Tuesday 7th December 2021 We have been back in Thailand for a month and are staying in an apartment on the Boat Lagoon Marina, with Vega on a pontoon nearby. By now we’d expected to be exploring the beautiful islands around Phuket, but work on the boat that we thought

4th to 17th November 2021 We are back in Thailand. When we left Vega on hardstanding in the Phuket Premier Boatyard at the end of March 2020 we thought that we would be away for maybe six months but, after almost 20 months, we are finally back. Thailand is now

Friday 1st to Thursday 21st November 2019 Leaving Nongsa Point Marina in Indonesia we needed to cross the Singapore Strait, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, with around 2,000 merchant ships passing back and forth along it every day. We had chosen what seemed to be a

June 7th 2020. As most of you know we are in lockdown back in Bristol, with Vega safely out of the water in a boatyard in Phuket, Thailand. Lots of time then to get up to date on my blog (only we just seem to be so busy although I’d

Monday 14th to Monday 21st October 2019 Kumai, Borneo to Belitung Island     It was 275 miles west from Kumai in Borneo to Belitung Island, which meant two nights at sea. We had anchored overnight by the mouth of the river Kumai to be ready for an early start,

March 1st 2020 We are back on Vega in Malaysia after almost three months at home. I have rather a lot of catching up to do on my blog: the last few rally stops in Indonesia, visiting Singapore and then up the west coast of Malaysia to Langkawi. So here

Thursday 26th September to Tuesday 1st October 2019   Leaving Gili Air soon after dawn we crossed the channel between Lombok and Bali, colourful little sailing boats from Bali flying pass us in the opposite direction in the brisk wind (plus some rather larger cargo ships ploughing their way between

Friday 20th to Thursday 26th September 2019   There had been complaints about Medana Marina, the scheduled rally stop on Lombok, not so much a marina as an indentation in the reef with a couple of short jetties, a number of mooring buoys and room for 15 to 20 boats

Thursday 12th to 19th September 2019   The next island west from Komodo is Sumbawa, a land of volcanoes. The tallest of these is Gunung Tambora which erupted in 1815 in what is the most powerful eruption in modern history, killing tens of thousands of Sumbawans, its explosion heard over

Sunday 25th August to Thursday 12th September Taka Bonerate From Pasar Wajo we headed south-west, putting up our cruising chute as the wind gradually increased, joining a group of other yachts heading towards Taka Bonerate, the third largest reef system in the world. It was a 125 mile overnight sail