E80 – MESENAK ISLAND TO KENTAR ISLAND
Sailing out of Mesanak Island What a suprise! As we sailed out of Mesanak Island we found a head wind again but to be honest, we ARE going the wrong way back to Australia at the wrong time of year, so who’s fault is that ? Overcast skies mostly...
E77 – PUTERI HARBOUR, MALAYSIA TO NIRUP ISLAND MARINA, INDONESIA
Departing Puteri Harbor, Malaysia We motored out of the Puteri Harbor marina early morning and into the Johor Strait, a narrow waterway separating Singapore from Malaysia and constantly and jealously guarded by both Singaporean and Malaysian Maritime patrol boats. In the Singapore Strait, we wound our way through both...
E76 – PULAU BESAR TO PUTERI HARBOUR
Sailing away from Pulau Besar We started the morning with a sail out in light conditions, but the wind just wasn’t going to be enough to get us to Pulau Pisang before sunset, so the engine was reluctantly used again. We passed many fishing boats and nets along the...
E71 – TELAGA HARBOUR MARINA TO SINGA BESAR
Heading to Singa Besar A quick trip to Singa Besar, about 10nm south of Telaga Harbor where we stumbled on the fortnightly cruising yachtie beach BBQ. Decision made – Australia ! While we were there, we were forced to make a decision to stay in SE Asia and risk...
E66 – LANGKAWI TO KHO ROK
Departing Langkawi (Again) bound for Kho Rok After our last episode, where we arrived at Phuket Haven Marina, our ancient GoPro 7 decided to have issues and we lost and couldn’t make any new content for the entire trip back to Langkawi from Phuket. So through the magic of...
E65 – KHO PHI PHI TO PUKHET HAVEN MARINA
Cracking sailing Cracking sailing in Thailand gives us the wind we had been looking for and we depart north along beautiful Kho Phi Phi’s east coast before turning west towards Ao Chalong Bay. Ao Chalong Bay is the entry point for yachts clearing into and out of Thailand via...
E27 – TWO ISLANDS BAY TO REFUGE BAY
We departed Two Islands Bay, Manchinbar Island in the Wessel Group with our buddy boat ‘Lady D’ who had stepped off from Torres Strait with us. Two old mates, Gary and Will we’re delivering the new to them boat to Darwin for it’s ultimate journey to Perth via the...
E26 – THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA (2/2)
Morning of Day 2 see’s us having made about 140nm after the first 24 hour run, so even though the Gulf was living up to it’s reputation of having a sloppy sea state, the crossing was on track and the miles respectable. During the night before, we had a...