Graptolite - Mostly Repaired

Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sun 26 Oct 2008 08:35
08:44.45S 115:12.80E Bali International Marina, Sunday 26th October PM

All repairs are now finished on the steering so I shouldn't have to spend so
much time at sea with a spanner in hand. There are just a few fuel and water
filters to change and Grapto is good to go.

If there were proper ships chandlers here I would do a few more less
essential projects but buying stuff here is the usual painful process
typical of the Third World. Haggling, assuming they have what you want, is
supposed to start with a ridiculous price and an equally ridiculous
counter-offer and you still always end up getting ripped off. Life's too
short. I'll spend money in Singapore instead. The currency here is a bit
un-nerving as well. Usually you have to deal in millions of thingies to get
anything and the potential for getting the decimal point in the wrong place
is high.

M