tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31411866650799925952024-02-21T10:03:27.688-05:00Web Log of the TORTUGUITASailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-42505603210513784512023-12-07T13:11:00.008-05:002023-12-07T20:31:12.654-05:00Parallel or Series<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></p></div><div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></p></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://sailtortuguita.blogspot.com/2023/12/parallel-or-series.html">https://sailtortuguita.blogspot.com/2023/12/parallel-or-series.html</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For a small battery bank, like 100 Amp hours (Ah), you can put four 3.2 volt, 100 Ah cells together in series to get a 12 volt 100Ah bank like shown below. If you need more capacity, you can put another bank in parallel with the first to give 12 volt 200Ah.</span></p><p></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDN1bsid0Qp3T9UUI3iQ2Wa9Eh4FSlRBFR_0YnGWTl5MOq7WksDkfI7UETKSDbcNja1f8DM9sdGHr_Iq0IYmPi20PFO_Kd5D7KN50iz-nzrVEIbarQ_jPQUCNLXb8aM4K9vHls9N9N6s0lkUG1C607ymJJpl5Gk21gXsokWhW9GqvALNrM15RoEVLqE5w/s800/daly-pack2.webp" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDN1bsid0Qp3T9UUI3iQ2Wa9Eh4FSlRBFR_0YnGWTl5MOq7WksDkfI7UETKSDbcNja1f8DM9sdGHr_Iq0IYmPi20PFO_Kd5D7KN50iz-nzrVEIbarQ_jPQUCNLXb8aM4K9vHls9N9N6s0lkUG1C607ymJJpl5Gk21gXsokWhW9GqvALNrM15RoEVLqE5w/w400-h400/daly-pack2.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>4S2P with multiple Daly BMS</b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">There are a couple of problems with this type of arrangement. Each 100Ah bank needs its own BMS so 5 banks need 5 BMS's. That gets expensive but does provide some level of redundancy. If one bank goes bad or a BMS fails, you can always pull the bad section out and you still have a workable system.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">These type of BMS's use FET transistors to shut off charging or discharging protecting the cells. In theory, if all 5 banks are perfectly equal, each bank will share the load with every other. If for example, your fridge draws 20 amps, each bank would provide 4 amps. Like any DC system in parallel, like alternators, batteries, or solar panels, there are small differences and imbalances occur.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So you may even have all 20 amps being provided from one bank with the others providing nothing. That's worst case but they never balance out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There is not a BMS that exists that would solve this problem but one could be made if it had network communication between and PWM output from each and every BMS so that they can all coordinate and output the same power. Unfortunately nobody make such a thing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The FET transistor switches of these small BMS's, like any transistor, have maximum power ratings and are destroyed by heat. I do not think it is prudent to trust the health of your boat's electrics to a possibly under-rated cheap Chinese transistor. Unbalance between the BMS outputs may very well cause a single FET maximum current rating to be exceeded sooner than expected.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">An example I saw was that a friend had his banks 'either/or'. One bank would put out all the power until it's voltage was low enough that it would then be taken over by the other bank which would then put out all the power. This would go back and forth until they needed to be recharged. Rinse, repeat.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I would think what happens on the charging mode is similar except, if a cheap Chinese FET fails to cut off the charging source, that's when you could get a fire.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">One last thing that I have seen with series is that one battery acts as a charging source for the other. The power goes back and forth between the parallel banks and some capacity gets lost as heat to the balance shunts. So if you let these sit for extended periods, you could come back to your boat with discharged batteries.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We installed a 12 volt, 1000 Ah system made up of 40 3.2v 100Ah cells. To do this as a series first parallel second system would need 10 BMS's at $150 each and have all the problems described above. The nomenclature for this would be 4S10P. That means 4 in series first and 10 of those in parallel second.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"> So, what to do? Go with Parallel first and Series second. That would be 10P4S.</span><p></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R3d2ilNQiXGzdsOfpVHmG_D09PRLcszoy1G0G291IEDSilTteh2pt-S8DAzGQs6MS-yuHQ8a1uinDRlgOSrAwJmFoDUY25BWVpS2pSKqA2bFNDRMPkIodTMWfxJndPRzg5Emi17WNPVt9jhMV-YlH7thsF-ZzHKgbD8QouNMIuliQuIB4UmVzYzPeG0/s4160/20230224_162953.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R3d2ilNQiXGzdsOfpVHmG_D09PRLcszoy1G0G291IEDSilTteh2pt-S8DAzGQs6MS-yuHQ8a1uinDRlgOSrAwJmFoDUY25BWVpS2pSKqA2bFNDRMPkIodTMWfxJndPRzg5Emi17WNPVt9jhMV-YlH7thsF-ZzHKgbD8QouNMIuliQuIB4UmVzYzPeG0/w400-h300/20230224_162953.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>These are our 40 cells as 10P4S</b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">With this configuration, you hook 10 cells together in parallel giving 3.2v 1000 Ah and then connect 4 of those groups in series which brings the voltage up to 12 volts. A big advantage of this design is that it only requires one BMS.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The good thing with Parallel first is that all the parallel cells stay balanced, they have to stay balanced because they are all connected together. Then you only have 4 series banks that need to be balanced by the BMS. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So,
the BMS is connected to each 3.2v 1000 Ah bank. Each of these banks are kept in
balance by the BMS which reads the individual bank voltages and trips the
appropriate relay for charge or discharge protection. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Since the BMS needs a very good way to shut off charging and discharging, FET transistors are a very bad choice. Relays are a much better and reliable choice. They can handle much more power and can be manually switched in an emergency. I chose the <a href="https://www.bluesea.com/products/7700/ML-RBS_Remote_Battery_Switch_with_Manual_Control_-_12V_DC_500A" target="_blank">Blue Sea ML-RBS 7700</a>. They can handle 500 Amps continuously and will handle 300 Amps while switching. I will never be able to supply or discharge that much current on our boat.<br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-36354492239069255322023-11-21T16:34:00.002-05:002023-11-21T16:35:37.677-05:00The Balancing Act<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> https://sailtortuguita.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-balancing-act.html</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's fairly easy to read the battery voltage. It is your system voltage. It can be measured just about anywhere wires run for your 12 (or 24) volt system.