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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Admiral Marina at Port Dickson
We have stayed over a week at Admiral Marina in Port Dickson a bit past half-way up the Straight of Malacca on our way to Pangkor. We stayed here once before just for a night when we were in a … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sightseeing
Tagged Admiral, Dickson, Malaysia, Marina, Mexican, Port, Restaurant, tahina
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Victron Inverter Problem and Lightning Project Progress
As usually happens with big projects on a boat – like recovering from a lightning strike – we have had a mix of progress and setbacks. Our biggest setback ironically come from my biggest accomplishment at the beginning of this … Continue reading
Posted in Boat Maintenance, News, Sightseeing
Tagged Lightning, Project, repairs, tahina
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Real Sailing
The first two days of our second passage up the Straight of Malacca have really been nice. We have been traveling with s/v Totem, so we have some company, which is nice. Their boat is pretty quick, so our speeds … Continue reading
Big Step Forward Big Step Back
A week ago Wednesday, we managed to quickly acquire the most critical system we needed to replace – our new Victron inverter charger. It was almost a miracle I managed to find the exact unit we needed in Singapore, and … Continue reading
Progress and Moving North
During the last several days, a lot has been accomplished in at least diagnosing the extent of lightning damage and researching replacements for the equipment. We have insurance based on the popular blue-water plan called “Jackline” from Markel. They responded … Continue reading
Posted in Boat Maintenance, News, Passages, Sightseeing
Tagged Damage, Insurance, Lightning, repairs, tahina
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Busy Week On Lightning Recovery
A lot of progress was made this week on recovering from the lightning, but on a percentage basis we have only just scratched the surface. We have had some good news, and some bad news about the state of the … Continue reading
Lightning Reflection
We have been lucky so far, and, in a way, lucky now. This is our first close-strike that resulted in equipment loss on Tahina. We did have a near-hit once in our previous boat that caused one instrument to be … Continue reading
Lightning
We had a good passage south from Tioman yesterday. We even got to sail for 2+ hours when a nice 15 knot fresh breeze came from the west for a while. We had to put the sails down when it … Continue reading
Posted in Boat Maintenance, News, Sightseeing
Tagged Electric, Lightning, problems, strike, tahina
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Card Tournament
The crew of s/v Totem have a special card game variant of rummy that they have played in their family for a long time. They have started a tradition of playing tournaments with the crews of other boats each year. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cards, Crews, game, Medals, Rummy, tahina, Tournament
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