E75 – PORT DICKSON TO PULAU BESAR
Departing PD World at Port Dickson We depart Port Dickson in calm conditions and motor for the first couple of hours. Eventually, we get a very light breeze and I turned off the engine and we managed to ghost along and sometimes sail at 4-5 kts to have a...
E74 – PANGKOR TO PORT DICKSON
Wrapped around the propeller As we departed Pangkor anchorage, we noticed that we weren’t getting the drive from the revs we should have seen and so we elected to re-anchor. I dived the prop and found a pile of plastic wrapped around the prop which must have happened after...
E73 – PENANG TO PANGKOR
Departing Straits Quay Marina We left Straits Quay Marina in the very early morning to catch the tide movement south and on the last half of a falling tide, but with plenty of water for the exit and headed south down the Passage between Penang and Butterworth and under...
E72 – LANGKAWI TO PENANG
Departing RLYC Langkawi We left the Royal Langkawi Yacht club in calm conditions and motored a short distance to the fuel barge to take on diesel. We only needed about 60 liters, but I like to take every opportunity to have our tanks pressed up. Coming alongside was easy,...
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...
E70 – KHO KRADEN TO LANGKAWI
Kho Kraden and squalls We left Kho Kraden and almost immediately had squally, rainy, windy weather but we did get to run comfortably before 25kts and make 7-8 knots. Kho Buleh We cracked along for a few hours before passing Kho Buleh which I had picked as our first...
E69 – AO PO MARINA TO KHO KRADEN
Leaving Ao Po Marina, Phuket Although we had had horrible weather and squalls in the marina while we underwent some badly needed maintenance, on departure the conditions did not continue and we had a very light breeze initially and then a light breeze with just enough to sail as...
E68 – CHALONG BAY TO AO PO MARINA
Sailing from Chalong Bay It was one of those typical Phuket SW monsoon days. We had wind from the NW and sunshine and rain squalls…but that meant exciting sailing in flat water up the east coast of Phuket. Running downwind out of Chalong bay and then turning onto a...
E67 – KHO ROK TO CHALONG BAY, PHUKET
Leaving stunning Kho Rok We sail off the mooring in super light conditions because I was feeling guilty about using the engine the day before when I hadn’t needed to. The last couple of hours the day before could have been done under sail, but I was just lazy…today...
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...