Indonesia – East Bound 2023

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… Read more: E77 – PUTERI HARBOUR, MALAYSIA TO NIRUP ISLAND MARINA, INDONESIA

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… Read more: E78 – NIRUP ISLAND MARINA TO PULAU TUKSABANGMAS

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… Read more: E79 – PULAU TUKSABANGMAS TO MESANAK 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… Read more: E80 – MESENAK ISLAND TO KENTAR ISLAND

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… Read more: E81 – KENTAR ISLAND TO BELITUNG

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… Read more: E82 – BELITUNG

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.… Read more: E83- BELITUNG TO PULAU ROTAN

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… Read more: E84 – PULAU ROTA TO JEPARA BEACH

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… Read more: E85 – JEPARA BEACH TO TANJUNG PIRING