached our
anchorage in 6 hours. Just before rounding the Cape we saw the
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The swells were choppy and our trip was bouncy most of the time but
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The only sign of life was a group of campers ashore racing along the
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The south easterly wind was back up the next day so Robert planned
our route to Lizard Island along the north side of reefs for swell
protection. Slightly longer but infinitely better than having swells
bash us on the side. We passed Linnet, Martin, Eyrie and Eagle reefs
at low tide so they were clearly visible. Even so, there's not much
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The last short stretch was the toughest as we turned round facing
Lizard Island and met the wind and swells head on. Really bouncy and
a few waves splashed water into the cockpit. The wind was pumping and
the engine going hard. Just off the island we saw a pod of dolphins
and the boat shot over a large banded sea snake. The swell dropped as
we reached Mrs Watson's Bay. As luck would have it, a rope came loose
at the back and caught in the propeller, no engine power. Luckily
this didn't happen as we were pushing the engine hard through the
swells. Whew! Robert dived in the warm clear water to cut the rope
free and we moved closer to the shore to anchor next to a reef. A
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According to the forecast, it was strong winds for the next 10 days
or so. Well, Lizard Island looks like a great place to sit out the
wind. Warm clear water, sandy beaches, coral reefs and a hiking path
to Cooks Lookout. People spend a fortune to visit the island and stay
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The island can only be reached by private boat or small airplane so
it's fairly off the beaten track of most commercial ferry boats. It's
a world class diving site and totally protected by Marine Parks. No
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There were three other boats in the bay and we met up with the
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turns to pump. After the first few pumps, it spewed out a collection
of green frogs at various intervals. Stretching out my bather bottom
to rinse, a green frog popped out the tap, into my held out pants and
out again. Robert thought this was very funny and after my squeal at
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reception to check the weather forecast. It seems we will be spending
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The day before we left Bluewater Marina, our neighbouring boat Green
Thomcat left and we used the opportunity to turn Pegasos around in
the double berth to face outwards. High tide was at a civilised hour
of 9.20am so we didn't have to wake up early to get the boat over the
sandbar at Yorkey's Knob. On 1st May we exited our berth smoothly and
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The difference in wind from our sheltered marina to the open sea was
immediately felt as we headed south against the wind to Mission Bay.
The idea is to use the familiar area off Cairns to see how our new
AIS, radar, new engine water pump, the hot water cylinder, etc. was
performing after being installed. And most importantly, to put the
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We were delighted to be moving on Pegasos again and our spirits were
not too dampened by the rather unkind weather. We were motoring
against wind that gusted up to 32 knots and as we crossed the Cairns
shipping channel a strong squall of rain came down, blown in by the
facing wind and drenched the cockpit. It was a slow and bumpy 3 hour
trip to Mission Bay.
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We anchored as close as possible in the lee of Cape Grafton hills for
wind protection and the sun came out. We closed up the covers and
were delighted to find the hot water was very hot for our shower.
Yay, that worked! The water pump, AIS and radar worked very well too
so we toasted our small successes with a G&T. During the night
the wind gusted strongly and rain hammered down on the boat, but we
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The next morning we set off for Fitzroy Island, one of our favourite
islands. Last September we spent 5 days at Fitzroy Island and had a
lot of fun snorkeling, swimming with a turtle and hiking. Once again
it was bumpy motoring into a strong wind and choppy swells,
thankfully just short of 2 hours. The stick with the scanner sensor
attached broke off but was still held on by the cable. The last time
we were at Fitzroy Island the bay was full of yachts, this time there
was only one other boat so we had our pick of mooring buoys.</div>
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Robert had a go at getting the water maker to work. It needed more
tweaking than anticipated as some valves appeared stuck and he
replaced a length of hose. Eventually, fresh water flowed into the
tank! That should make life so much easier.</div>
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As the weekend approached, more boats arrived in the bay. One of them
was the Coral Trekker built in 1939 and still in action. Quite an
acrobatic job to furl those sails! The crew had fun swinging off the
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The wind was still gusty and the swells seemed to develop more at
night. The next day we went ashore for a swim and snorkeled on the
fringing reef. Most of the coral is dead but lots of colourful fish
makes it interesting. We snorkeled alongside a large placid turtle in
almost the exact same place as last year. Methinks this is a very
obliging turtle - perhaps it is persuaded to stay in the area by
tasty treats provided by the resort - or the glass bottomed tour boat
that moves along the same short section all day. The following day
was still gusty and we went on a hike to the summit and to the
lighthouse on the other side of the island. Although we did the walk
last year, the views are always breathtaking.</div>
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We swam off the side of the boat and I practised getting into the
dinghy from deep water - not as easy as it sounds for an old duck. It
provided some entertainment for Robert. I was mindful to ignore the
three large shark-like fish that were living under our boat
apparently nibbling off the algae growing on the underside. Well if
they eat algae, they won't be interested in nibbling me. We later
found out that the fish are remora, not sharks, but they do hang
about with sharks.</div>
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I tried out the kayak - easy to paddle but not so easy to get into
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The wind and swells picked up at nightfall again and it was a noisy
bouncy night with the mooring buoy continuously bumping against the
hulls as the boat swung around madly. Robert put an extra rope around
the buoy to secure it tighter but the grinding ropes weren't much
better. It's the captain's job to get up in the middle of the night
and venture out on a dark wet rolling deck to re-set the mooring.
