Sailed from Tioman marina to Coral Island and back. Had a pit stop at the bay at the island i thought st john island was good, this was wayyy better! Simple sailing, swing mooring practice and we skipped lunch to snorkel at the bay! Super awesome!
Lucas Day 543!Breakfast By Riverside Cafe!Our Hotel!Sailing to Coral Island!Snorkelling at Coral Island!RZ is snorkelling!!!Corals! Impressive but dead!Corals! Impressive but dead!Back for dinner! Kway Teow Pattaya!Trip round Coral Island!Men’s talk!
After crossing Horsburgh Lighthouse, it was 1am in the morning, took over from the other team and sailed till 6am to be mear Pulau Aur, south of Tioman before taking a quick rest and woke up to prepare breakfast at 9am. Finally reached Tioman at 2pm! The water is crystal and clean! Cleared immigration and had a rest for the day! So tired!
Started the day at Changi Sailing Club where we did passage planning to Tioman and practiced swing mooring on the boat. Finally cleared customs at Frontier buoy and practiced man overboard using sail instead of power. Finally headed to Tioman at about 5pm. Headed over the TSS to batam side then to Horsburgh light house before heading north.
Sailed through the night and only reached the next day afternoon at 2pm.
Survived day 1 and day 2 was travelling from Keppel Marina to Changi Sailing Club via Ubin and Tekong. Also practiced alongside with the technique to use bowspringto hold the boat while in forward tick so that the stern will propel outwards and we switch to neutral with a burst of reverse before reversing.
Starting the coastal skipper today. Reached the marina early.
Did a tight manoeuvre practice to do a turn in tight space (e.g marina) trick is to hard to port/starboard as boat is moving forward then switch to reverse gear, boat will slow and also turn at the same time. When boat is coming to a stop do a forward burst of 2-3 secs before switching to neutral then reverse again then boat will continue turning on the spot. Quite a neat trick!
Also practiced reversing boat into markings in transit (forms a line to show you are inline with the items in transit) and tacks and gybes.
At the marina! Wonder if we will sail Venture or Endeavour…
Welcome goodie bag! A cap, polo shirt and a waterproof bag.
Lunch with the group!
Sailing!
Lucas day 539 recovering from Fever!
Snacks while sailing
Dinner and piloting discussion for tomorrow. I got the first leg to pilot out of keppel to east coast!
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” Princess Diana
Breakfast before heading off back home!Heading off! Good bye Penang!A&W Chicken is no good…Bah Kut Teh…Lucas Day 529!!!
“Travel is never a matter of money but of courage” – Paulo Coelho
A&W Pit stop!Walk about!Jetty Food court, nothing very nice.Prawn Noodles is not bad!Not good!Lots of Temples!Got this I ? Penang Set for Lucas!Exploring Chew Jetty!Lucas Day 528, First day of day care!This HK Cafe has awesome 车仔面!Cheap and good food! Cheap and good food!
Breakfast at the hotel was decent!Heavy healthy breakfast!Checking out the beach at the hotel!Last view of the balcony!Foggy road!Pit Stop KFC!Lucas Day 507!
“Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself.” Khalid
Crossing the Penang Bridge to Penang!Chilling out with Bro at the Macallum Cafe!Thanks for sharing of insights on the timing Ms Chin Chin!Exploring Chulia Street!Me exploring street food!Wanton Noodles!
“Travel is a new experience that can transport you out of your everyday routine to create memories with the ones you love.” Brian Chesky
Starting the trip with Breakfast at Taman Sentosa!Exploring the Zexin Organic Farm in Kluang!Dragonfruit flower! Do you know that if the leave is concave, the colour of the flesh will be red and if convex flesh would be white? Wow!Mulberries!Lady’s Finger or Okra! Fresh and crunchy!Nano Cucumber!Hawaiian Papaya!Turkey in da house!Pottery in Ayer Hitam!Durian in Yong Peng!Black thorn is the most expensive durian now but it is indeed better than Mao Shan Wang! I thought it looks kinda average until I tasted it!Finishing the trip with Ba Kut Teh lunch!