After surviving our close encounter with the dredge ship we were ready to be off again. The next segment of our journey took us to an anchorage just north of the city of Port Dickson. An uneventful day, fine with us.
Monday the 18th a day of about 46 miles was intended, until I started trying to figure fuel consumption as we were motoring more than we had hoped. So only 10 miles away was Admiral Marina where we could get fuel. Better to stop then run out.
Here at Admiral Marina the gate guard is quite formal. We purchased fuel at $3.50 U.S. per gallon and were then ready to head off again the next morning.
The last three days of our journey were again adjacent to the busy shipping lanes of the Melacca Straits. The big ships do keep to their own lanes but it is amazing to view the numbers of them as they move along. Anytime you look in that direction you see 10 to 15 hurrying on their way.
Nearing Singapore there are 100's of these monsters anchored , doing maintenance and waiting to load cargo. At the bottom of the brighter red stripe is a crewman of a hanging scaffolding with paint brush in hand.
We arrived in the marina here in Danga bay in the city of Johor Bahru on the afternoon of the 20th. Marina check in is easy and and we even managed to be in the same slip that we occupied when here 5 months ago. One great advantage to this marina is there is no charge for moorage, yes FREE. We're not sure why but it's fine by us.
We have till the 2nd of May to get some things done and the boat ready to be left on it's own while we travel back to the states.
One of the first things done was a new hairdo for yours truly. The Mr. Clean look.
One of the first things done was a new hairdo for yours truly. The Mr. Clean look.As it's warm here and we have dock power we decided to splurge and buy an air conditioner. We managed to find a used one for $400 RM or $130 U.S. now to figure how to mount it. Where day temps are in the low to mid 90's it will make doing interior projects nice.
Most of the jobs to be done now are small ones to get ready for our states trip, the big ones will be put off until my return the end of May.
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