May 12, 2011 I returned to my simple little floating world. The boat was in a reasonable state, thanks to Wendy and Rob from Aja, who kept an eye on her and opened the hatches every now and again. There was some mould and mildew, not as much as last November. This may be due to the boat being dryer than I think it ever has been before. I seem to have fixed quite a few of the deck leaks. The fore cabin was very dry.
At low tide on Friday 13 May I released the mooring lines in Telaga Harbour and headed out to the anchorage. It felt like coming home as I knew quite a few of the people out at anchor. I decided to postpone the sailing plans I had for this year until next year. I had hoped to head to the islands off Sumatra again. I have been looking through the Loony Planet guides for ideas of where to go to do some overland travel.
Maybe I’ll just head south toward Singapore, hoping it will be a little cooler and dryer.
