Tag Archives: Malaysia

Last Trip to Singapore

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Frank Taylor

Today I’m leaving before the crack of dawn for my last eye doctor follow-up. The eye seems fine, so I’m pretty sure this will go smoothly. A boat that parked next to us in the marina has a UK couple … Continue reading →

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Puteri Area 360 Panoramas

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Frank Taylor

It has been months since I last took some 360 panoramas, and I realized I have done none in Malaysia. Since we’ve spent so much time in the Puteri Harbour Marina, I thought it would be appropriate do some in … Continue reading →

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About One Week Left

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Frank Taylor

The last week has seen a lot of progress in our preparations for the Indian Ocean crossing. I’ve updated the map shown on the right of our main page and blog, which links to an interactive version which you can … 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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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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Leaving Phuket

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Frank Taylor

Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. No major news to report, we have just been getting ourselves set up for the next phase of our adventures. Karen did return from her trip to the US this past Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Rebak Island Over the Holidays

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We arrived at Rebak Island in early November. We have been using the marina here as a base of operation for our several trips away. First, only two days after we arrived, we went home to the US for 3 … Continue reading →

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Going to Cambodia to Sightsee

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Frank Taylor

Well, after months of delays, we finally decided to just book a flight to Cambodia so we can finally go see the sights we had planned to see months ago. We leave tomorrow and come back a week later. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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Busy Week Back in Malaysia

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Frank Taylor

It has been nice being back at Rebak Marina on our home Tahina. We have installed a few of the parts we brought back with us from the US, and begun putting away everything. We will have more work to … Continue reading →

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