Delivery passages!!!
Simanderal
Michael Hughes and Ger White
Wed 21 Nov 2012 08:39
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As Burns said, the best laid schemes of mice
& men gang aft agley ......... We were back to Miri, on
Simanderal, on 6 November to continue our journey back to West Malaysia and
Phuket----but waiting for us was an e-mail to Ger relating to medical tests
she had just before coming out----so Ger headed back to London for medical
reasons. And I will now be following on.
Before leaving, Ger and I "interviewed" a girl
seeking passage west from Miri---Mika from South Africa/Serbia---and she joined
Simanderal when Ger left on 10 November.
And that day we sailed for Singapore--some
670 miles away---which we sailed non-stop. The first day was fine--some good
sailing--though progress was slowed by a constant adverse current. The next 2
days were pretty awful---strong winds on the nose, squalls, nasty seas, rain,
only one thunderstorm. The wind on the nose for a day was in the forecast,
but not at the strength we had and nor for as long. And then it calmed down with
the wind falling to very light and a lot of engine to complete the
passage.
We dropped the hook off the east side of Singapore
just after lunchtime on 16th, and caught a favourable tide for a daytime passage
round Singapore to Puteri Marina the following day---averaging over 8 knots
with the tide.
A day in Singapore and a day sorting out the boat
and provisioning, and we set off again on a non-stop 150 mile passage to Port
Dickson--the Admiral Marina. We left Tuesday 20th at dawn and arrived before
lunch on 21st, filling with fuel on the way in---the tanks have never been so
empty!!!
Now it's sort the boat out for a stay in Port
Dickson, and I fly back to London.
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