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A particularly strong bullet of wind from the rear tore a part of the
top canvas cover but we were able to stitch it back (sort of - sewing
is not our forte). Robert's chores were not over yet - the spare
battery did not function initially and required some tweaking. OK but
not ideal. Everything else seemed to be working fine and we felt
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Sunset over Cape Grafton from Fitzroy Island </div>
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Sadly our two hard drives of movies downloaded over months in Cape
Town both died at the same time. How bizarre is that? A day later, my
relatively new Nokia mobile phone died and could not be resuscitated
which means some photos of Fitzroy are gone. Sigh.</div>
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After 6 days of bouncing at anchor at Fitzroy, we had enough and
sailed to Trinity Inlet at Cairns to top up on provisions and see if
my phone could be repaired. We anchored in almost the same spot as
last year and recognised a few boats.</div>
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My phone is apparently beyond repair so after initially wanting to
get a cheap replacement, we ended up with a more expensive Telstra
Tough rugged phone with an external antenna. Should give us more
range than our previous arrangement.
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motoring past and anchor further out. Jim had his boat lifted out for
anti-fouling and was clearing customs before departing to Papua New
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Goodbye Cairns - a really lovely city with friendly people. All in
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We left Cairns on a calm, hot morning. Our destination was either
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miles north. The wind didn't pick up so we settled for motoring all
the way to Double Island. At least the water maker had a chance to
fill up both tanks and the batteries were fully charged by the time
we anchored. Double Island is privately owned so we did not go ashore
and stretched out on our cushions in the cockpit sipping G&T and
trying to sort out transfer of WhatsApp contacts from one phone to
another phone account. Where's the 12 year old techno whizz when you
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Low Islet is the cutest island I've seen. It's a tiny, round, green
island with a nice sandy beach and fringe of palm trees. A red-topped
lighthouse peeks above the trees in the middle of the island. It's a
popular tourist spot and croc-free. The water was calm and a swim off
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The unfortunate dead fish had been trolled behind the boat for 6
hours and Robert hauled it up and fastened the line on deck leaving a
bit of tail hanging in the water as it was oozing some fish gunk. We
were suddenly surprised by thumping and thrashing sounds from the
back of the boat and I saw a large shape twisting about halfway up
the side. We rushed over and saw four sharks going mad in the water
below. One of them must have jumped up for the dead fish and hooked
itself and then got free. The fish was rather mangled so Robert tore
it into chunks and threw the pieces down to the sharks who snatched
up the bits. Amongst the four black-tipped reef sharks were the
remora fish we saw under our boat off Fitzroy Island. The reef sharks
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coin-shaped batfish placidly swimming around the boat. The next
morning the batfish was still swimming around us as well as an even
bigger shark different to the reef sharks. Pegasos was moored in 5 to
6 metres. Goes to show that the sharks can also lurk in shallow
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We set off at 7.00 am for East Hope Island about 42 nautical miles
north. The weather forecast was some good wind and indeed we were
soon sailing at about 6 to 7 knots. The Marine Reserve area around
these parts has demarcated no fishing zones and just before Robert
pulled in his lines for an approaching no fishing zone, he hooked a
large mackerel. Yay! No tinned tuna tonight.</div>
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got steeper after that and Pegasos dipped and peaked through the
swells. We contemplated skipping out East Hope Island and heading on
to Cooktown but it was just a little too far to make it before sunset
so we crossed the shipping channel on steep breaking swells and
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exercise. Happily we saw a mooring buoy and I managed to pick it up
in 22 knot wind - getting better at this job. All in all, quite a
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Stepping out of Cairns air-conditioned airport is like stepping into
a sauna. Hot and very humid. We arrived on 18 March and during our 6
week stay, the temperature was usually around 30 degrees and it often
rained. The surrounding vegetation is lush, green and mostly
rain-forest. One could put a dead stick in the ground and a tree
would sprout. Probably a palm tree as it seems to be the favoured
tree in most gardens.<br />
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During the first few days it rained a lot, sheets of water pouring
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novelty for us. It was still hot, bizarre for us to experience warm
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We had booked into an Airbnb for the first five days but wasted no
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All our fears of being faced with a forest of mould growing inside
the boat was groundless. Our hard work of packing up the boat with
moisture absorber pots and wrapping fabrics in cling wrap plastic had
paid off. However the boat looked scruffy and our first task was to
paint the deck. The heat baked down and we were very glad to finish
the job and get the canvas covers up to provide some shade. There
were a few apparent leaks from the deck into the cupboards so next
job was to clean, dry and paint inside the cupboards and fix the
leaks. One of the storage lockers on deck was full of rainwater as
the outlet was blocked.</div>
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Robert faced a long list of installations. Apart from the watermaker,
there was also the new radar system, the AIS, hot water cylinder, the
underwater scanner, new hoses for the gas supply, engine temperature
gauge, stern light, antenna, etc, etc. We also bought a new mattress,
rubber mats for under the deck, paint for the interior, new EPIRB, a
large selection of fittings, clamps, tools, countless bits and bobs
and in no time the boat resembled a workshop. Crates of tools
everywhere. Really awful for me as a workshop environment is my least
