“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” Pat Riley
Went to JB for a quick refill!Had my Bike fit done today At Loule Bike! Thanks Timothy!Lucas Day 547!Dinner!Securing Cables…
“The road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph. They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest — until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men’s souls will be shaken with the violences of war. For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and goodwill among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home. Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pork Rib Noodles!Leaving for duty!Up the lorry!Machine at YIH!Machine at YIH!Machine at UTown!Machine at Central Library!Machine at Engine Faculty!Lucas Day 546!
Finally manage to reach SG today morning and cleared the immigration at Changi (Frontier Buoy) before we head to Keppel Island. Finally done by 3pm today. Soooo tired.
Breakfast by RZ for the crew!Finally at Sentosa!Late lunch, early dinner on land!$500 bucks parking fees! Thank god for complimentary parking!Lucas Day 545!
Started the day early and prepared the boat and our passage. Super long day as we have very little sleep tonight and we need to be in shifts to ensure boat is moving safely at night.
Goodbye Mr. Jaap! Admire the courage you and your wife have to travel the world in your boat S.Y. De Ware Jacob!Wrap Lunch!Wrap Lunch!Lucas Day 544!!!Curry Rice Dinner!Still sailing!Sailing into the sunset and into the night!
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!
“It’s not ‘can’; it’s ‘will.’ You have to will things into fruition.” Kanye West
Honest Lunch! Second round of lunch is Masala Thosai!Preparing the machines for the final round before deployment!Machine is ready!Visiting the Niece!Bringing SY’s favourite spaghetti and broccoli! Honest Dinner with Dad.Sew my Musto gloves to last another week of sailing (hopefully)!