Yacht Fujin

This is a blog of Yacht Fujin's trip from Uraga, Japan to Phuket, Thailand in early 2012.

21 February 2012 | Yacht Haven Marina, Phuket
20 February 2012 | Yacht Haven Marina, Phuket
19 February 2012 | Yacht Haven Marina, Phuket
18 February 2012 | 6 46.24'N:099 38.22'E, 15 miles or so north of Langkawi
16 February 2012 | 6 04.917'N:099 54.141'E, 13 miles south of Kuak, Langkawi
15 February 2012 | 2 49.094'N:101 8.416'E, 8 miles WSW of Port Klang
14 February 2012 | 1 26.9'N:103 12.9'E, 2.3m west of Pulau Pisang
13 February 2012 | Keppel Bay Marina
12 February 2012 | Keppel Bay Marina
11 February 2012 | 45 miles from Sister Island Immigration
10 February 2012 | 200 miles from Singapore
09 February 2012 | 140 nm NE of Kuching, Malaysia
08 February 2012 | South China Sea
07 February 2012 | 50 miles NW of Miri, East Malaysia
06 February 2012 | Off the coast of Brunei
05 February 2012 | Royal Brunei Yacht Club
04 February 2012 | Muara, Brunei
04 February 2012 | Labuan, Malaysia
03 February 2012 | 70nm north of Kota Kinabalu
02 February 2012 | 40nm NW of Rizal, southern end of Palawan

Sails feeling the strain...

10 February 2012 | 200 miles from Singapore
Stuart
The weather continues to be squally and the wind is 10 to 15 knots from right behind, resulting in average speeds in the 5 to 6 knot range. So there are 200 miles to go before arrival in Singapore - Ivan is saying worst case 36 hours (ie midnight Sat/Sun) or, possibly, a bit earlier. I suspect it will be closer to the middle of the night by the time they clear immigration and tie up at Keppel Bay Marina.

We need a bit of sail repair - the genoa UV protector has unstitched a bit and there is a tear in the asymmetric caused during a squall last night. The snuffer jammed and Ivan had to peel and take the sail down by hand. It must have snagged on something and has 2 tears. Hopefully Keppel Marina can tells us where we can find some sail repair tape/spinnaker patches. It looks like Rolly Tasker in Phuket will be seeing some business coming their way...

It's typical that the spares I have on board have not been needed - just those I don't have!
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Vessel Name: Fujin
Vessel Make/Model: Jeanneau 43 DS
Hailing Port: Gibraltar. En route now from Uraga Japan to Phuket Thailand.
Crew: Stuart & Elizabeth Milne
Extra: "Fujin" is the Japanese God of Wind. The name is composed of two Chinese characters - "Fu" meaning wind and "Jin" meaning god. If you swap the order of the characters, you don't pronouce it "jinfu" - instead it is pronouced "kamikaze" or divine wind....

Yacht Fujin

Who: Stuart & Elizabeth Milne
Port: Gibraltar. En route now from Uraga Japan to Phuket Thailand.