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Singapore!

Simon Blundell

Mon 31 Oct 2011 01:40

01°18.35756N 104°08.2398E

31/10 0920LT

On final approach around Singapore after a gentle overnight motorsail from Pulau Tioman.

Below is a screen shot showing a few hundred of the thousand-plus ships we're dodging on our way around Singapore Island to the Johor Strait and Raffleds Marina. ETA just after lunch in time for beers at the swim-up bar.

Final tally "El Oro vs. China Sea".

LOSSES: 2x boom vangs, 1x boom, 1x spinnaker, 2x halyards, 2x sunglasses, 1xMOB device, 1x winch handle, 1x laundry-peg bag, 2x harness inflation cylinders, 30+ golf balls, plenty of skin and blood.

WINS: 1st HKV Race Premier Cruising Class, magnificent anchorages, exhilarating sailing everyday, exotic foods, beautiful women, unique cultures, memorable sunsets and rises. (Actually not true, we didn't get to sail every day).

Next El Oro adventure: approx 20th Nov departure from Singapore for surf trip to South Lombok.

SJB

Blog Entries

2016

Jun 2016

Thu 9 Jun 01:57
- PosRep 20

May 2016

Thu 26 May 14:05
- PosRep18

2015

Mar 2015

Sat 7 Mar 02:10
- Back to Singapore
Fri 6 Mar 07:58
- SMS from Iridium Go
- Sunda Strait - Krakatoa
Thu 5 Mar 07:58
- SMS from Iridium Go
Wed 4 Mar 07:58
- SMS from Iridium Go
Tue 3 Mar 22:20
- Riaus and South China Sea
Mon 2 Mar 08:34
- Singapore to Cape Town
- Raffles MArina Singapore

Feb 2015

Tue 24 Feb 18:01
- SMS from Iridium Go
Mon 23 Feb 18:01
- SMS from Iridium Go
Mon 16 Feb 11:17
- SMS from Iridium Go
Sun 15 Feb 11:18
- Langkawi
Sat 14 Feb 11:18
- Koh Lipe
Fri 13 Feb 11:19
- Koh Muk (Emerald Cave)
Thu 12 Feb 04:30
- Phi Phi Ye - aka Di Caprio's Beach
Wed 11 Feb 06:58
- POSREP - Phi Phi Don
Sat 7 Feb 12:00
- Nai Harn - POSREP from Iridium Go
Thu 5 Feb 12:00
- POSREP
Wed 4 Feb 12:00
- Surin Beach - POSREP from Iridium Go

Jan 2015

Wed 28 Jan 02:58
- Yacht Haven Marina - Phuket

2014

Feb 2014

Sat 15 Feb 00:07
- Singapore
Fri 14 Feb 05:26
- Pulau Keling aka Neptune Island
Tue 11 Feb 04:01
- Half Way
Mon 10 Feb 06:35
- Westing
Sat 8 Feb 11:34
- Borneo Sth Coast
Fri 7 Feb 03:33
- Lombok to Singapore

2013

Dec 2013

Sun 15 Dec 19:17
- Bali Approach
Sat 14 Dec 20:32
- Last day (???)
Fri 13 Dec 20:40
- 400 to go ...
Wed 11 Dec 23:39
- Final days...
Tue 10 Dec 01:08
- Passage Making @ 10kn
Sun 8 Dec 08:14
- Marlin @ 4,000 miles
Sat 7 Dec 06:55
- Milestone Overload and Stocktakes
Thu 5 Dec 02:01
- Wollongong Abeam
Wed 4 Dec 00:43
- Just Sailing
Mon 2 Dec 23:41
- Fish & Whales
Sun 1 Dec 08:35
- 10,000 miles

Nov 2013

Fri 29 Nov 07:13
- Passage Making
Wed 27 Nov 22:50
- More Milestones with Captain Morgan
Tue 26 Nov 23:30
- Festivities
Mon 25 Nov 15:12
- Heading North
Sun 24 Nov 04:22
- Day 7 & 8
Fri 22 Nov 03:51
- First Thousand
Thu 21 Nov 17:13
- Respite
Wed 20 Nov 09:47
- Progress, Storms and more Fish
Mon 18 Nov 23:57
- Waiting for Wind
Sun 17 Nov 18:09
- South Africa to Bali - Departure
Sat 16 Nov 07:40
- Simons Bay
Tue 12 Nov 18:21
- Atlantic Summary
Fri 8 Nov 04:42
- Land!
Thu 7 Nov 03:38
- Final Day
Tue 5 Nov 13:12
- Home straight
Mon 4 Nov 10:55
- Sailing & Sun
Sun 3 Nov 05:58
- Fish & Chips
Sat 2 Nov 07:25
- Whale and Dolphins
Fri 1 Nov 04:47
- 6000 miles

