The Long Journey Home Continues- Darwin to Port Douglas.
By the time we had completed our epic voyage from India to Darwin, I was so ‘over’ headwind sailing that I wasn’t even sure whether I wanted to continue cruising […]
The Long Way Home- Part 2
On May 3rd, a tropical depression had formed 600 miles northwest of Christmas Island where we were waiting for a decent weather window to continue our long passage back from […]
The Only Way Home- Part 1: India to the Maldives to Christmas Island
In early March we returned from a lovely two week break in Goa, 750 kms north from where Stars End 2 was moored in a marina just off the bustling […]
Kochi, India
We’ve been in India for one month.Whilst we were really looking forward to coming, I must say that it has far exceeded all our expectations. The diversity and richness of […]
A Passage to India
Phuket to Cochin. Sail due east from Phuket for 2 days until you pass through the Sombrero Channel between the two main Nicobar Islands. then slowly veer south west for […]
Time to move on
There were unforeseen difficulties that prevented me updating my blog, when my computer crashed and I lost all my photographs from the last year. I waited in the hope of […]
East to West, Engine problem Addressed
How many of us put off doing something, then time passes and we realize that we have let things ride too long. The guilty feelings perpetuate a sense of helplessness […]
Stars End 2 Haul Out 2018
Work on boats always take longer than you expect. Since our quote to complete the work on SE2 had been estimated by our project manager Alvin Teh, at 24 days, […]
Rendezvous with Titan
With no time schedule or commitments, Frank & I decided to check out our options for hauling ‘Stars End 2’ out of the water here in Sabah, on the north […]
Labuan to Kota Kinabalu
After departing Brunei, the rally anchored for a couple of days at a small island called Pulau Tiga off the west coast of Sabah. We were all invited ashore one […]
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