Offshore sailing
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Langkawi and marina life…
My predictions about a shitty trip to Langkawi were spot on! We checked out of Batam (Nongsa Point Marina) for the 430nm trip to Lankawi with plans to anchor each night, but the wind was blowing from the wrong direction,… Continue reading
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Equatorial sailing. Gili Air to Batam…
The landscape in Eastern Indonesia has consisted of dry brown islands and clear blue skies. Then it changed as we neared the equator to lush jungle covered islands and massive puffy cumulus clouds that tend to drop their load in… Continue reading
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Up the Karimata Straits…with a paddle and a spinnaker pole…
We’ve sailed 600nm in the last week! We’ve got our ears pinned back and making tracks for Langkawi. After our overnight stop at Gili Air and an excellent pizza ashore with all the young European tourists, we set sail for… Continue reading
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Ordeals and Adventures – Indonesia.
Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure. Or at least that’s what I’m telling myself! The passage to Timor was hot and noisy, motoring nearly all the way with virtually no wind. As we turned into the… Continue reading
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Passage-making, food and sea-sickness…
With any luck (but actually through good planning), by the time this blog post goes live next Monday, we will have made landfall in Kupang. I hope to be sitting on solid land enjoying a Bintang. Here is an insight… Continue reading