Monthly Archives: September 2012

Leaving tomorrow

Last shopping done. Marina guys helped me get port clearance and all the other paperwork. Long trip ahead, 3500 miles, assuming an average of 100 miles a day, that is 35 days. First 600 miles are to Sunda Straight. First … Continue reading

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Getting closer

On Friday I made another trip to Singapore. Found oil filters and bought more gasket material for the portholes. But no luck getting the right transducer for the depth sounder, I swear I will never get anything from Garmin again. … Continue reading

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More progress

Been steadily working on my projects. All the sails are up, all lights replaced, engine maintenance almost finished, tiller pilot back in business. Step by step getting there. The depth sounder was broken, and it is an oldy, so looking … Continue reading

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Short update

The marina’s internet has been down for the past few days. But the boat work has been progressing nicely. Rachel came over from KL for the weekend, on Saturday she helped me go up the mast to install new lights … Continue reading

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The fridge

After a hard day of work, it is good to have a beer from “the fridge”.

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work in progress

Started out with cleaning the deck, that was a good morning of work. Then went to open all the thru-hull valves, well the one for the kitchen sink is stuck in the closed position, can’t fix without hauling out, so … Continue reading

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On board!

With some delay, because I missed a bus, I arrived in Puteri Harbor at 19:30. All is well on board, GPS is already tested. I try to include a picture of the marina.

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Made it to KL (Kuala Lumpur)

Thursday morning I did my packing and the last cleaning up of the apartment. When I couldn’t find anything else to do I left for the airport. I must have never been this early for a flight. Flight to Dubai … Continue reading

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