Male anchoring techniques.

Wildfox
Anthony Swanston
Sun 29 Apr 2018 11:27

It is the end of April and the SW Monsoon is a month late.  There is no wind here.  I want to go to the Chagos Islands but that would involve 600 miles of motoring.  600 miles gets me half way to Sumatra.  And anyway I only have a motoring range of 300 miles.  And my Maldives visa is about to expire.  It can be extended but as I have already spent US$ 1,500 on clearance fees I am disinclined to spend more.


The anchorage here is interesting with the tourist boats deploying as many as five anchors at a time in an effort to squeeze in.  But when the wind suddenly turned east against expectations they had fun and games.


But for many reasons I have decided to head back east.  I will have some current with me and a little wind so with lots of food I can do a slow passage.  Not that I have much choice in the matter of speed…

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