Another travel day making about 45 miles. We are anchored in a bay off a fishing village at the above location. Those of you with google earth can enter those coordinates to see exactly where.
Last night after I had updated things we had several hours of very heavy rain with lots of accompanying thunder and lightening. The bonus was we were able to fill our water tanks along with a couple of gallons put into jugs for drinking water.
Another 0645 departure with this location as our hoped for stop. On arrival it looked OK, so down went the anchor. It was a strict motor today with no wind. No big ship traffic today but lots of fishing boats. The fishermen continue to go buy either on their way in or out. They always come very close to wave and smile. Some pull out their cell phone and take our photo.
S/V Ajax who have been traveling with us had a mechanical difficulty today, a leaking seal on their engines raw water pump, so they were happy it was our normal 45+/- mile day. We too had a problem. Another tear in our ancient main sail. We're staring to think there is more sticky back repair material on the sail than sail cloth. The good news is we are in the process of ordering a new one. Hopefully this one will last a few more months.
Tomorrow is another day with the same general plan. Our intended anchorage is Turtle Rock at the south end of Pangkor Island. Depending on arrival time we hope to launch dink and go a Chinese restaurant ashore that we have visited before. Kathy is ready for a night off from cooking.
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