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="887" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszIp9HO5TUP7JNUvQBGvwQWtNE2DIDOGAavXpLUnHFbkkUEYzZRnCin121W2NsTbMq1kVZy4h4e0tVWCOZMLOOSgh4pocm3wZKsyYo0h3ghYXZwnrP0lW3ZuD_mS48JkfIb3CZA27EzMATuAMdsi4I4h76C-LtilFYDmIINVmXnofK28ieDmSVLeuxro/w400-h156/2023-10-04%2014_45_38-Microsoft%20PowerPoint%20-%20%5BPresentation1%5D.jpg" width="400" /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The battery bank on the right is a typical 12 volt Lithium parallel cell arrangement. Each cell contributes 3.2 volts for a total system voltage of 12.8 volts.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is assuming that all the cells stay at the exact same charge state ie: voltage. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguagLIm1uQtexnB1InBLEE8T67wtmwdVTcF6UMxPPLWK9mBwPi9lYcjmsY09k43tKrWdJQn0aqPHON4r2WJj2xn1nCZI_lAyD0CpDJF1YWDih1YhtlHRyjnrMdNDh9qpmQ4IoODEtzm_OcxQ5lFW1R2q40FwAK9Oby-HRuOZQHHm5i0kt9rQbb0XdFkCA/s252/images.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="252" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguagLIm1uQtexnB1InBLEE8T67wtmwdVTcF6UMxPPLWK9mBwPi9lYcjmsY09k43tKrWdJQn0aqPHON4r2WJj2xn1nCZI_lAyD0CpDJF1YWDih1YhtlHRyjnrMdNDh9qpmQ4IoODEtzm_OcxQ5lFW1R2q40FwAK9Oby-HRuOZQHHm5i0kt9rQbb0XdFkCA/w319-h253/images.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">If the charger is set to shut off at 12.8 volts (full charge) and one cell is unbalanced at .2 volts below the others, then the 3 good cells would reach 3.25 volts each and the low cell would be 3.05. That's will put the good cells further into the Knee.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">However, if an unbalanced cell is .2 volts above the others, then that cell would be at 3.35 volts when the bank is fully charged to 12.8 volts while the others have only reached 3.15 volts.</span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPrR7R6bRhSuspxzoKBF7ELN8ja3rnPPPQUWF8ZwnVCxUVUfVbQJowL-LPrgvxLIV6m_ntT8fDhKE8Tnnhrs_CT0HaW4CPNr_SRLVdd2WjDAda67vmqCS2BubTF-GvwQi3jU98MgGZ-SI3rSO8D9qyJRVQuxXjjq3uAkKJTUoMnJFfCgmMg4fulc9pKk/s629/Flying-capacitor-cell-balancing.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="411" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPrR7R6bRhSuspxzoKBF7ELN8ja3rnPPPQUWF8ZwnVCxUVUfVbQJowL-LPrgvxLIV6m_ntT8fDhKE8Tnnhrs_CT0HaW4CPNr_SRLVdd2WjDAda67vmqCS2BubTF-GvwQi3jU98MgGZ-SI3rSO8D9qyJRVQuxXjjq3uAkKJTUoMnJFfCgmMg4fulc9pKk/w261-h400/Flying-capacitor-cell-balancing.jpg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shunting Transistors for Balancing</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">In this case, the 3.35 volt cell will probably enter thermal runaway.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So not only must a BMS be able to monitor the voltage of each cell and shut off charging when any cell exceeds a certain voltage but it must be able to take some voltage from a high cell and put it into the others. This balancing can be either Passive or Active. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Passive balancing is accomplished with transistor controlled shunts which dissipate higher voltage cells into resistors. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In an Active system the BMS switches transistors which redistribute energy in the out of range cell into a capacitor which then is switched into one of the lower voltage cells.<br /></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-85PHg_dQ7hpChELapta1Hx9-CvR-Z4AP4Zzfiu0njzyAdPNGzwuc3jz4xer2viFo65AmDUByl6HbWxU6oM1fOfvX2VwNJk0NMJL86T9vkRJmtTBdI3m5emd_Yx75Pj6BahzybJPpu3JeUQtF0S8OFZYsswH06stVWFs2QSd4xMn4WdbAkjnBp7ZGl8/s1000/Centralized-BMS.webp" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="1000" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-85PHg_dQ7hpChELapta1Hx9-CvR-Z4AP4Zzfiu0njzyAdPNGzwuc3jz4xer2viFo65AmDUByl6HbWxU6oM1fOfvX2VwNJk0NMJL86T9vkRJmtTBdI3m5emd_Yx75Pj6BahzybJPpu3JeUQtF0S8OFZYsswH06stVWFs2QSd4xMn4WdbAkjnBp7ZGl8/w400-h127/Centralized-BMS.webp" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There are 2 types of BMS's. Distributed and Centralized. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk03XHysxo1qyZT9kBLzUVlEToIz7kYUSaGd1leBRo6-rpafgaVMs_YcHk5CzDis7oV8rXs5tqGj-XCdB7YlbosR2-9lCKR06oL0t1-DrYRmO81lHmzHqjQxQrJQqSk8n2CI3-WRio7q7reKwjCRb4SPjK0vk-EiqTZ6NX0HTAGGzut1LmKkB4sL8g_8g/s2660/Distributed_Regular.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1670" data-original-width="2660" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk03XHysxo1qyZT9kBLzUVlEToIz7kYUSaGd1leBRo6-rpafgaVMs_YcHk5CzDis7oV8rXs5tqGj-XCdB7YlbosR2-9lCKR06oL0t1-DrYRmO81lHmzHqjQxQrJQqSk8n2CI3-WRio7q7reKwjCRb4SPjK0vk-EiqTZ6NX0HTAGGzut1LmKkB4sL8g_8g/w400-h251/Distributed_Regular.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emus Distributed BMS<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">Centralized BMS's
have wires that run to the cells and the sensors are internal to the BMS
itself. Generally, this type of BMS will not have temperature sensors for each cell but one or two bank temp sensors.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Distributed
BMS's have their sensors mounted out on the cells in the bank and a
network connects the sensors to the BMS 'the brain'. The Distributed cell sensors will sense both voltage and temperature</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I thought a Distributed system was silly since the distance between the cells and BMS were so short it didn't seem justified for all the complexity involved.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I started out thinking the Chargery BMS was a good way to go. It was a low priced centralized system that included a display and charger.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I bought one and still have it sitting on the boat because I decided not to use it due to it's overly complex setup options. It also appears to have passive balancing. It would be easy to drain your system with a minor settings mistake and having the passive balancer shunt your cells down to zero.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I ended up choosing the <a href="https://www.rec-bms.com/battery-management-system/" target="_blank">REC Active BMS</a> for our installation. It is a very robust, weatherproof, BMS geared toward marine installations vs. Electric Cars. It is fully CANBus compatible and plays friendly with Victron hardware and displays. The biggest downside is terrible customer support. I will have more on the REC in future posts.