passage making
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There’s no other way to describe the passage from Phuket to Malé in the Maldives….9 days and 1,600nm of shitfulness! There was torrential rain, a leaking hot-water cylinder, which was pouring our fresh water into the bilge. The sealant round the base of the mast gave up, so more water was running into the main…
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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, and none of the recommended anchorages provided any protection from the decent swell. So it…
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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 the evening in the form of a cooling squall. We haven’t set foot on land…
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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 into what we eat and how we prepare ourselves for a number of days at…
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Our time in Darwin is coming to an end, and the preparations are now underway for the passage to Indonesia. We’ve been reading our cruising guide and planning the route. The courtesy flags for Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka have been purchased, the engine needs servicing, I need to reprovision and cook meals for…
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A distance of 750nm of remote nothingness is stretched out before us. I’ve pre-cooked meals, we’ve stocked up on snacks, and we estimate that we will be sailing into Darwin in 5ish days time. This will be the longest passage that Imogen has done. For us, it’s the longest since Noumea to Mackay. We departed…
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