Monthly Archives: March 2014

Puteri Harbour Marina Update

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Frank Taylor

It’s already been a week since we arrived at Puteri Harbour Marina. This was the place where we stayed for our first 6 months in Malaysia when we were going to Singapore a lot for health related reasons. We also … Continue reading →

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Updated Map For Thailand

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Frank Taylor

Our primary map, found by clicking on the image of our map to the right on our web site, has been updated to reflect our main passages in Thailand. The data is based on our extensive archive of GPS tracks. … Continue reading →

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Last Eye Procedure a Success

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Frank Taylor

On Wednesday we left Puteri by bus and went across to Singapore. We had reservations for two nights at a hotel because I had an appointment early Thursday morning for my last eye procedure – a cataract procedure. This was … Continue reading →

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Map of Passage from Phuket to Puteri

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Frank Taylor

For those of you who enjoy maps like I do, I’ve processed our GPS tracks from our 7 passages from Phuket, Thailand to Puteri Harbour, Malaysia. The total length of the passage was nearly 570 nautical miles, over the course … Continue reading →

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Back at Puteri Harbour

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We are back in Puteri Harbour Marina after our 1.5 day trip non-stop from Port Klang near Kuala Lumpur. We decided to do an overnight passage – even though that can be a bit risky through these fishman/fishnet-infested waters of … Continue reading →

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Smoke and Storm

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Frank Taylor

On our passage down to Pangkor the other day we noticed the visibility was really bad. An awful haze possibly of smoke had our visibility at times down to less than 2-3 miles. When I was rinsing the boat at … Continue reading →

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Making Good Progress

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We had a good mix of sailing and motoring down to Penang. The weather patterns have been good shore breezes (from the east) in the mornings, motoring during mid-day when the winds stop and shift, and then winds from the … Continue reading →

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Good Stop in Langkawi

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Frank Taylor

Yesterday we managed all the key objectives while staying in Langkawi. We finished our clearance process for Malaysia, rented a car, drove to several towns and completed shopping for food provisions and boat supplies, returned the car, loaded our dinghy … Continue reading →

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Back in Malaysia

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We had a short visit to Ko Lipe, our last stop in Thailand, on Monday night. We arrived about 4 PM, and did a last swim in the ultra clear waters there. I spent a few minutes making sure the … Continue reading →

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Passage to Ko Lanta

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Frank Taylor

Yesterday we departed at the crack of dawn from Nai Yarn off Phuket Island and sailed 50 nm to Ko Lanta an island to the east. Traveling along with us was Michael and Ann from s/v Callisto. We had winds … Continue reading →

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