Oct 2013

Thu 31 Oct 03:19
- 200 nm/day
Tue 29 Oct 13:34
- Wasting Time
Sat 26 Oct 06:37
- 5,000 miles
Wed 23 Oct 11:05
- Decent Weather
Tue 22 Oct 13:24
- Still Storms
Sun 20 Oct 12:58
- Finally, another Update
Fri 18 Oct 05:22
- Lay Day
Thu 17 Oct 13:51
- Groundhog Days
Wed 16 Oct 06:55
- Ship's Cow and HAL
Tue 15 Oct 07:58
- Summer
Mon 14 Oct 08:09
- PosRep
- Great Sailing, More Fish & Stocktake...
Thu 10 Oct 03:56
- ITCZ
Wed 9 Oct 00:40
- Warming Up
Mon 7 Oct 09:10
- Cape Verde
Sun 6 Oct 10:46
- 200 miles per day
Wed 2 Oct 11:27
- Canaries
Tue 1 Oct 03:03
- Canary's approach

Sep 2013

Mon 30 Sep 04:57
- Morocco?
Sun 29 Sep 02:16
- Heading South
Fri 27 Sep 17:00
- The Atlantic
Thu 26 Sep 04:30
- Day 2
Wed 25 Sep 02:23
- Day 1
Mon 23 Sep 14:00
- Valencia
- Aphrodite Departure - Spain to South Africa

Jul 2013

Fri 19 Jul 17:30
- Back to Athens
Tue 16 Jul 17:00
- Sounion - Temple of Poseidon
Sun 14 Jul 13:07
- Kea Port
Sat 13 Jul 14:55
- Kea Anchorage
Fri 12 Jul 18:30
- Kythnos Harbour
- PosRep
Thu 11 Jul 11:15
- Kythnos 2
Wed 10 Jul 16:40
- Kythnos
Tue 9 Jul 11:10
- Hydra
Mon 8 Jul 14:00
- Poros
Sun 7 Jul 16:40
- Aegina
- Greek Odyssey - Cyclades, Aegean

May 2013

Thu 23 May 02:23
- Yangon!
Sun 19 May 21:21
- Yangon Pilot Station
- Irrawaddy Approach
Sat 18 May 00:39
- Half Way
Fri 17 May 00:17
- Mergui Archipelago
Wed 15 May 23:43
- Depart for Myanmar
- Phuket
Mon 13 May 07:19
- Au Chalong - Phuket
Sun 12 May 11:05
- Koh Muk
Sat 11 May 19:27
- Langkawi
Fri 10 May 17:21
- Day 2/3
Thu 9 May 11:47
- Singapore to Burma

2012

Sep 2012

Tue 18 Sep 21:04
- Riau Islands
Mon 17 Sep 21:59
- Closing The Line
Sun 16 Sep 21:19
- South China Sea
Sat 15 Sep 22:36
- Half way
Fri 14 Sep 19:31
- Fish and Chips!
- Indo to Singapore - Day 1
Wed 12 Sep 11:00
- Medana Bay (Indo) to Singapore

Jun 2012

Sat 23 Jun 23:10
- Still Beating
Wed 20 Jun 07:00
- PosRep
Sun 17 Jun 17:07
- Java
Fri 15 Jun 05:18
- Sailing
Tue 12 Jun 05:57
- No Wind, Slow Progress
Sat 9 Jun 01:28
- Nias to Gili
Fri 8 Jun 05:43
- Nias
Mon 4 Jun 17:00
- Pulau Tuangku, Grunters and Lagoon
Sat 2 Jun 19:30
- Pulau Babi
- Tea Bags
Fri 1 Jun 19:00
- Pulau Simeulue
- Thilands

May 2012

Thu 31 May 01:21
- Mentawais arrival.
Tue 29 May 08:44
- Surf!
- Pulau Deudab
Mon 28 May 14:00
- Sabang
Fri 25 May 22:00
- Anchor! Sumatra
Thu 24 May 03:00
- Phuket to Sumatra
Wed 23 May 08:30
- Koh Muk to Phuket
Mon 21 May 09:00
- Langkawi to Koh Muk

Feb 2012

Sun 12 Feb 14:00
- Langkawi
Thu 9 Feb 07:00
- Nongsa Pt to Langkawi
Wed 8 Feb 14:08
- Neptune Regatta - On the Line
Sat 4 Feb 07:00
- Nongsa Point, Batam
Fri 3 Feb 17:45
- Sth Riau Islands
- The Line!
Wed 1 Feb 07:00
- SW Borneo - Worst storm yet...

