BLOG 22 Day 96 Saturday 15 April. Sunny and hot. 30ºC. Sea, Slight. Arabian Sea on passage to Dubai. Position 15deg 56 N, 7deg 54E. Course 317, speed 18. Wind Force 2 from NW. Yet another relaxing day at sea. We drifted around after breakfast before attending the port lecture on Muscat, which we visitContinue reading “Blog 22. Return from Australia. Dubai”
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Blog 21. Return from Australia. Port Kelang, Penang and Colombo
Day 90 Palm Sunday, 9 April. At Port Kelang, starboard side to. Clear skies, 37ºC. Light airs. After a good night’s sleep we were woken by a long blast of the ship’s siren. I looked at my watch: 0700 and a pale dawn was filtering past the curtains. Tottering onto the balcony, I saw thatContinue reading “Blog 21. Return from Australia. Port Kelang, Penang and Colombo”
Blog 8. Passage to Australia. Indian Ocean
Day 30 Wednesday 8 February dawns with a grey sky and a battleship grey sea flecked with catspaws. If I didn’t have the chart display in front of me I would have said we were off Flamborough Head on a Bank Holiday. It is 24ºC with wind Force 5. The journey continues (the sun didContinue reading “Blog 8. Passage to Australia. Indian Ocean”
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