2015 Nautitech Open 40 Catamaran $319,0002015 Nautitech Open 40 | 4 cabins, 2 heads, never chartered, with many upgrades. Located in Langkawi, Malaysia, out of the cyclone zone and a great place to relax on your new boat. There is a great cruiser community at Rebak Resort & Marina, hundreds … Read More
Simple O-Ring Replacement
Not a whole lot going on around here lately. Kids have been hanging out with friends, leaving Ali and I with nothing but boat projects to knock off. Mostly just cleaning and emptying. There is a free table next to the marina office and it’s gotten to the point that … Read More
Langkawi Day Out
We’ve been pretty well situated out on Rebak Island. The kids have friends they’re off with all day, and Ali and I are just plugging away on some boat projects and then spending the afternoons lounging on the beach. There really hasn’t been any reason to head across to Langkawi … Read More
Langkawi New Year
Around Rebak Island there’s a few nice hikes leading off to different beaches where there’s never anybody else around. It’s kind of a running joke that I always order entirely too much food for our family. New Year’s Eve. Syrian food in Malaysia. Delicious. The fire dancing show back at … Read More
Langkawi Christmas
Sailing up to Langkawi. As some sort of special treat, we actually got a little bit of wind to get us moving for a change. This would be our last sail on this boat, as we plan to load up our few belongings, post the boat for sale, and fly … Read More
Around Penang
Heading out for a day around Penang, we started off with a quick walk through Fort Cornwallis. Our old friends, the British East India Company built the fort in the 1700s. The cool lighthouse was built in 1882 and serves no navigational purpose. After the fort we just meandered through … Read More
Headed to Penang
Leaving the marina we had a beautiful morning filled with interesting boats. Even got a little wave from this guy. These guys raced over to cut us off and lead us around their nets just before we ran through them. They were friendly about it and didn’t seem to blame … Read More
Port Dickson
We spent a couple of days in Port Dickson. It was kind of a fun place. If there was ever a boom time for this hotel/marina it had long passed. The hotel seemed to be about 99% empty, yet they meticulously maintained a beautiful pool. We hung out there most … Read More
Melaka Birthday
We celebrated Ouest’s 15th birthday in Melaka. It was one of those birthdays where we weren’t really sure where we would be ahead of time, so it was nice that we were at least in an interesting town. The day started out with unwinding the snubber line from the anchor … Read More
The Strait of Malacca
We found the right grocery store in Puteri Harbor, topped off the diesel yet again, and set off to make our way north up the Strait of Malacca. Light headwinds and timing the currents meant all we’d be doing is motoring north. This is definitely not a sailors paradise. Don’t … Read More
Singapore
The southern outpost of Puteri Harbour, Malaysia, offers just two things, really. One, easy port clearance. The marina itself is very inexpensive, and they do all the paperwork for clearing into the country. They charge just a few dollars for this, and it saves a lot of walking around and … Read More
On to Malaysia
A 250 million year old granite rock playground. When I talk about us spending the whole day going from government office to office, this is the form we are in search of. Show up in a new country without port clearance (widely known as a zarpe), and you will almost … Read More