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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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 Barwean Island, approximately 250nm (two nights at sea). We enjoyed a rest day at that…
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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 Salat Semau Strait, trying to negotiate fish farm buoys and ships, we got up to…
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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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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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We hauled the anchor at 10.30am on Monday the 29th of May, and motored out of Noumea towards the Dumbea Pass. Three of us on board, Angus and I, and our friend Paul. We met Paul and his wife, Mona more than 30 years ago when we were cruising in Tonga. They had sailed their…
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