The Good!
The big transport ship is supposed to arrive some time this week and then a few days later the 15 boats will start being loaded. After waiting around for so long it will be rush, rush, rush! We have …
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A walk all around Male’, literally!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Hulhumale’ Anchorage, Maldives
A Walk Around Male’
Yesterday, Saturday, Randal and I went to Male’ just to go for a walk. We can only stay on the boat for so long before we eat everything in sight or nap too much. We get up…
Prices in Paradise
Randal and I went to Male yesterday to buy additional fenders for the boat and some cheese and frozen chicken.
Small frozen chicken was 1200 grams (2.6 lbs) and cheddar cheese 250 grams (1/2 lb) was 108 rufiyaa ($8.43 !!!) in one shop.…
Exploring Male
Randal and I have done a bit of exploring on Male and yesterday found the marine supply and general hardware stores. That’s his kind of shopping. Meanwhile I still can’t find a shop that sells barrettes that can hold thick, curly hair. I’ll keep looking.
Hello from the Maldives where we have Internet
Welcome to sunny, calm, no pirates in the anchorage, Male! You have no idea how nice not having to think about pirates is. Even on our passage from Cochin, though a route believed to be safe from pirates, I was looking over my shoulder during every one…
Dora Mac Arrived Safely
Ruth and I arrived safely at the Male, Maldives check in anchorage Tuesday March 15th at 7:50 AM after a calm passage.
04 10.13N
73 29.70E
PASSAGE TO MALE, MALDIVES
TIME: GMT +5.5 12:00 NOON
POSITION: 05 51.52N 074 22.77E
SOG: 6.1 KNOTS AT REDUCED RPM
COG: 203
WIND: OVER THE BOAT, 9 KNOTS OUT OF 290 DEGREES
SEAS: ONE METER
SKIES: SCATTERED CLOUDS, MOSTLY SUNNY
TEMP: 30C 86F
TO DESTINATION: 116 NM
ETA MALE 0722 TUE…
PASSAGE TO MALE, MALDIVES
TIME: GMT +5.5 12:00 NOON
POSITION: 06 08 04.11N 075 20.80E
SOG: 6.2 KNOTS AT REDUCED RPM
COG: 203
WIND: OVER THE BOAT, 10 KNOTS OUT OF 280 DEGREES
SEAS: ONE HALF METER
SKIES: SCATTERED CLOUDS, MOSTLY SUNNY
TEMP: 30C 86F
DISTANCE MADE GOOD: LAST
TO DES…
Dora Mac Departing Cochin
Ruth and I will be departing the marina here at Cochin this afternoon, Saturday the 12th, at 3:00 PM local time. At six knots this would put us in Male at 8:00 AM Tuesday the 15th.
I will start sending noon reports tomorrow. The seas are predicted to b…
While we wait for DoraMac
Hi All,
We will soon be setting off for Male in the Maldives. There we will load up DoraMac onto a transport ship. When that is done we will fly to Istanbul and await notification as to when the transport ship will arrive in Marmaris…