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAPBZLZah-xsRl4outD-HDdaQCvF9ZkldY7vqS6bb1S4hn1aCttt1VcS7tYmHRBCu8Zu5mDk_qqH2YaFvEdFDEE0nh4wkDrLnKOnV7NeFwQAJ-aHpwz5htB1wPyJt2HBhGfBHU1pylwgF4zS-gUjy-HyiDKyTMY7eSI8Wb7UcePmP7pNVaAFAuRJe-fM/s930/REC-ABMS-KIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="930" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAPBZLZah-xsRl4outD-HDdaQCvF9ZkldY7vqS6bb1S4hn1aCttt1VcS7tYmHRBCu8Zu5mDk_qqH2YaFvEdFDEE0nh4wkDrLnKOnV7NeFwQAJ-aHpwz5htB1wPyJt2HBhGfBHU1pylwgF4zS-gUjy-HyiDKyTMY7eSI8Wb7UcePmP7pNVaAFAuRJe-fM/w640-h382/REC-ABMS-KIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-31479527484176936892023-10-04T11:22:00.002-04:002023-10-04T11:22:55.491-04:00BMS and the Knees<p><span style="font-size: medium;">BMS stands for Battery Management System. It provides two things, Protection and Balancing. If it doesn't do those two things, you don't want it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscWz39mDTo-aDV21yW_61tBaswfFoCvDEFTBLK92Dvp9clafniy8-9VPx3qfQEMHwmRO5dJOzdb57m3PjA93DnZmPKxh_2EbS-lk03lraWsmJFZTIfxCfAQbGe1azkps5-NJguFBetaR3UnGrtCxL2g0KbmC4kuBTWwUiGdjIjfdnX8mMOzASbuHuDNk/s602/2023-10-04%2010_58_02-Lithium%20ion%20battery%20vs%20lead%20acid%20battery%20_%20The%20Pilot%20Group%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="602" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscWz39mDTo-aDV21yW_61tBaswfFoCvDEFTBLK92Dvp9clafniy8-9VPx3qfQEMHwmRO5dJOzdb57m3PjA93DnZmPKxh_2EbS-lk03lraWsmJFZTIfxCfAQbGe1azkps5-NJguFBetaR3UnGrtCxL2g0KbmC4kuBTWwUiGdjIjfdnX8mMOzASbuHuDNk/w400-h272/2023-10-04%2010_58_02-Lithium%20ion%20battery%20vs%20lead%20acid%20battery%20_%20The%20Pilot%20Group%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Lead batteries have a linear charge/discharge profile. The percentage of charge is directly related to the voltage. 12.8 volts is fully charged, 12 volts is 50% and 10 volts is pretty much dead.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Lithium profile is quite different. You could be 90% charged at 13.3 volts and have 20% remaining at 13.1 volts. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfj_D6S8bff-bynOxOYFDcXO5ce74xJHunGbQvXb1XR2QYvXnxiTl-53oBtks4AhTdYoz-1Ug4w9C7m4aO0o_g_P8KH52DpwuaSFmn5c5_lAgBSm2rj8J3bQB2o9X4A_LRlD2Eiln8mr_78ReoDIw9p3LFcuvG8stNadUG7kBv19OXrQuR9nd6Wd5VpE/s602/2023-10-04%2010_58_02-Lithium%20ion%20battery%20vs%20lead%20acid%20battery%20_%20The%20Pilot%20Group%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="602" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfj_D6S8bff-bynOxOYFDcXO5ce74xJHunGbQvXb1XR2QYvXnxiTl-53oBtks4AhTdYoz-1Ug4w9C7m4aO0o_g_P8KH52DpwuaSFmn5c5_lAgBSm2rj8J3bQB2o9X4A_LRlD2Eiln8mr_78ReoDIw9p3LFcuvG8stNadUG7kBv19OXrQuR9nd6Wd5VpE/w400-h272/2023-10-04%2010_58_02-Lithium%20ion%20battery%20vs%20lead%20acid%20battery%20_%20The%20Pilot%20Group%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Because of such a narrow voltage range, we can't use voltage tell the charge of a Lithium battery. A device needs to keep track of how much power goes in and out and use that as the State of Charge (SOC).</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The big problems happen where the curve goes from basically flat and around the corners (The Knees) during the final stages of charge or discharge. At the Knees, a little bit of charge goes a long way with regards to the voltage. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The battery could be charging nicely at 13.3 volts and be 90% charged, It could have even taken all day to get from 13.1 volts (20% SOC) to this point. Then in a matter of minutes the voltage could go to 14 volts and Thermal Runaway a few minutes later. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The BMS is what provides protection at the Knees. A good BMS is imperative in any installation.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span></p>Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-37782281184465041572023-09-28T10:36:00.001-04:002023-09-28T10:36:43.015-04:00Lithium Battery Conversion<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our Lead-acid batteries were pretty anemic from the day we got them. After 2 years of sitting uncharged during Covid, they were essentially scrap. The plan had always been to install Lithium batteries on the next replacement cycle, which is now. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In the beginning, Lithium seemed buggy and I didn't want to be an early adopter of a completely new technology and be stuck without electricity in far remote locations. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There always seems to be a new and better technology just around the corner but how long do you wait? LiFePO4 batteries have been in use for 20 years. With all the advances and a huge amount of data from installed units, I felt the time had come to take the plunge. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Prices have come down so much that the batteries themselves are now less expensive than Lead. An expensive part of the conversion is the new infrastructure needed to manage the batteries. This includes new wiring, Battery Management, Displays, and Charging. The initial investment in infrastructure will always be of use in any future battery installation on the boat. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When starting this project, I was warned about how much misinformation was floating around the internet. There sure was, and still is. My best go-to resource was the <a href="https://nordkyndesign.com/category/marine-engineering/electrical/lithium-battery-systems/" target="_blank">Nordkyn Engineering series of articles.</a> <a href="https://svsoggypaws.com/files/articles/Are%20Lithium%20Batteries%20for%20Voyaging-OV%202021.pdf" target="_blank">Soggy Paws</a> has also done a nice how-to with top notch information. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There are numerous advantages to Lithium over Lead-acid batteries and that is uncontroversial so I will let you search for things like weight, capacity, ampacity, and longevity on your own.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A big question that always comes up is "what about fires". <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Lithium batteries have a history of fires but those batteries, like the ones in cellphones and e-bikes, are Lithium Ion, not Lithium Iron. LiFePO4 batteries and related chemistries have an extremely good safety record if installed and maintained correctly. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is important to understand that a good Lithium system is just just Plug-n-Play. However, there are many bad Plug-n-Play installations out there that are giving Lithium a bad reputation.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Below is a dramatic video showing Thermal Runaway of a GBS 12V 240Ah bank that was initially managed with an Orion BMS. This event happened one night back in March just in our boatyard in Malaysia. Fortunately they got the battery off the boat before any damage was done.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In the video, there is only one cell that went into Thermal Runaway. This was from a charging overvoltage, an electrical issue. However, it would have spread thermally to the other three cells if the bank had not been separated. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A Lithium Battery fire is essentially a chemical fire that requires no oxygen to burn and therefore can not be smothered. Normal fire extinguishers won't work since they attempt to remove oxygen from the combustion and that's not what's going on here. I think the best way to deal with a fire like this is to throw it overboard to get it cooled down.