Sunday 20 December 2015
Months back Chris Beeson at Yachting Monthly sent us a list of questions to answer about our experiences with anchoring. Chris has combined our answers with input from seven others and turned it into the article ‘How to anchor like an expert’ just published in the January 2016 edition of Yachting Monthly. And we have…
Monday 14 December 2015
Having berthed Adina in Puteri Harbour marina situated in the river that separates Singapore and Malaysia, we welcomed Part II of ‘Catch up with the parents’ when Tom’s father Keith arrived for a visit. Southern Malaysia and Singapore don’t really lend themselves to sailing unless mixing it up with assorted cargo ships and fuel tankers…
Saturday 28 November 2015
Singapore marked a big milestone for Adina; back in April we’d set off from a cyclone-scarred Vanuatu and sailed north passing through the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea and then on to Indonesia, our target to make Singapore by November. Without doubt this year has been the highlight of our round the world trip…
Saturday 31 October 2015
We woke and took a leisurely breakfast before heading out staying parallel to the traffic separation scheme until it was time to cross. The current was heaving and not in our favour as we struggled to make four knots at times. When it came to cross we decided to radio the Singapore Vessel Traffic Information…
Friday 30 October 2015
So after a week of day hopping Adina is all set to head into Singapore. It’s funny how some passages get you that little bit more excited – perhaps it’s the uniqueness of what you are doing. Other events of a similar ilk that spring to mind are the start of our Atlantic crossing and…
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Having enjoyed a few days in Kajung Selayang on the island of Belitung, Adina is now day-hopping her way up to Singapore. The Kajung Selayang anchorage was certainly busy – we haven’t seen that many yachts since Fiji. Many of the yachts are taking part in organised rallies here and we must say they were…
Monday 26 October 2015
Borneo is well known for its jungles and wildlife and Susie and I were dead set on taking Adina to see the orangutans that can be found there. From Sulawesi it meant four days of sailing – we have been whipping up the miles over the last six weeks! Indonesia has some very shallow waters…