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The heat and rain continued and soon our marina received the debris
washed down from the creek. Muddy water with branches and floating
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Sadly the air-conditioner on the boat doesn't work and there were too
many other tasks to spend time on something we wouldn't use away from
shore power. There were days when it was stifling on the boat and we
were always drenched in sweat. The fans worked overtime. No sooner
does the sun set and it becomes a bit cooler, then the mosquitoes and
sand flies come out. If we were not basting ourselves with sunblock,
then it was a liberal coating of mozzie repellent. We almost became
accustomed to feeling sticky and smelling of eau de Deet.</div>
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One of the nicer purchases was a kayak. Robert's rationale is that
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of us fall overboard. In its sealed compartment we would keep the
oars, some flares, water and other emergency bits. Well that's his
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On a few occasions we went to the Cairns swimming pool on the
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murky water in the marina.</div>
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Most of the time was spent working on the boat, Robert doing all of
the grunt work, I helped with painting inside and repairing the
canvas covers and not much else. The installation of the watermaker
and hot water cylinder was a big exercise because Robert had to take
out one of the water tanks, modify the space, change plumbing and
wiring, etc. All this in tiny dark hot spaces, grovelling around
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He also installed the AIS system, underwater scanner, radar, hot
water cylinder, new temperature gauge, replaced all the hoses on gas
supply, engine repairs, dinghy repairs, put in a new stern light,
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While this all sounds straightforward the truth is that all kinds of
things went wrong almost every step of the way. It's one step
forward, hit a problem, one step back. To name a few: the new radar
dome was faulty and we had to send it back to manufacturer, we
couldn't run the AIS software on Linux and had to buy another
computer just for 10 minutes use of Windows, the engine water pump
started leaking and despite much repairing it was not satisfactory so
Robert ordered a new costly water pump, the dinghy outboard engine
gave problems and the replacement part is so expensive, he ended up
getting a new dinghy engine, the winch motor leaked out all its
hydraulic fluid which necessitated taking the whole thing apart, the
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Things started coming together in the last week and we started to
feel that the slog was over. The boat looked clean and freshly
painted inside and all the new gadgets were installed to make the
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Our second last day was spent provisioning for 50 to 60 days without a supermarket. It's a bit tricky to work out meals in advance - we have no freezer and the fridge is quite small. Fresh produce spoils in less than a week owing to the heat. So it's mostly dry goods and tinned foods and an optimistic approach to Robert's fish catching skills. His collection of lures, etc is starting to look impressive.<br />
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On our last day we drove to Crystal Cascades, a beautiful setting of swimming holes and waterfalls in the rain-forest. We enjoyed our croc-free swim immensely.<br />
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We’re on our way
back to Cairns, Australia to continue our sailing adventure on
Pegasos. After a brief
overnight stopover in Joburg we flew on to Hong Kong.</div>
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We had a longer
than planned stopover here while we sat out the random delays imposed by
the mysterious Australian visa office. Eventually they gave me THREE
visas. Perhaps they think I’m a farmer? And after weeks of formal
form-filling explanations about my finger trouble on the initial
application, the relevant authorities have finally been convinced that
Marcelle is in fact not Japanese but actually her passport is
Italian, the preceding country on the drop-down list, and so she too
is now good to go. Anyway, we got to spend nine mostly fun but always
interesting and bewildering days in Hong Kong.<br />
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We arrived in Hong
Kong on Friday 9<sup>th</sup> March in the morning. We wandered around
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Hong Kong has
two of the worlds tallest 25 buildings. <span style="font-weight: normal;">
The Two International Finance Centre, the one behind Marcelle in this
pic, comes in at number 24 at 416 meters. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">(Their
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Centre </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">comes in at number
nine </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">at 484 meters).</span></div>
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On Saturday we took
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From the top there
are great views of the city. Hong Kong is bristling with skyscrapers. It holds the
record of 317 skyscrapers of over 150 meters in height. Second is New York with
257. London has 17 and Johannesburg has 3. Of buildings over 100 meters,
Joburg has 13 while Hong Kong has 2,706! The result is a skyline that
is mind-blowingly impressive for us simple folk from the little
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We took the opportunity of being in the area to visit Man Mo Temple - a small old building squeezed in by ugly towering blocks of apartments. The temple is crowded with worshipers all intent on burning as many incense sticks as possible. It was too asphyxiating for Marcelle who stood outside watching the incense smoke rising through the roof of the temple.<br />
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On Sunday we took a
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a muddy deserted backwater when the English opium-pushing traders
first arrived here in 1842. They were banished here by the Chinese in their war
against drugs. Hong Kong has come a long way since then and apparently
they’re now one of the richest countries with average per capita
incomes among the world’s highest. When we were kids our cheap
plastic junk toys (samples on exhibit in this museum) were all made in
Hong Kong by people who were living in squalid shanty towns sprawling
over the hills that are now forested parks.
