Sunday 27th March to Thursday 7th April 2022 The 18 days we’d spent in Kulhuduffushi with engine troubles meant we were well behind schedule. We had planned two months of gentle cruising from the north to the very south of the Maldives, about 500 miles in total. We have a permit to

Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th March In my previous post I left you waiting to see whether the latest repair to the corroded exhaust manifold would be successful and we would have a working engine again. We had been waiting in a state of nervous anticipation for Kanburu’s flight back

Wednesday 9th to Thursday 24th March 2022 After stops in two beautiful, peaceful anchorages we were towed into the commercial harbour in Kulhudhuffushi. We were soon visited by Customs and given the all-clear but it took another 36 hours for Assad to get us permission from Health to leave the

Friday 4th to Wednesday 9th March 2022 From Uligan it was a 24 mile trip to Dhapparu, motoring as there was only 2-3 knots of wind with, once we were outside the atoll, a gentle swell on the beam that caused Vega to roll. I suspect we’ll be doing a lot

Tuesday 22nd February to Friday 4th March 2022 Uligan, where we first arrived after our 1500 mile passage from Thailand, is in the most northerly of the 26 atolls which make up the Maldives. It is also one of only three places where yachts can check in and out of the country. 

Wednesday 9th to Tuesday 22nd February 2022 The passage from Phuket to the Maldives is over 1500 nm, which we had estimated would take us around 12 days. It’s been over 4 years since we’ve done a sail of over 1000 miles so I was feeling just a bit nervous

Sunday 30th January to Wednesday 9th February 2020 Something happened that I didn’t mention in my last post, which further delayed our departure from Phuket for the Maldives. Hugh had a small lump on his left cheek for a month or two which he’d nicked shaving and it was still sore

Wednesday 5th to Sunday 30th January 2022 After our all too short trip around the hongs, we went back into the Boat Lagoon Marina. There are certainly worse places to be. With the boat out of the water on hard standing, we moved into a very comfortable air conditioned apartment

Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 5th January 2022 We were ready to leave the marina. The riggers had been the previous day and we were happy that all the angles and tensions on the rigging were adjusted correctly and our mast was unlikely to fall down. I’d picked up our laundry,

Friday 5th November to Tuesday 21st December 2021 For our first week back in Thailand I had booked us a room in the rather upmarket Renaissance Hotel and Spa on Mai Khao beach on the northeast of Phuket. There are only a smattering of more expensive hotel complexes along the