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The design of this system was solid but the owner really didn't understand the limitations of Battery Management and Cell Balancing. He treated it like a regular battery and tried to charge it with a car charger. That did not turn out well.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I have helped quite a few cruisers with their Lithium installations along with getting tours of existing systems. I tried to take the best of everything when doing my design. The next group of posts will hopefully put the practical and theory together for those following the more challenging path of a Lithium Battery conversion.</span><br /></p><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="540" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JwSTtdUZ4vU" width="650" youtube-src-id="JwSTtdUZ4vU"></iframe></div><br /></div><p></p><p><br /> <br /></p><p><br /></p><br />Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-15646266103391233272022-09-11T16:08:00.010-04:002022-09-11T18:28:30.544-04:00Feedburner Replacement<div class="separator"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </p></div><div class="separator"></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEU06AmnYMzRd68VYD8GFFX1q7E3QXfwY8NlkuuxBWk121WP_e92VJMYl4kJVVCS8Fet39xOdRHYyL_KxYrYD6exYts08MeKG86mISfVhHws_R6OSu4GKeSXdFpitC7VIo-PvJyxB8uXj6_nKHuJBNxxYzSOFXf7WEbk6-N3l_Z2krYeZ5znu7IICa/s635/2022-09-11%2017_48_33-Feedburner%20-%20Home%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="635" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEU06AmnYMzRd68VYD8GFFX1q7E3QXfwY8NlkuuxBWk121WP_e92VJMYl4kJVVCS8Fet39xOdRHYyL_KxYrYD6exYts08MeKG86mISfVhHws_R6OSu4GKeSXdFpitC7VIo-PvJyxB8uXj6_nKHuJBNxxYzSOFXf7WEbk6-N3l_Z2krYeZ5znu7IICa/s320/2022-09-11%2017_48_33-Feedburner%20-%20Home%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">No, Feedburner is not a part of the boat.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLJvtgh79-u2pGDg_MMea3EZA7ThKflDiyeIRjiHxk-84OOIXkME2A0MtGfpA4OEyzY89jC7o4EgjzKNN0T37aPplKd0n46jO0y2Raan-jglQg4nHT-tvOhx5yXKidhBFhybaEVfLkBbn8quqIETZ95AGu3eENbuouPGMJ_9qExTYUyo2qqJP5ggE/s639/2022-09-11%2014_30_01-Web%20Log%20of%20the%20TORTUGUITA%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="544" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLJvtgh79-u2pGDg_MMea3EZA7ThKflDiyeIRjiHxk-84OOIXkME2A0MtGfpA4OEyzY89jC7o4EgjzKNN0T37aPplKd0n46jO0y2Raan-jglQg4nHT-tvOhx5yXKidhBFhybaEVfLkBbn8quqIETZ95AGu3eENbuouPGMJ_9qExTYUyo2qqJP5ggE/w340-h400/2022-09-11%2014_30_01-Web%20Log%20of%20the%20TORTUGUITA%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" width="340" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Easy to Subscribe</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>I use Google Blogger for this blog. Mostly because I feel Google gives me better search coverage and it's more user friendly for the reader than Wordpress.</span></span><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">For email subscriptions, I used Feedburner, also by Google. When someone subscribes to the blog, Feedburner sends an email of the post automatically, not me. Feedburner was built-in to Blogger so it was easy for me as a beginner.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">2 years ago Google decided to stop supporting Feedburner and not allow new email subscriptions but would continue to send emails to people already subscribed.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkPoVHZZumsrsDBnR1Cu7ZTYNnx0jfDhAlVp8wZruWu8NlNlcPpaazD9qqEQBMY0C_ut4-Joo07A3YXGC-7WuMAjdNrHAlgJkF9TYrbu8cVJfxSEYOXVRBnlB4t2nDyJGZNpQoR5yoiomcgi35zEucnO7h-y30O1DW1JUQL-gOKSWxQPzhWhCCMAF/s860/2022-09-11%2014_26_18-Inbox%20-%20imap%20djdeakyne@gmail.com%20-%20Mozilla%20Thunderbird.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="860" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkPoVHZZumsrsDBnR1Cu7ZTYNnx0jfDhAlVp8wZruWu8NlNlcPpaazD9qqEQBMY0C_ut4-Joo07A3YXGC-7WuMAjdNrHAlgJkF9TYrbu8cVJfxSEYOXVRBnlB4t2nDyJGZNpQoR5yoiomcgi35zEucnO7h-y30O1DW1JUQL-gOKSWxQPzhWhCCMAF/w400-h213/2022-09-11%2014_26_18-Inbox%20-%20imap%20djdeakyne@gmail.com%20-%20Mozilla%20Thunderbird.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Easy to unsubscribe</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;">Well, I am finally getting around to finding a new feed service and have decided on "follow.it".</span><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"follow.it" is free, simple to add the code to the blog, and allows me to import subscribers from Feedburner. Does it work? The last post was my test and it seemed to go well.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">So, if you are now getting 2 different emailings of the blog, not to worry. I will be clearing out Feedburner and going full on with follow.it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">If you find yourself visiting the blog often, make your life easier and subscribe. You can unsubscribe anytime.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>π</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-37316908382235477542022-05-10T18:59:00.002-04:002022-09-13T20:49:01.043-04:00Doha, Qatar<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFFXLuNCMXKQ1wx1XcWUdvnivBv-yp1rdS0bG2vBF9ke8_sqhK0HHcVskc5_ByC6b1apumdwAhRhbhCqOzL7RCjGZb-bu8U0ATe45oNKABFqHtV-0VkHTmk446xzOlNP3v6d2lri106O4JTf3DUHsuCqAuZfXZG72HDhuL0hpi3BOFI-B4JorCXKx/s2048/20220511_104336.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFFXLuNCMXKQ1wx1XcWUdvnivBv-yp1rdS0bG2vBF9ke8_sqhK0HHcVskc5_ByC6b1apumdwAhRhbhCqOzL7RCjGZb-bu8U0ATe45oNKABFqHtV-0VkHTmk446xzOlNP3v6d2lri106O4JTf3DUHsuCqAuZfXZG72HDhuL0hpi3BOFI-B4JorCXKx/w400-h225/20220511_104336.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Continual urban renewal</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our flight to Philly from Kuala Lumpur had a 7 hour layover in Doha so we decided to make it a 3 day layover instead and explore a new place.</span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8S7ulfP0feG_wm4h_r1V1nlkRz_FekWRFzYpaJSHnBmafk6FW8FC6XMoNiPxDdlpucidm8zZu8d4GB-xknwiFVvj8J0hn1T3U8U-1xXeU4BesUeyBlYilWiHVLoVhE6W5Nfafz78JB2tZGbw6IQCOzWPnxA9bMkmDteXv-Onmb7QdM2-yAhUFBq66/s2048/20220511_152147.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8S7ulfP0feG_wm4h_r1V1nlkRz_FekWRFzYpaJSHnBmafk6FW8FC6XMoNiPxDdlpucidm8zZu8d4GB-xknwiFVvj8J0hn1T3U8U-1xXeU4BesUeyBlYilWiHVLoVhE6W5Nfafz78JB2tZGbw6IQCOzWPnxA9bMkmDteXv-Onmb7QdM2-yAhUFBq66/w400-h225/20220511_152147.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hotter than Malaysia but no humidity</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFQluT8WSw383dHWDae0b1y0lmU6GJdqoRuBiOByFlIs-uh1YN-fUHUaEUnCwXWEhrEb7Z0MCJxh4j7oCuTu5880lY2LXd_evrwsTjgmfavFUWNOrxrnX8JDVpC8EX2orhhciAdjoDpBCCELPE5aEz-XOo-5H8gup9wdQtN-iZJNVO1qjw4tKSGgl/s2048/20220511_153102.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFQluT8WSw383dHWDae0b1y0lmU6GJdqoRuBiOByFlIs-uh1YN-fUHUaEUnCwXWEhrEb7Z0MCJxh4j7oCuTu5880lY2LXd_evrwsTjgmfavFUWNOrxrnX8JDVpC8EX2orhhciAdjoDpBCCELPE5aEz-XOo-5H8gup9wdQtN-iZJNVO1qjw4tKSGgl/w400-h225/20220511_153102.