Phang Nga Bay, Krabi, Thailand
While learning to use photoshop in the lockdown, Liz came across this shot Jamie took back in Krabi, Thailand.
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Log
The Ship’s Log covers journeys undertaken by sail or canal boat, and includes general posts not covered by the Travel category.
The cat sat on the plait mat
Our Millie’s first vet visit, a bike tour to the ‘Sea Horse’, a few more boat jobs and a full demonstration of how to make an ocean plait mat – it’s a real slice of life in a marina…
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Marina Life During Lockdown
We are fortunate that security has been maintained. Whilst exercising around the marina by foot or by bike, sometimes we’re stopped and asked who we are. This can get a little tedious but I guess the security have a job to do and it’s good to know they take their job seriously.
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When we work as a team we can cross oceans and stop viruses
If you flout the MRO (Movement Restriction Order) in Malaysia you could end up in jail for six months or receive a $250 fine.
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Nowhere to run
When the meeting finished we realised that all restaurants, bars and shops (except food stores and pharmacies) would be closed the next day. Naturally, we rushed off to buy these foldable chairs to make our own pontoon pub. Not bad, are they?
Look what Millie brought us!
Gillian took a needle biopsy and half an hour later we learned that Millie’s lymph cells were misshapen. This almost certainly meant lymphoma, in other words cancer. We were devastated, but Gillian still had hope, “It can be treated,” she said.
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24 hours before lockdown
We read that Brunei had finally succumbed to Covid-19 and there was talk of a border shutdown. If we checked out of Malaysia but weren’t allowed into Brunei we would be stranded…
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After an eventful crossing, we arrive in Borneo!
We need to time our arrival at Miri Marina perfectly. There is a sand bar a mile wide in front of the entrance, which is treacherous to sail in any kind of swell…
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Coronavirus and how it’s affecting the cruising community
This is not a debate about whether Covid-19 is going to kill you, or whether it’s nothing to get your knickers in a twist about. And we will not be giving any space to the conspiracy theories popping up like Whac-A-Mole around the internet.
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Lightning every 10 secs
We’ve sailed a lot of miles through many a lightning storm, but this was our biggest and longest in 13 years of sailing Esper. It was relentless, at times the lightning bolts were coming every 10 seconds.
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Sailing to Japan and the Setouchi Rally
Just in case you’re getting confused about our itinerary (and we wouldn’t be surprised if you are!) this is how it’s looking…
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A night and day of rolling squalls
With lightning displays at every point of the compass, we both stayed on watch throughout the night. Before dawn we’d had enough, those three squalls and the ones that followed had sapped our energy.
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Our plans to sail through a no-go pirate area
Fishing boats, commercial ships, cruising yachts and tourists have been kidnapped and killed for years by Abu Sayyaf, a terrorist group operating out of Sulu province, Philippines. The group has stretched its tentacles as far as east Sabah on the island of Borneo which has become known as a no-go area for many sailors.
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500 miles to go, but before we leave…
We like to tell a story in our videos and this one, we hope, strikes the right mix of exploration beneath the seas and travel across the top of it.
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Millie status report – is this the end?
Despite all the effort made over the weeks, we had to concede that it might be a problem with Millie’s bone marrow; this meant, almost certainly, cancer.
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