After a restful night at Kukup we took our time getting ready for departure. The early morning had a low tide so we need to wait for a bit of the flood. Meantime I got a chance to bottle the current batch of home brew.
Once underway it was short 25 mile or so trip to Pulau, meaning island, Pisang. We anchored in the lee of the island with 4 other boats joining us. It had been another day of motor sailing with the wind from the northwest which was our direction of travel.
As the weather report showed a wind direction change for Thursday we spent another restful day catching up on reading at Pulau Pisang.
We departed Pulau Pisang in the early hours of Thursday the 11th. No the wind had not made it's favorable change so it was more of the same main sail and genoa providing some help to Miss Perky our faithful engine.
Our next stop was another island close to the coast, this Pulau Besar near the port town of Melaka.
Melaka was to be the first of our rally stops, though it presented some problems. Anchoring at Besar then required a ferry trip in to the city. There was an unprotected roadstead anchorage off the town or a marina that was in disrepair and we had been advised not to go in to. Our decision was just to stay in the island anchorage and skip the rally stop.
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