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Qatar Central Bank, new pavers of course</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have never been to any Persian Gulf country so we thought why not. We did however have to get a few extra Covid tests.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The country is built with oil money. It was nothing more than a sand dune until the early 1970's. Everything is new since. It is the 2nd safest city in the world.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The FIFA World Cup is being hosted in Doha in November 2022. They have gone all out sprucing up the city. It looks like every street is being torn up and repaved with granite paver stones.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNg7OgJspJTwiXTaAKiBJ4rtj-3keh7Rby-BAyqyv7OCNQ1FWAooIU0uK1nRgTVJGFuaaimycZZEy8HWe3jitRemDHJu572WUD9aFhqCt6-uM-f99kEIeSTzxWiBFkZRaoTZLvDJqHSTGPgbp3vluXrhL4JIn8IREG50jKJxfpxPSuT987gqDYKLIz/s2048/20220510_170352.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNg7OgJspJTwiXTaAKiBJ4rtj-3keh7Rby-BAyqyv7OCNQ1FWAooIU0uK1nRgTVJGFuaaimycZZEy8HWe3jitRemDHJu572WUD9aFhqCt6-uM-f99kEIeSTzxWiBFkZRaoTZLvDJqHSTGPgbp3vluXrhL4JIn8IREG50jKJxfpxPSuT987gqDYKLIz/w360-h640/20220510_170352.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The giant thumb. A good reference point<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlZTrW9UJFwS6poYrdvbr3orhtczrZCI8gZm_fjvbrZ8CVHQsQCXwtbCuvnGBXXpNVJERz1kK_3pHZAhE7s28Q-IzrbSdvNmt0q7T_22MvGV6W9MQYzNeArHdc7eoyIzWX2z9bULDgMvZkh3q3pSdNUt7-zV5jAY2K0PMYtVEsHsw5tTseKGgSYmI/s2048/20220510_162948.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlZTrW9UJFwS6poYrdvbr3orhtczrZCI8gZm_fjvbrZ8CVHQsQCXwtbCuvnGBXXpNVJERz1kK_3pHZAhE7s28Q-IzrbSdvNmt0q7T_22MvGV6W9MQYzNeArHdc7eoyIzWX2z9bULDgMvZkh3q3pSdNUt7-zV5jAY2K0PMYtVEsHsw5tTseKGgSYmI/w640-h360/20220510_162948.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You can get lost easily</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We did alot of walking around avoiding the maze of detours, cars, and piles of pavers.</span></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The neatest place we went was the Souq Waqif marketplace. It's a couple hundred year old Bedouin market that burned down in 2003. It was rebuilt from 2006-2008 and is really quite impressive.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is about 20 acres and easy to get lost inside all the alleys, nooks, and passageways. You can get just about anything there from rabbits to falcons or spices to gold.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It seemed like 90 percent of the population was Indian. Most had emigrated for the work and education. The restaurants were good and we ate Indian food every meal except for one Lebanese dinner. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a fun 3 days but we see no reason to do it again. There are plenty of other layover cities to explore. </span><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJuCK81g-iQtzVXBZKl4xsToIZycGOQO64kzm3MKL400hJlVt9J6SS8xWInJgLgP7A6EmjU_VZ9ZOkLaOgZNR1Xzj_UJXZej5A4qphVWi_CqvcofcbMO_yDb79XwJXebEgbPq8CbWp35gzyigyUzjORvQjVOXgEoAxoRPMevJJHrho3d3IwE622OoF/s2048/20220510_163223.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJuCK81g-iQtzVXBZKl4xsToIZycGOQO64kzm3MKL400hJlVt9J6SS8xWInJgLgP7A6EmjU_VZ9ZOkLaOgZNR1Xzj_UJXZej5A4qphVWi_CqvcofcbMO_yDb79XwJXebEgbPq8CbWp35gzyigyUzjORvQjVOXgEoAxoRPMevJJHrho3d3IwE622OoF/w640-h360/20220510_163223.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neat primitive architecture<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-52497970264078545602022-05-03T10:28:00.000-04:002022-09-13T20:47:35.048-04:00The Rest of the Work<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_ZNpLNhVUQJnW7FsFt2hwl-vrYsqbdfryTidKmcKh0JHYQbwm5vY10meTSTMep3P5aGlzS2uGA5wEaY2GNTBrQCh67iKrkmXdHzao1nrTNCNbhF3ucj41xtH2MD2B-cifcZgv_0XLqY8KiIOVIwJxJMENxFtMeOBq6vXwjJ7tW2ox_AZlGeWYK3W/s3264/20220505_102304.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_ZNpLNhVUQJnW7FsFt2hwl-vrYsqbdfryTidKmcKh0JHYQbwm5vY10meTSTMep3P5aGlzS2uGA5wEaY2GNTBrQCh67iKrkmXdHzao1nrTNCNbhF3ucj41xtH2MD2B-cifcZgv_0XLqY8KiIOVIwJxJMENxFtMeOBq6vXwjJ7tW2ox_AZlGeWYK3W/w400-h300/20220505_102304.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The poor little car wasn't meant to haul this much</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately I didn't take many photos alot the work we did. </span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We started out re-bedding the stainless bits that were removed for the spray job. Wind generator masts, support bracing, life raft canister frames, life lines, bilge pump housings, vent covers, blocks, and clutches all had to be caulked and screwed securely. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We installed the swim platform (previous post) and hull rubrails. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The hulls had been sanded just after spraying the gelcoat with 120 grit. We had to now finish the sanding bot outboard hulls with 400 then 800 grit before installing the rubrails.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We had a machine shop completely redo the swim platform ladders.</span><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-17fwS3P76AKJHsjBqXpopv3AyTv2kXbS5YQNp8wl2MFI_xJURhdxgiahr5r73st0UDNn2kJrwMEAiiZVrWpoZKOpSkPy4UhYuhb2Q3q1LDCEo18tm81iNdR_F_yVpRxiyrtmgLgmaivqNa3NpPm1wcBAMFiyc_61Me0-ZuyY-8wbbv7SX0jQiPbD/s3264/20220505_102722.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-17fwS3P76AKJHsjBqXpopv3AyTv2kXbS5YQNp8wl2MFI_xJURhdxgiahr5r73st0UDNn2kJrwMEAiiZVrWpoZKOpSkPy4UhYuhb2Q3q1LDCEo18tm81iNdR_F_yVpRxiyrtmgLgmaivqNa3NpPm1wcBAMFiyc_61Me0-ZuyY-8wbbv7SX0jQiPbD/w400-h300/20220505_102722.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Weighing in at the scrap recycler<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We got rid of the dead house batteries. 660 pounds of lead went to recycler in Sitiawan. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I got $200 US in exchange. </span>The original cost was $3800 and they never were any good from day one. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We ordered 1000Ah of Lithium Batteries from China that will be installed when we get back. They weigh half as much and have double the capacity.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally, Tortuguita was wrapped and secure while we take our trip home for the summer.</span><br /><br /><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97GuAgyfONZ6DNh65RE_y4zJZz8GCkbaEW0jXBiwEhen_ZgYgwoNQHbWDRZAXYpcCi9WRCF8Rwoxh_Vpvq5JchquDUgGXXTwMKgPeTfA8eLqnIUJEeT8jc9wdWLBeWCphqVihSwb6tLwOFyiklB4phPr-2DebBLDkMXgrh7tBDwlsRfHF0Ti8ZLn_/s3264/20220508_154529.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97GuAgyfONZ6DNh65RE_y4zJZz8GCkbaEW0jXBiwEhen_ZgYgwoNQHbWDRZAXYpcCi9WRCF8Rwoxh_Vpvq5JchquDUgGXXTwMKgPeTfA8eLqnIUJEeT8jc9wdWLBeWCphqVihSwb6tLwOFyiklB4phPr-2DebBLDkMXgrh7tBDwlsRfHF0Ti8ZLn_/w640-h480/20220508_154529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All wrapped up. We're finally getting good at this.