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Nowadays everyone
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impressive: clean, fast, regular and covers the entire city-state. This is the subway platform. The train pulls up behind sliding glass doors.</div>
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Despite their wealth
they don’t seem to have a particularly enviable lifestyle. Public
spaces are safe and reasonably free of litter but still noisy and
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From Kowloon we
could see the “Festival of Lights”. Just after sundown all the harbour front
skyscrapers get lit up in bright colours and flashing patterns.</div>
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On Monday we went to
one of Hong Kong's biggest tourist shows, the Big Buddha: a pleasant ferry
ride to Lantau Island and a reasonably scenic bus ride and a very long staircase.</div>
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There's a pond set aside for
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Wednesday was mostly spent rearranging travel plans and getting
visas sorted, but we managed to visit he Soho District and ride part of
the very long travelator moving people along above the crowded narrow
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Our last day was Saturday 17th and we took the super quick MTR into the city centre and checked in our baggage early at the convenient luggage drop off at Hong Kong Station. That left us with enough time to visit the Maritime Museum and a very brief ride on a very crowded tram before taking the Airport Express train to the airport.<br />
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With Pegasos all wrapped-up and ready to face the cyclone season storms we departed Cairns on a series of long journeys back home via Sydney and Joburg. Sailing on a Boeing out of Cairns we got a glimpse of the islands and reefs from a different angle:<br />
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It's been something of a culture shock to leave the simple, slow, warm and jovial community of mostly retired late-middle-aged Queensland yachties and enter into the busy production line of the holiday air-travel industry. Obediently following crackling orders we joined the throngs of mildly-panicking tourists and their baggage being herded and penned into little clusters, segregated by nationality and destination, flight number and class.<br />
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First flight was Cairns to Sydney, both airports where the majority of passengers are on a once in a lifetime holiday from China. Their excitement, bewilderment and culture shock is extreme. The airports try to minimise the stress for everyone by placing extensive signboards and notices in Chinese, and even have instructions on how to use a western style loo in every toilet cubicle.<br />
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We so enjoyed Sydney on our brief stopover here six months ago that we decided to take a full week to explore the city on this our return journey. We spent a couple of days walking around the city and along the beaches and the waterfront trails of the harbour bay and ocean shoreline.<br />
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Though it was probably me that took this photo at Bondi:<br />
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Sydney Harbour Bay<br />
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The city is rich and expensive, clean and safe. Australia has experienced a longer period of continuous growth than any other developed nation. Minimum wages here are approximately double what they are in London. The public transport is extensive, fast, clean and reliable with an integrated system of suburban trains, several ferry routes, a light rail line through the CBD and a vast network of buses. But for me the special appeal of Sydney is its colourful and cosmopolitan make-up, with all the resident communities boldly displaying their presence.<br />
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The English colonial past:<br />
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The East-Asian dominated fish-market is vast, noisy (and somewhat malodorous) but serves the very best seafood:<br />
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Paddy's markets has a more South-Asian colour scheme:<br />
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A real treat was meeting up with my old friend Harry Fine.<br />
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We had breakfast at a trendy seaside outdoor restaurant.<br />
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And a walk along Cremorne Point in North Sydney:<br />
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It's a bit of a relief that when we come back to continue our journey next year we'll be beyond the habitat of the Australian common or garden death adder!<br />
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Bye-bye Sydney ...<br />
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