At the time it was a great idea to go to the Pirates Bar at Sebana the night before we planned to leave! After all we were the only customers there when we arrived at 2030, and the band was ready to entertain us. We just had to try one of their unique Towers - two jugs in a tower with an ice tube in the middle and you pour your own. I had seen them before they are just "natty" but had never had enough company to buy one. You will have to wait a few more days for the photo but it will be put on this site at the next internet stopover. Well it was a great night! TWO towers later and the band singing our every request we danced and enjoyed the entertainment and managed to share it without about another four or five guests that came along.

BUT it did lead to a small postponement to our planned 0600, "at the latest" departure and at 0930 we slipped out lines at Sebana after another enjoyable stay there and motored off down the Mangrove Creek toward Johor Straits and Singapura. As the morning progressed we motored into the light breeze which stayed "right on the nose" all the way around the bottom of Malaysia as we made our way East and then came around inside a small island to start heading north, all the way dodging and avoiding the omnipresent fish nets and fishing buoys and boats. As we headed north we took advantage of the easterly breeze in the Genoa to squeeze an extra knot and started our way further north, further north than Charmar has been before.

We tracked along under one engine and sail for the greater part of the very pleasant day and decided at about 1500 to pull into a small bay to see if it would comfortable enough to anchor in for a sleep at least and the night at best. Well it was good, the wind swung from onshore to offshore not long after we anchored off, but the South China Sea does not carry swell in any event. A bit of a sleep and by then a rain squall over the land had sucked away the wind and it calmed off so now we are getting ready for dinner, cooked again by Neil, and hopefully a good night sleep for an EARLY start tomorrow to knock off about 40 miles to get to an Island anchorage further north.

Certainly we are blessed with gastronomic delights with Neil on board and his wonderful way with food.

It is good to be on the move again, although mostly motoring and unfortunately I think this is going to be typical of South China Sea but we will have to wait and see.