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
Into the Malacca Strait
14 February 2012 | 1 26.9'N:103 12.9'E, 2.3m west of Pulau Pisang
Stuart
We left Keppel Bay Marina at around 9am after a long conversation with a few beers and a 17 year old Bowmore the night before... and cleared out at Sisters Island without problems. There's a huge amount of shipping around and the AIS picture on the chart plotter is quite interesting!
Ivan and Geo spent the morning repairing the spinnaker and restitching the UV protection on the genoa - all good to go now.
We noticed that we had a problem with the scan strut mount for the radar which, instead of swinging freely as the boat heels, was rubbing against the mast. Ivan - see picture - shimmied up the mast to take a look and try to fix it but it seems there is a bent screw which is not possible to fix at sea. So he has taped in some cork to prevent it rubbing further and we will probably have to wait to Phuket to get it fixed.
OK so I will now try and post this via satellite phone - let's hope it works!