Middle of No Where, East Coast Malaysia
Anchorage Spot 03°38.010N 100°58.806
As you can see from the above from google earth our anchorage is definitely the middle of no where.
On Wednesday 16 May we traveled 67 miles further south from Penang to the Turtle Rock anchorage on the east side of Pangkor Island. As we continue moving the next big and protected spot is Port Klang, but it's about 85 miles and for us only normally making 5.5 to 6.5 kts to far for a day trip. Our choice was to stop here in the middle. We spent a night here last November and were fine. Of course everything is weather dependent so we'll see how the night goes. We are about a mile offshore and anchored in only twenty feet of water. There is plenty of room if we should drag.
Today's passage was quite nice as we actually got to sail for three hours, unusual for this part of the world.
As usual most of the day was spent trying to figure out what the various fishing craft were doing and how to stay out of the path. No matter what they always try to cross in front of you and most are dragging long trawl nets.
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