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-45288083024837568692022-04-30T17:00:00.005-04:002022-09-05T20:27:16.389-04:00Post Covid Dining<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJklNoV1rdWSTXEbiWJa_0aUYlPgh4BAVFAcxq5ACqtS1FpkyM1Tfu8PwGt4SYU9r0fHEJdAXzlmdhZUXTo5y_dFXIvjqsOcelW7lIHil4j-UzXIaA0WSx9krgZ7hxMFEnyQBKcN51t3XEPJRBG4vuaUPMsn1MDPz3ZSS9YetBSS_X97RrZvSA-dc/s3264/20220219_195551.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJklNoV1rdWSTXEbiWJa_0aUYlPgh4BAVFAcxq5ACqtS1FpkyM1Tfu8PwGt4SYU9r0fHEJdAXzlmdhZUXTo5y_dFXIvjqsOcelW7lIHil4j-UzXIaA0WSx9krgZ7hxMFEnyQBKcN51t3XEPJRBG4vuaUPMsn1MDPz3ZSS9YetBSS_X97RrZvSA-dc/w400-h300/20220219_195551.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Happy Hour onboard 'Ocean Magic'</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As Malaysia re-opened, so did the population of the marina. Folks had returned to their boats after Covid Cabin Fever and seemed much more social than before.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately, like many restaurants worldwide, there were many places that had to shut down. The same thing happened in Malaysia and some of out favorite places were out of business.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As it turned out, the giant Food Courts turned out to be our go-to places for large group dining. </span><br /></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi983Dhpmz4G9M_3ZN7V6y5ROX4b5bRgwO8Au2RVwmBivU-Wm0wliOCAomHX-ZSr3ZIugT-encgbctBakl3_5ZFtjRxWiS3NWq05Wc4XCOlu11MEMQQJZ-jCG4GzveOtVK4ppvbgEzlYcGhXqANL22e9mmX6io8VQOs3a8rcbmvQgT0P57AZzzi5MTH/s3264/20220220_185102.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi983Dhpmz4G9M_3ZN7V6y5ROX4b5bRgwO8Au2RVwmBivU-Wm0wliOCAomHX-ZSr3ZIugT-encgbctBakl3_5ZFtjRxWiS3NWq05Wc4XCOlu11MEMQQJZ-jCG4GzveOtVK4ppvbgEzlYcGhXqANL22e9mmX6io8VQOs3a8rcbmvQgT0P57AZzzi5MTH/w640-h480/20220220_185102.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Chinese (WDS) Food Court</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIWh8mm5vGEPYDUN2QoctW2AHjN_yxelBCNuWbinDSDt6JhYJARDAxLqjfua_4feBsYVvPrp1Y_YnCZjSXwOr5-Lo1C-LGtyHjbDHYYxUCnGP4Xlcay_dtIDrvMP8QXwOQ5mOjMb-Bya8ZhK5TNcC7NbU7W4pyvIwsvaxtDsDDIJmSTq1VKwa682z/s3264/20220307_194319.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIWh8mm5vGEPYDUN2QoctW2AHjN_yxelBCNuWbinDSDt6JhYJARDAxLqjfua_4feBsYVvPrp1Y_YnCZjSXwOr5-Lo1C-LGtyHjbDHYYxUCnGP4Xlcay_dtIDrvMP8QXwOQ5mOjMb-Bya8ZhK5TNcC7NbU7W4pyvIwsvaxtDsDDIJmSTq1VKwa682z/w400-h300/20220307_194319.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The 'Looking Good" Food Court</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJAwC32q2GLPALbA5hdgJNSFaES89j2zkh2OOgkeTzUDYY9wPZ12ghwA19mRQkXVUsuLkP_gi0qSgOOjANdZTXt-QSpKhNrLPhxIxYLGIHELzvUXlPiyQL31nBjqIaUUQzH7XvyKPqA1x9B61ZTmmQGqTBhgIoVIstZE5p4mGH1rkCKWvhETST1td/s3264/20220313_115354.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJAwC32q2GLPALbA5hdgJNSFaES89j2zkh2OOgkeTzUDYY9wPZ12ghwA19mRQkXVUsuLkP_gi0qSgOOjANdZTXt-QSpKhNrLPhxIxYLGIHELzvUXlPiyQL31nBjqIaUUQzH7XvyKPqA1x9B61ZTmmQGqTBhgIoVIstZE5p4mGH1rkCKWvhETST1td/w400-h300/20220313_115354.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lunch at Nipah Beach, Pangkor Island</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Home Curry House moved into the building where Vasantha Bavan was located and kept their old hours
of lunch and closed at 6PM. That pretty much rules out Home Curry for dinner but they are considering staying open until 9PM which would be great. So we really lost 2 good Indian
Restaurants. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Fortunately our good friends who own a Mom and Pop food cart in the WDS Food Court called Lodge's Indian Food Corner survived Covid.</span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XJsttaxPyq0goYXM3RlVApMFc2J5gPo6gpOIBnik9RhQrC6PawEh7yk368O6kxPJMBftHptghTgWUEEpq9eTPCO9xpR1kN9HF3qWU3xJ9vFfO7ya5l3yTI23MPAANvyg3t6_Lza-4axnNcVONMb2a0SJlfWueq9DsOckc4mrDaiOiT4GOYNzXuO3/s3264/20220419_200024.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XJsttaxPyq0goYXM3RlVApMFc2J5gPo6gpOIBnik9RhQrC6PawEh7yk368O6kxPJMBftHptghTgWUEEpq9eTPCO9xpR1kN9HF3qWU3xJ9vFfO7ya5l3yTI23MPAANvyg3t6_Lza-4axnNcVONMb2a0SJlfWueq9DsOckc4mrDaiOiT4GOYNzXuO3/w480-h640/20220419_200024.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dave's Birthday at The German Restaurant</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">Being one of the remaining Indian places, their little cart ended up tripling their business. They have lines of delivery guys from <a href="https://food.grab.com/">GrabFood</a> (similar to Uber Eats in the US) waiting to whisk their deliveries away.</span><p></p><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;">We took a rare day off and went over to Pangkor Island and ate at Nipah Beach. It was a going away lunch for our Aussie friends Peter and Denise on REVERIE who were heading over to Indonesia and downwind.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The 2 main Western Food joints, JOOKS 2 and CAPRI, were still in business mostly due to their cruiser and expat clientele.</span> <br /></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_B76m7UzIzkm7a0mlD2_k1fXvI9oYfMetv9VOuQ9J6-kxQc79UUOyi0Y_6Gl3g8TfS_yy5317wzi6nxJLRmJam5BRaGZxHXtAmrsjKYJICSOKyjyR2LeCEWeJh7CoMfiMV2TeRO5AaCuNrcSsvfIhwNJDXa_Gcu-JEAJ9Pdg6y__7hJ9od--MdZMa/s3264/20220426_203330.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_B76m7UzIzkm7a0mlD2_k1fXvI9oYfMetv9VOuQ9J6-kxQc79UUOyi0Y_6Gl3g8TfS_yy5317wzi6nxJLRmJam5BRaGZxHXtAmrsjKYJICSOKyjyR2LeCEWeJh7CoMfiMV2TeRO5AaCuNrcSsvfIhwNJDXa_Gcu-JEAJ9Pdg6y__7hJ9od--MdZMa/w400-h300/20220426_203330.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Brett's Birthday at Jooks 2</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">The best Thai food in the area is THAINESE which picked up a new, larger, and renovated corner venue due to the closure of the Malaysian joint that was there. 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</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-size: large;">There are 2 types of rubrails.<span> </span>One kind is a track with a slot that gets an
insert. The other is a track that gets a cover over it.<span> </span>The tracks are screwed to the boat. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmayVB2MVaMxJeUYE-4slvmz8WdglvjWQmq2Ka8c5r0hDmeUadHIrKfXlQ_YmUNcu_qFV-X1huqbdm2zvg8wuXuOf7w-OvjL5kvfpSifvSRWbzJtnyZJ0UljzP-CYx5TGC5bIuKBR7O7LAVhnEA12apEivxAxCe-BtNvfy5SDojZbd_ktYXIIoRJPB/s1000/RADIAL_65.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmayVB2MVaMxJeUYE-4slvmz8WdglvjWQmq2Ka8c5r0hDmeUadHIrKfXlQ_YmUNcu_qFV-X1huqbdm2zvg8wuXuOf7w-OvjL5kvfpSifvSRWbzJtnyZJ0UljzP-CYx5TGC5bIuKBR7O7LAVhnEA12apEivxAxCe-BtNvfy5SDojZbd_ktYXIIoRJPB/w400-h400/RADIAL_65.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cover style rubrail by Tessilmare</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;">Tortuguita has rubrails down the sides and around the swim
platforms.<span> </span>Both were in terrible shape
and were removed for the gelcoat spraying.<span>
</span>The rubrails that are on the sides have an aluminum track with a plastic
insert.<span> </span>The aluminum was deteriorated,
the caulk had failed and dirt and algae were living behind the insert. We
replaced these with Vetus EHARO60.
