Madadagscar wildlife at last! Our first stop after checking in and stocking up in Hellville was the island of Nosy Komba. There were several guesthouses, restaurants and souvenir shops with tourist customers ferried from Hellville in…
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Cruising South to Nosy Be
We stayed in the first western bay after rounding the northern tip of Madagascar. There were no villagers here but the calm waters allowed us some much-needed rest. The winds were still a brisk 20 knots, but the protection of the bay kept …
Indian Ocean Crossing Completed
After 10 ½ days, our passage from Chagos is over as we dropped our anchor in Madagascar. For our last 24 hours, we enjoyed a Moderate Gale (Beaufort Force 7) directly on our starboard beam accompanied by 4 meter breaking waves. Several of …
Solomon Atoll, Chagos
On the short trip from Peros Banhos to Solomon, we trolled a lure. We caught one Bonito after another. We threw back (released live) the first two and then we kept the last one. Coming across the reef pass into Solomon, we also caught a toothy barra…
Chagos and Peros Banhos
The Chagos Archipelago is a little piece of magic about 300nm south of the southernmost of the Maldives. It's officially a British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and most people only know about it from Diego Garcia, the big US military base in the …
Underway to Chagos Again!
The coolant pump for the Lugger and the relief valve for the Naiad roll stabilizers finally arrived. It took only 3 days to get from America to Male (Maldives) and it took daily multiple phone calls to get the parts the 300 miles from Male to G…
Addu, Maldives and Breakdown in the High Seas
The Addu Atoll is situated about 480 km south of the capitol Male and consists of 6 inhabited and about 27 uninhabited islands. Dams and bridges connect the 4 largest islands and are the largest land connection on the Maldives. The black top road…
Bay of Bengal and North Indian Ocean Crossing
The passage started out fine. The seas in the North Malacca strait were glassy with less than 5 knots of wind. We trolled a lure, did homeschool for the first two days and all was well. It was so calm that we did not have the stabili…
The Malacca Straits
We had an uneventful (that's good) run up the Malacca strait to Langkowi. Mention the Malacca Straits to many people and their immediate response is "Pirates!" Since 2006, the straits have been dropped from Lloyd's of London's li…
Melaka – A Road Trip
We took a 2 hour bus ride north to spend 3 nights in Melaka (or Malacca). We booked into the Jonker Boutique Hotel right in the heart of Chinatown. We had a nice room with A/C and private bathtub for soaking that overlooked the famous perfo…
