1:11.73N  104:06.66E

Babi, Nr Nongsa, opposite Singapore

Thursday 14th October

Captain’s Log:

Thursday 14th October 2010 Towards Nongsa Point Marina

0705hrs Left anchorage after a very quiet night and a great sleep. A very easy run today and enough wind to sail a lot of the way. Damn generator would not start though - without jumping the batteries.  I will have to buy new batteries for both the generator and engine start as they are pretty stuffed!  I was beginning to wonder if our AIS had stopped working as since Bali we have passed a lot of ships and not received a signal. Today there were ships popping up everywhere.  I can only think that they must turn their AIS off so as not to attract pirates- am getting a lot of warnings about them on the Sat C both in the Singapore Straits and the Malacca Straits!! Have to watch out - made up a dummy wallet with old CCs and some money - just in case!

1530hrs Anchored off Nongsa Point, just behind a couple of jetties at a small town called Baabi.  Decided not to go into the marina as we are already checked out of the country and do not want to cause any problems!  Big day tomorrow crossing the Singapore Straits, and leaving Indonesia.

Position: 01:11'.73n 104:06'.66e

Distance run: 64.2 miles average speed 7.55 knots

Three ships like this one are anchored in the narrow passage between Bintam and Batam, the barges unloading iron ore taken off the hillside of the island close to Bintam

The island below on the RHS are still not too industrialised, but the top of the chart is the Singapore Straits, where we shall be crossing tomorrow.

A tiny section of rainforest left before it gets stripped away for the iron ore, which clearly it has judging by the red cliff face

This is the Industrial town on Batam, just round the corner to the picture before this one

David dipped our ensign to this Indonesian Frigate as we passed.  Hopefully he’s there to repel pirates?

This odd shaped vessel is a ferry ro ro for containers

In amongst this lot, right along the narrow channel we were taking with ferries etc. Are these people fishing, they are lucky they are seen and not run down!

We anchored close to the jetties of the town of Babi, just in front of Nongsa Point where a lot of people go into the Marina to check out of Indonesia.  But we had no need to do that, having checked out of Kumai already.

Babi is another village involved in iron ore digging it seems

And these are the executives homes close by, they have a nice view of us anchored opposite!