Aroundoceans with SV Emerald Sea

Our journey on water

25 March 2018 | Victoria. British Columbia
05 October 2017 | Victoria BC
24 August 2017 | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
27 July 2017 | Reeds Bay, Hilo, Hawaii
10 July 2017 | Reeds Bay, Hilo, Hawaii
22 June 2017 | Bora Bora, French Polynesia
18 June 2017 | Bora Bora, French Polynesia
12 June 2017 | Humane, French Polynesia
05 June 2017 | Moorea, French Polynesia
05 June 2017 | Tahiti
07 May 2017 | Tahiti, French Polynesia
21 April 2017 | Fakarava, Tuamotu's, French Polynesia
05 April 2017 | Tahanea Atoll. Tuamotu's, French Polynesia
05 April 2017 | Makemo Atoll, Tuamotu's, French Polynesia
07 March 2017 | Rikitea, Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
20 February 2017 | Rikitea, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
14 January 2017 | Playita, Panama City, Panama
02 January 2017 | La Plait, Panama City
17 December 2016 | Isla Nargana
16 December 2016 | San Blas, Panama

Sail to Koh Samui

18 September 2014 | Bo Phut, Koh Samui, Thailand
Steve
The Perhenlian Islands north of Redang were quite pleasant where we found secluded beaches where we could mess around, beautiful clear emerald waters and an abundance of colourful fish and corals. We got a few dives in at the north end and took plenty of u/w shots and had dinners at the local budget resorts.

Unfortunately there wasn't any internet to be found to keep the blog up - but we are connected in other ways!

We left Perhenlian for the 2 day trip to Koh Samui on Sunday 14th Sept with a forecast calling for 20kts but what we encountered were 30-40kts gales - at least in the right direction on a beam reach! It was rough ride but was a true test for the us handling the L450 and I must admit she performed better than I would have expected. We had the 3rd reef in most times. We did have our issues - the main sail downhaul line became loose and eventually tangled in the genoa at the top furler. This, and that we needed to remove the outboard from the dingy, we decided to move toward the coast at the Malay/Thai border into calm waters and climbed the mast to release the downhaul line and remove and secure the outboard on the stern mount. Then we punished on back into 30kts for 1.5 days to K Samui. The night shifts were shared between Axel and I and Ty and Rose did great support. There were plenty of squalls, fishing and squid boats to dodge. Overall it was a great experience for us on this new boat giving it the shaking out it needed. But ... our future planned voyages will be with forecasts of lessor wind!

Koh Samui is quite a developed island with most amenities but its core industry is tourism - no doubt - with hotels and resorts surrounding. We cleared in the boat with the harbour master and customs and then to immigration to get our month long visa - this was very straight forward.

We arrived to K Samui at 04:00hrs, well in the dark, coming from offshore with 30kts into the calm Cheweng Bay where we anchored in 9m in mud. After clearance/immigration, we dropped the yellow Q flag and put up Rose's home made Thai flag and sailed up to Bo Phut bay where there are other cruisers here, calm waters but quite a shallow anchorage at 2.2m low tide.
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Vessel Name: Emerald Sea
Vessel Make/Model: Lagoon 450
Hailing Port: Singapore
Crew: Steve P, Rosemarie P
About:
This site charts the adventures and misadventures of our family and hopefully share some of the practical tips and tricks that we picked up along the way. As our experiences grows so will the site as we share with you our aroundoceans journey. [...]
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We untied the ropes from Keppel Marina in Singapore in August 2014 and haven't looked back. Across the Indian and around South Africa into the South Atlantic Oceans, the leeward Caribbean and South Pacific....with many stops along the way. And now, perhaps finally for this chapter, British [...]
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Keeping our carbon footprint to a minimum! Solar array extending over cockpit.
Clean fuel is essential to a maintenance free engine. Racor Dual 500s with vacuum gauge. We use 5 and 10 micron filters.
Emerald from aft - offshore Singapore.
Axel with baracudda.
Axel installing the Ocean Safety life raft. This is an ISO Ocean series and one we hope never to use!
Axel underwater following turtles at Tioman.
Solar frame mount showing the upper supports.
Aft view during the solar system installation.
The storm jib being installed.  We will be seen!  Sail blogs took an upright photo and rotated it!
 
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Hawaii was a stop over on our way to Canada however we were pleasantly surprised and enjoyed our 3 weeks in Big Hawaii.
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A selection from 1000's of photos from out 6 months in French Polynesia. But were missing the photos from Gambier, Makemo, Tahanea.....
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We transited the Panama Canal on 30-31st December 2016.
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Barbados, Martinique, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada. A few of our photos captured here.
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Photo fun...
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10-15 April 2016
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What doesn't fit into the albums will be found here....
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26 June to 13 July 2015
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5 February to 13 May 2015
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17 July to 12 October 2015
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29 May to 25 June 2015
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16 April to 20 May 2015
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Photos from Singapore to Langkawi
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Our first 2 weeks out in East Malaysia (Sept 14)
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Our Bon voyage party with our yachtie neighbors.
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In June 14 we sailed up to Pulau Tioman for our first journey of living on this new boat and trialing new equipment including the drogue system, storm jib, solar system and other vessel installations.
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