</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIbY2bglVwE_WJa1APpKHFNkFBfO9Koii14ULbPUmA5rhwr0H2faPsGXwTyRgDvWwurhUeiLbov-fq8Cm3vav4dwsypgMh7Y4bMQjVdw5Dbarxu95-tvPLtgNnQjH1w_vCqOzKrbKOuyuZYxAEO5GP1Il4AqeJStqNF2mOimOSqrxTSpEHkvflB1h/s2560/P4294857.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIbY2bglVwE_WJa1APpKHFNkFBfO9Koii14ULbPUmA5rhwr0H2faPsGXwTyRgDvWwurhUeiLbov-fq8Cm3vav4dwsypgMh7Y4bMQjVdw5Dbarxu95-tvPLtgNnQjH1w_vCqOzKrbKOuyuZYxAEO5GP1Il4AqeJStqNF2mOimOSqrxTSpEHkvflB1h/w400-h300/P4294857.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Original swim platform rubrail<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2hPkDsa9S29ZnUQ9DU7q29zVH4sOLX5GW5MYgDh1sV4MIIozPYJm9TJ7DEFnqNiTODbNVMEtDIFbjBTetQIHpC-t31VbJs-sIe_ug7UVioHck2dv6DMClA3QbqDemLk7_UcUZjHN4FRDkS5Yw--V_CQUKHhnTrLCQ4XxiwZtnRJB_yW1Ivx5_I87/s3072/IMG_20170430_140655.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="3072" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2hPkDsa9S29ZnUQ9DU7q29zVH4sOLX5GW5MYgDh1sV4MIIozPYJm9TJ7DEFnqNiTODbNVMEtDIFbjBTetQIHpC-t31VbJs-sIe_ug7UVioHck2dv6DMClA3QbqDemLk7_UcUZjHN4FRDkS5Yw--V_CQUKHhnTrLCQ4XxiwZtnRJB_yW1Ivx5_I87/w400-h226/IMG_20170430_140655.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old rubrail removed from groove<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">The swim platform rubrails were an extruded white rubber that
was screwed to the hull through a slot down the center which was then caulked
to keep water out.<span> </span>This is kind of a
hybrid design.<span> </span>These were also in
terrible condition.<span> </span>I researched all options
and unless I wanted to have 500β custom made, I could not find an easy option.</span><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><p></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkziBOOvxjiawXpui_5NbOk1Kyeesbmj9MdQIrrH97MkghGOQMrqXhK3ngo3_hsIO_TsA6HfsFF0vQVb55OJyvuKAkKycfRpKkkzRJ4udpxDzA1RwFwzdcgF3fC637TenFNBYbdrbpWVi5x8iauEUIAoFPj_PeabKyuWaGDM4vlWba0aq0V_rjhpfP/s2560/P5044865.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkziBOOvxjiawXpui_5NbOk1Kyeesbmj9MdQIrrH97MkghGOQMrqXhK3ngo3_hsIO_TsA6HfsFF0vQVb55OJyvuKAkKycfRpKkkzRJ4udpxDzA1RwFwzdcgF3fC637TenFNBYbdrbpWVi5x8iauEUIAoFPj_PeabKyuWaGDM4vlWba0aq0V_rjhpfP/w400-h300/P5044865.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">New rubrail has to fit in this groove</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The big problem finding a replacement rubrail is that it has
to fit into a recessed groove that runs around the perimeter.<span> </span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuAHenmNwtrHwJGqEEQO3xTJbS37iYaJLPo2rvemZZqRmc6O6yGC-movopeoDyEleyGvf-DxvnUoPvi8jFZt4ZQ5cLMEUY52llyHucWQGbFB6Q6n3zWxsaSIkug0f61c1uZsoKLgTlklVE4tdLhNli40PUNCLlVvQj-VDPI3rxt3T4op_fsODculO/s640/IMG_6702.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuAHenmNwtrHwJGqEEQO3xTJbS37iYaJLPo2rvemZZqRmc6O6yGC-movopeoDyEleyGvf-DxvnUoPvi8jFZt4ZQ5cLMEUY52llyHucWQGbFB6Q6n3zWxsaSIkug0f61c1uZsoKLgTlklVE4tdLhNli40PUNCLlVvQj-VDPI3rxt3T4op_fsODculO/w400-h300/IMG_6702.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rubrail on LUNA. RADIAL 30</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Lou on LUNA turned me on to the Tessilmare
RADIAL rubrail but the one he used was a little smallish looking (30mm) but it
did mount inside the groove easily.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr64jZ0_vhNkFTtLwMIrl-qjGWfEiwkz0_TTNNY9XbGKSlUsflSX6F7OBcbsFkxjy52g9SUkBK42suV-0uhBrGWACcd9TuMzR67iB98IPhDAQncmXKBDX_4PzQqqIf0CZ1lw7zO7uZVrSmt-idRQqZMt4buBk0HvhEKx6Po_6LJM-EwD9okKFAqMjB/s4160/20220326_105905.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr64jZ0_vhNkFTtLwMIrl-qjGWfEiwkz0_TTNNY9XbGKSlUsflSX6F7OBcbsFkxjy52g9SUkBK42suV-0uhBrGWACcd9TuMzR67iB98IPhDAQncmXKBDX_4PzQqqIf0CZ1lw7zO7uZVrSmt-idRQqZMt4buBk0HvhEKx6Po_6LJM-EwD9okKFAqMjB/w400-h300/20220326_105905.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mounting and thermoforming the track</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Well, of course I wanted bigger and didnβt care how hard it
was to install so, I bought a sample of the Tessilmare RADIAL 60mm and came up with a plan, sort
of.<span> </span>Nothing ever goes as planned.</span><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2IfKaNuLnzBsLlJLrlfWx4ixkPIxTUpACeewbnuJZ4rpjli6d6BSOyPpGpFjoY0TyHo-6bcF2zwk-kC7X2pYUrPrd5AknRq_vxo84WIaGv7-gfHq7afHVJXEfgZZJN0ejCxkteVV_HEKd7jh9frXL5nFKWh_DoiGVLc27J_cXWrGh2-oTxv40YYv/s3264/20220330_092224(0).jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2IfKaNuLnzBsLlJLrlfWx4ixkPIxTUpACeewbnuJZ4rpjli6d6BSOyPpGpFjoY0TyHo-6bcF2zwk-kC7X2pYUrPrd5AknRq_vxo84WIaGv7-gfHq7afHVJXEfgZZJN0ejCxkteVV_HEKd7jh9frXL5nFKWh_DoiGVLc27J_cXWrGh2-oTxv40YYv/w480-h640/20220330_092224(0).jpg" width="480" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span>Bend the cover to get it on the track</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>The rubrail mounts on a track by bending the cover and
feeding it onto the track.<span> </span>Itβs a neat
design and there are many videos on youtube of installations on flat surfaces.<span> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The problem with installing it into a groove
is that the cover spreads out when bending which keeps it from fitting onto the
frame.</span><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZHHQ3UaWF3yli0eeK3wJrNsAt8pWi7byUF2gB3Pb0Epv_EBp9BTVdxQahNpL-ovClWUgFdAlpJEqmxzh1YdzmiSPGtV00t0-iAusewB63kDDvDPobmfLPkmXvJ4NpwZpI5edMdghxkJeqaROyKq9gsa30Fg0iGw8Q-9c7okhZtKoZ3nDZUXjjCq2/s3264/20220330_100211.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZHHQ3UaWF3yli0eeK3wJrNsAt8pWi7byUF2gB3Pb0Epv_EBp9BTVdxQahNpL-ovClWUgFdAlpJEqmxzh1YdzmiSPGtV00t0-iAusewB63kDDvDPobmfLPkmXvJ4NpwZpI5edMdghxkJeqaROyKq9gsa30Fg0iGw8Q-9c7okhZtKoZ3nDZUXjjCq2/w480-h640/20220330_100211.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount and trim the cover<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The first part was to mount and screw the track to the
groove so that the cover would fill the groove as much as possible.<span> </span>I actually installed the rubrail upside-down
so that the long edge runs around the upper corner of the swim platform to hide
the gap at the top.<span> </span>The track had to be