Jan 2012

Mon 30 Jan 22:45
- Approaching SW Borneo - Then NORTH BOUND.
Sat 28 Jan 02:00
- Day 3 - Hell now in our wake
Thu 26 Jan 21:16
- Posrep JAn26 2115LT
- Day 2 - And I thought yesterday was bad!
Wed 25 Jan 19:31
- Into Hell
Sun 22 Jan 05:00
- Gili Trawangan
Sat 21 Jan 14:00
- Bali to Nongsa Point

2011

Dec 2011

Tue 6 Dec 00:53
- Gili Trawangan
Mon 5 Dec 00:53
- Gili Gede
Sun 4 Dec 00:53
- Blongas Bay
Sat 3 Dec 00:53
- Gerapuk/Ekas
Fri 2 Dec 01:01
- Kuta
Thu 1 Dec 00:53
- Sth Lombok Surfing

Nov 2011

Wed 30 Nov 00:53
- Bali Marina
Tue 29 Nov 00:53
- Lombok!
Sun 27 Nov 18:27
- Final? Day
Sat 26 Nov 03:00
- Day 5
Fri 25 Nov 03:12
- Halfway
Thu 24 Nov 06:18
- Dawn Day 3
Tue 22 Nov 17:43
- Southern Hemisphere
Mon 21 Nov 23:31
- Singapore to Bali via Lombok and Gili T

Oct 2011

Mon 31 Oct 01:40
- Singapore!
Sun 30 Oct 04:33
- Tioman Island to Singapore
Thu 27 Oct 21:44
- Day2/3
Tue 25 Oct 17:34
- Day 1
Mon 24 Oct 05:11
- Nha Trang!
Sat 22 Oct 01:56
- Day 4
Fri 21 Oct 15:12
- Day 3 - passed halfway
Thu 20 Oct 11:33
- Day 2
- Day 2
Wed 19 Oct 11:48
- Sunset 1st Day
- Hong Kong to Vietnam Race Start!
Wed 12 Oct 11:13
- Hong Kong!
Tue 11 Oct 12:00
- Day 6 - Birds and Knots
Mon 10 Oct 17:47
- Day 5
Sun 9 Oct 21:00
- Day 4
Sat 8 Oct 18:07
- Day 3
Fri 7 Oct 11:33
- Day 2
Thu 6 Oct 11:24
- Day 1
Wed 5 Oct 09:52
- Day 0
- KK to HK

Sep 2011

Mon 26 Sep 07:28
- KK Final Approach
Thu 22 Sep 19:45
- Day 3
Wed 21 Sep 10:08
- Day 2
Tue 20 Sep 07:50
- Singapore to KK
Mon 12 Sep 14:21
- Raffles, Singapore!
Sun 11 Sep 15:21
- Last Night
Thu 8 Sep 04:06
- Approaching Halfway
Tue 6 Sep 15:01
- Surabaya
Mon 5 Sep 18:01
- Departure for Singapore

Jun 2011

Sun 19 Jun 11:46
- Labuan Bajo
Sat 18 Jun 11:42
- Rinca Island
Fri 17 Jun 08:39
- Komodo Island
Wed 15 Jun 11:56
- Banta Island
Tue 14 Jun 11:50
- Gili T to Komodo

May 2011

Fri 13 May 21:26
- More Fish!
Thu 12 May 18:37
- Fish and Whales!
Tue 10 May 19:23
- Day 1
- Christmas Island Departure
Mon 9 May 01:48
- Christmas Island
Sat 7 May 13:17
- Last day!
Fri 6 May 20:34
- Day 4
Thu 5 May 22:09
- Day 3
Wed 4 May 21:36
- Day 2
Tue 3 May 23:45
- To Christmas Island, Day 1
Mon 2 May 23:45
- Belongas Bay - Rock and Roll!
Sun 1 May 23:45
- Gili Trawangan Departure

Mar 2011

Fri 25 Mar 18:13
- Gili-T Return
Thu 24 Mar 14:05
- Tropicals, Sumbawa
Wed 23 Mar 10:54
- Supersucks, Sumbawa
- Yo Yo's, Sumbawa
Tue 22 Mar 05:13
- "Outer Ekas", Lombok
- "Outsides", Lombok
Mon 21 Mar 12:27
- Kuta
- Surfing Indo
Sun 20 Mar 16:24
- Gerapuk Bay, 2nd night
- Gerapuk Bay, Surf!
Sat 19 Mar 17:17
- Gerapuk Bay, Lombok
- Gili Trawangan
Wed 9 Mar 19:12
- Bali in sight
Tue 8 Mar 18:56
- Bali draws near
Mon 7 Mar 20:33
- Wind off Java!
Sun 6 Mar 20:25
- Sailing!
Sat 5 Mar 20:05
- Sunda Strait
Fri 4 Mar 20:10
- Approaching Java
- Settling in on way to Sunda Strait
Thu 3 Mar 20:10
- Padang Departure
Wed 2 Mar 13:49
- El Oro meets Padang, Sumatra
Tue 1 Mar 10:22
- South of the Line
- South of Sumatra

Feb 2011

Mon 28 Feb 07:01
- Banda Aceh
Fri 25 Feb 17:42
- Sailing Sumatra - Phuket to Bali

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