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Where am I ? > Journals >October 2003 (NEDERLANDSTALIGE VERSIE BESCHIKBAAR) |
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October 2003 - Equator Cruise
We sailed the Equator Cruise with Espiritu, a five-day sailing event, together with 12 other (sailing and power) boats. Kent Goeking, who sailed with us from Hong Kong to Singapore, joined again this time. How amazing, after what he's been suffering during the challenging Hong Kong journey:-).
Unexpectedly, a guard with a gun got dropped on our boat, by one
of the boats belonging to the Cruise organisation. What the hell
is this? We didn't order this guy! They explained us that this was
for safety reasons, a few piracy incidents have been reported recently
in this area. On commercial vessels and not on cruising boats, but
just in case...So we had the joy of having Tuk Tuk on board. He
turned out to be a very nice guy and he knew how to sail. Could
have been worse! We On our sail back to Nongsa, we had hardly any wind, so we used
our "iron sail" during most of the day. We didn't make
much speed, so we anchored one more night at our first anchor spot.
Absolutely a wonderful trip and very good for our sailing experience!! [Natascha]
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On
14th October we sailed from Singapore to Nongsa Point Marina at
Batam / Indonesia. The next day we set sail in southerly direction.
After a lovely day of sailing between the beautiful Riau Islands,
we dropped our anchor in a deserted bay, viewing a white beach.
We enjoyed the sunset, accompanied with a glass of wine......Life
is perfect!!
left early next day and after a couple of hours we passed the Equator
(see right picture, 0.00.000N). We celebrated this special occasion
accordingly with a loud blow on our horn and Stefan and Kent jumped
into the water with a cold beer. After that we sailed to our last
destination, the island Lingga. A beautiful island in the middle
of nowhere and again we anchored in a very nice bay. The barbecue
and beers at Lingga were lovely and we've met some nice Equator-sailors.
No
problem, since we were accompanied by some other (slow) boats. Together
with the crew of the other boats, we created our own party on a
big motor yacht. They had just catched a big fish, which we put
on the barbecue. The fish tasted great, again with the necessary
wine and beers.
