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10 Best Sailing Books of All Times – Ranked and Reviewed by Sailors Home 〉 Cruising Info 〉 Articles 〉 10 Best Sailing Books of All Times – Ranked and Reviewed by Sailors Why these 10 books? They’ve been tested at sea and survived the harshest critic of all: the cynicism of sailors. These 10 […]
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by Klara Braga Jakobsen Crossing the Singapore Strait On the 14th of September, we finally reached Singapore Strait. It was now time to say goodbye to Indonesia, where we had been sailing for the past year, and start our next adventure, sailing up through Malaysia’s west coast in the Malacca Strait. We left Ayerraja Island,
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Leaving Indonesia for an even stormier place After officially clearing out of Indonesia in Belitung we were not allowed to go ashore anymore. But before we would reach Malaysia, we still had to sail over 300 nautical miles of Indonesian territory and cross the Singapore Strait, through which runs the busiest shipping channel in the
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I decided to write this story for those who wish to know what it is actually like to be onboard Black Duck when she is at sea. I have written it in a way that I think will give, even those who have never sailed before, an idea of what a passage entails, from the
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22nd of March 2022, Java Sea on Passage from Komodo to Lombok, SV Black Duck Recently we had a challenging night at sea, which got me thinking hard about something I had been wondering a little about for a while: What is it about this stressful life at sea that keeps me so rapt? The
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From Sea to City is a series of short extractions from a trip I made from Lombok to Jakarta.The reason for my trip was my passport which, after 10 years of traveling, was about to expire. Riley stayed onboard Black Duck, anchored in front of a small, deserted Island in Lombok. I think he was
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The golden dome of Darussalem We were sitting at Kejol’s Kiosk on the esplanade overlooking the strait where the dark afternoon clouds were rolling in. We both felt very happy, for once again we had arrived in a place which far exceeded our expectations.There is no better way to recover from a long and difficult
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A eulogy to sailing All around us, the water sparkles like a blanket of sequins, and Flying Fish, lit in bioluminescence, scatter across the water before our bow like aquatic shooting stars. Behind our stern, we have drawn a sparkling track on the water, revealing that my steering is a little unfocused. A waxing crescent
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I just woke up with prayer songs of multiple mosques filling the air with chants and moaning.The sun has still not risen and the morning is beautifully cool, amplifying my nostalgia for home. I have put on a brew of Coffee Senang, the local grind from Sorong in west Papua, and sat down to write
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Below is a map of Sorong where I have marked all the places we found useful doing our stay here, from Immigration Office to water and food shops. Click on the icons to see details. Red is boat related and refills, blue is formalities and Green is Food. Hope it is helpful! Anchorage 00°52.906’S 131°15.189’E
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