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...
E64 – KHO KRADEN TO KHO PHI PHI
The Thai Islands We let go the mooring at Kho Kraden, one of our now favorite anchorages between Langkawi and Phuket, and head further north towards Phuket. As we depart Kho Kraden, we get a proper tropical soaking before the sun reappears, the wind drops away and we find...
E63 – LANGKAWI TO KHO KRADEN
Leaving Malaysia for Thailand. I was perfectly placed at Rebak Marina, on Rebak Island, Langkawi for a ripper of a rain squall that came through early morning. Punching winds to 40+kts INSIDE the marina, I sure wouldn’t have wanted to be anywhere else! Rebak Marina is completely landlocked and...
E62 – PANGKOR TO LANGKAWI
Departing Pangkor to Langkawi. Leaving Pangkor in the still dark hours of the morning I skirted up the channel between the Island of Pangkor and the Malaysian Peninsula (Lumut) exiting and clearing Pangkor well and truly by early morning. Here I found a large fleet of small fishing vessels...
E61 – PORT DICKSON TO PANGKOR
Departing Admiral Marina. After saying goodbye to Tan at the airport in Kuala Lumpur (She went home to Thailand to visit the family), I let go the lines and headed north with the intended destination of Pangkor. I wasn’t expecting any breeze but was pleasantly surprised with an albeit,...
E60 – PULAU BESAR TO PORT DICKSON
Departing Pulau Besar. Continuing to head north, we passed through the port anchorage of Kuala Sengai where many ships were departing and arriving and going about their daily business. We chatted with one large chemical tanker which was coming to anchor nearby just to make sure he knew we...
E59 – PULAU PISANG TO PULAU BESAR
Departing Pulau Pisang We left Pulau Pisang at about 4am as we had a long day ahead of us for the run all the way to Pulau Besar, a distance of about 75nm. Due to a light wind virtually on the nose again we were forced to motor. We...
E58 – PUTERI HARBOR TO PULAU PISANG
Departing Puteri in the rain… So, here we are yet again, in the rain with little wind! We left the perfectly sheltered Puteri Harbor in the company of Bruce on Astrid (our sailing mate from another adventure in Australia) and headed south down the passage between Singapore and Malaysia....
E57 – NONGSA POINT TO MALAYSIA
Leaving Nongsa Point Marina… As we were due to depart Nongsa Point very early in the morning, a large thunderstorm bore down on the island of Batam and we luckily had not let go the lines yet so could sit that one out for about an hour safe and...
E48 – LINGEH TO BAJO
Sailing away from Lingeh. Due to light, but suitable winds, we were able to get some motor sailing happening as we departed. That wind slowly filled to about 15kts giving us an easy 7-8kts over the ground and we turned the engine off to grab every chance we could...