We finally departed Danga Bay Marina on Tuesday 22 Nov. We left with the tide at 0700 and had an uneventful 40 mile motor sail to Palau Pisang. Tuesday was a Malaysian holiday, we were told the Sultans birthday and made for less traffic as we crossed the entry channel for the cargo ships coming to port. Usually you need to wait at one of the channel markers and then like crossing a freeway make a mad dash between incoming and outgoing ships. We had no ships moving and later as we proceeded up the Malacca straits not many fishing boats to contend with either.
Today was a long 67 miles to the anchorage here at Palau Basar. We awoke at 0400 and were underway about 0450. We managed to get the anchor down and settled at 1740. The trip along the west coast of Malaysia is busy with the north and southbound shipping traffic in the Malacca straits and the local fishing fleet with their gill nets set everywhere. The route is also subject to lots of tidal current. It's either with or against you so our speed varied from 4 knots to 7 knots. As normal here the wind was from on the nose to a very close reach so Miss Perky was in service all day. We had winds from 5 to 25 knots.
Weather permitting we will continue to move daily toward toward the island of Penang where we will stop for a couple of days to secure our visa's for Thailand. Then on to Langkawi our last stop in Malaysia, before making our way to Thailand.
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