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After a brief stop at Jepara Beach ‘Marina’ to catch up with Chris and Gina and take on some known quality fuel at a good price, we headed just a short distance north to Tanjung Piring. We arrived in the day and no great difficulty threading our way through...

We stepped off from Pulau Rota at the SE tip of the island of Belitung on a 200nm passage towards Karimanjawa just off the north coast of Java. I found a little breeze fairly quickly which I wasn’t expecting and started out with a nice sail but what I...

Sailing in light air from Belitung Belitung is one of those anchorages that it is hard to leave. It’s truly beautiful, and we found fantastic support and cheap dining there. Add to that, clear waters, clean beaches and a sheltered anchorage and it takes some effort to haul up...

5 Days anchored at Belitung After a 250+nm long passage from the Lingeh group, bypassing Bangka Island, we anchored in the western anchorage at the north western tip of the perfect island of Belitung. The north western coast of Belitung supports a small tourist community that mostly serves Indonesian...

Departing Kentar Island We departed Kentar Island, which I thought would guarantee us a calm night but turned out to be very rolly and I was happy to get underway early in the morning. Our original plan had been to sail to the southern end of Lingeh Island and...

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...

Departing Pulau Tuksabangmas We spent a calm and peaceful night at Pulau Tuksabangmas and sailed gently out the next morning for more beating to windward in light airs and calm seas. Starlight, like most sail boats likes these kind of conditions as she can create her own wind as...

Departing Nirup Island Marina We departed Nirup Island Marina after collecting our paperwork and paying the bill (5,300,000 IDR !!) and had a fantastic reach all the way east through the Singapore Strait on the southern side (The Indonesian side), past Nongsa Point Marina making up to 8kts with...

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...

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...