Pangkor Marina, Malaysia
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Tue 27 Nov 2012 12:20
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04.12.688 N 100.36.049 E
We are back in Pangkor marina. It was an overnight trip
from Port Dickson to get here. There was wind but unfortunately again "on the
nose". So it was slow, bumpy progress. A few hours out of the marina the engine
stopped... dirty diesel, all the filters were blocked! It took Duncan two hours
to change filters and get us going again, by which time the wind had died. This
was mainly due to our miscalculations of how much diesel was in the tank. We
want to clean out the tank while out of the water so we ran it a bit too low.
But we got here in time. Although the marina was full with rally boats, they had
kept us a place. (We had made a reservation and we are going to be here for more
than six months).
We took all the sails and lines off and washed them,
hard work in this heat. Today we were lifted out and are now sitting on the lift
still, until tomorrow when they move us to our place and prop us up. We then do
the final work to get her ready for 6 months rest. Duncan will also take the
gear box out to send it to Singapore to be rebuild.
All fun and games. We fly from Singapore to Auckland on
the 5th Dec.
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