To Pulau Bunting
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 8 Dec 2018 23:47
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To Pulau
Bunting
   Up and ready to leave at seven. The view out the back of the girl, Jerejak Island to our left and Penang
to our right.
 Anchor up and heading toward Second Bridge before turning left, lovely clouds – OOOOps,
autopilot stopped. Hand steering it is then.
   Bear’s duty so I could take pictures,
sunrise, Penang and First
Bridge.
 Actually, the mood on board as we head toward First Bridge was incredibly low. A new
autopilot (over two thousand pounds) what next ??? what is there left, what else
can go wrong. Bear, stoical as ever, I cannot believe it
though, not something else.
    Somehow, going
under the bridge on a beautiful sunny morning lifted our spirits
somewhat.
 By the time we saw chums at the port we were OK. These big ladies and working
girls of course, will get their own blog (once I have looked up all their
details and settled to write the thing).
 Brightly coloured
ferries went back and forth.
 Current
line marked with foam as we approach the cruise terminal.
 The cruise
terminal marks the end of our lane, once past we can bear right into
shallow water (well, it’s not very deep here to be honest).
  Now with five to six metres below us
our friends are much smaller. The chap on the right
nodded toward his net so a quick right turn.
 To our right the four metre line is clearly visible.
   My watch and heading toward, through
and past lovely little islands with deserted
beaches.
  I wouldn’t go so far as to say I like
the new chartplotter but I have to get on with it.
Bear has downloaded a more comprehensive manual for me – so...... watch this
space to see how the taming goes. Pulau Bunting, our
destination is joined to the mainland by a long bridge, they certainly are good
at building them here.
 Having the sun on our backs, flat-calm
water, lovely scenery have all made for a soothing our souls. And no rain for a change.
 Ooooo look, a
mast, bet we get great internet here, indeed, we did
but first I have to dodge fishing
markers.
   Yup, Beez Neez is anchored on dry land again....... In real terms I circled a
couple of times and found the whole area to have five point six metres below us,
so despite what the chartplotter says we are quite a distance from the trees. We
had a smashing evening of games, nibbles, a sherbet, showers, supper and an
episode or two before settling with a green glow from all the squid fishermen
who would act as our guards all night. Our sunset. Wonderful, this is what it
should be like.
 ALL IN ALL A REALLY GOOD DAY
– SAVE FOR THE AUTOPILOT......
A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND
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