thermoformed with a heat gun and screwed in place so that the finished product
wouldnβt have gaps.</span><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4tno_6gOcony6jtNnAK8yyeq79gPDOxO96sgFExavRl5R_Wh-R4Swv6XwfDBbFTllKiPbkLjSGo0Vfs9WHmvop9QQMM4VZDzPzCfBiz_OxNWHN0O7gokaxOLlrXEKKusH_G94xAe-8dw3fvojyb-4DTYxqifkOWE01vfsZEYegXLYssuQmSpr7J2/s3264/20220401_134115.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4tno_6gOcony6jtNnAK8yyeq79gPDOxO96sgFExavRl5R_Wh-R4Swv6XwfDBbFTllKiPbkLjSGo0Vfs9WHmvop9QQMM4VZDzPzCfBiz_OxNWHN0O7gokaxOLlrXEKKusH_G94xAe-8dw3fvojyb-4DTYxqifkOWE01vfsZEYegXLYssuQmSpr7J2/w480-h640/20220401_134115.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hold the bottom in the groove and pull the top back to access the screw</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now the fun part was to remove the track and mount the cover
on it.<span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then the assembled unit had to be
caulked and screwed into the prior drilled holes.<span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Some thermoforming was needed on the cover
around the compound corners.</span></p><p></p><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">After the caulk dried, the edges were taped and caulked.</span></p><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Each hull took 8 long days to complete with the only real
unexpected issue was that the track, being black plastic, expanded 6mm in the
heat of the day.<span> </span>This really caused
problems getting the screws back in the correct place during the final
remounting.<span> </span>Nobody said it would be
easy.<span> </span>Especially me.</span><p></p>
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<p></p>Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-7599552583086825652022-02-23T20:11:00.022-05:002022-05-30T11:04:08.615-04:002 Year Covid Boat Storage<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwo2lgtUWTR6LM_rwZ0qkms02WyTThTDKIW6DmIn5AENjJnizXcuTdkZqC72JTzN52UiwxvLUJuifdWoc7-EHXj1rTDti2Z0tqIcCOvGRklneQ4XhTM9fjJsMfBeMRYkNsoImybPkosROU4t_R2FY_bh3biMgFtiM82pY1bYIRL39CaUJmOvd9Pk1/s4160/20220219_101921.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwo2lgtUWTR6LM_rwZ0qkms02WyTThTDKIW6DmIn5AENjJnizXcuTdkZqC72JTzN52UiwxvLUJuifdWoc7-EHXj1rTDti2Z0tqIcCOvGRklneQ4XhTM9fjJsMfBeMRYkNsoImybPkosROU4t_R2FY_bh3biMgFtiM82pY1bYIRL39CaUJmOvd9Pk1/w400-h300/20220219_101921.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shredded sunshade and broken timber<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>We were back in the US for almost 2 years during Covid, Tortuguita stayed in Malaysia, covered by sunshade exposed to the elements.<p></p><p>We had no idea what to expect when we returned. </p><p>I had built a timber frame on the deck to hold the sunshade. Would that still be intact? Would the sunshade be torn to shreds?</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQQxAj_jlBw72rBixL5WS61RLie_VrM1ZeSUXuF1NV13SK-MrPgduUiA-LYMK0KAgEozQbefwS7mOPJNCLoewc1xMs2dNQQR8Z_X1OVyPfGtNc_QKNcGisfEQYdTOxva-Sv1N5EdpbNwVFXobcpKUhy5AKeE_odZ_ur6fPVkjUNIdiBwt64TQ0jzo/s4160/20220219_102028.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQQxAj_jlBw72rBixL5WS61RLie_VrM1ZeSUXuF1NV13SK-MrPgduUiA-LYMK0KAgEozQbefwS7mOPJNCLoewc1xMs2dNQQR8Z_X1OVyPfGtNc_QKNcGisfEQYdTOxva-Sv1N5EdpbNwVFXobcpKUhy5AKeE_odZ_ur6fPVkjUNIdiBwt64TQ0jzo/w400-h300/20220219_102028.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broken timbers at the bow<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Would the sunshade be dragging on the ground and make it easier for rodents to infest the boat?<p></p><p>Would there be ants and termites that found there way onboard?</p><p>Would monkeys be living aboard? <br /></p><p>Worst of all, was rain leaking inside that would allow mold to grow all over?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, after 2 years, it really wasn't so bad. Considering....</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qZajE29pW1hu4Q2yP6ubpcbC_Ch0rkoQHAvP0kSYW2v5ZqhrwyYPrqFdBoiHk3q2PeM-0FYFhH6JgiTysU9PvAgV78XsOc0LXDU-bvwSgvuajDwg25GvU1rrAghQXTHynOV6j3PnWEo4qPFdVAmvct0LsoIQ9E6evfCcS-mPwJqtjFoDdEly0PcQ/s4160/20220219_105042.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qZajE29pW1hu4Q2yP6ubpcbC_Ch0rkoQHAvP0kSYW2v5ZqhrwyYPrqFdBoiHk3q2PeM-0FYFhH6JgiTysU9PvAgV78XsOc0LXDU-bvwSgvuajDwg25GvU1rrAghQXTHynOV6j3PnWEo4qPFdVAmvct0LsoIQ9E6evfCcS-mPwJqtjFoDdEly0PcQ/w400-h300/20220219_105042.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green slime everywhere<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p>Yes, the sunshade was shredded in places but not dragging on the ground.</p><p>The timbers had rotted or cracked from the high winds but the loose pieces did not cause any chaffing damage.</p><p>There were no insects nor rodents living onboard.</p><p>There were a few minor leaks but no mold.</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wkU59_3vIGNeXAJs9T_aIum_dsNvmWqPRcFxG5dPx_IVYA9x30tjuI7llS6TnQkByYUHa-3CruvTrO11lVEJtcR2QMbKVLAorEoHTgFzz81SrNoJdxFqZJX2UG3ZfGlROnlfnx3idXO40NmxpJhjHOeQeuZyagR6NB7ElFrYO80vDRCqS8LY1GjJ/s4160/20220219_102259.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wkU59_3vIGNeXAJs9T_aIum_dsNvmWqPRcFxG5dPx_IVYA9x30tjuI7llS6TnQkByYUHa-3CruvTrO11lVEJtcR2QMbKVLAorEoHTgFzz81SrNoJdxFqZJX2UG3ZfGlROnlfnx3idXO40NmxpJhjHOeQeuZyagR6NB7ElFrYO80vDRCqS8LY1GjJ/w400-h300/20220219_102259.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Safe in the garage?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The dinghy had been chewed by some boatyard dog but it still held air. <br /><p></p><p>The only mold was on the decks and was the green slime type that grows everywhere in Malaysia. A little Clorox and pressure washing takes care of it.</p><p>The Volvo was parked under the boat well protected. The tires were kind of flat and the cover was dry rotted but it could have been worse.</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiR9ItSVawWFr-DEUzxT_Khj85uL2cAAqQdDKGMgqTUe53TDKxz1Zze-M_2Z9lUKe6H-dxRz8LLmJfbXjd0zK85auqhJfGqfFxwPmjuoLzZTzfhXs2VU35uxsIWyXwuZUFrJ_8DqxuwL6KNNiMCXoXyXiWoFbKcWVwSxgtFeqx8GohhMZS_ry13TAt/s3264/20220219_110930.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiR9ItSVawWFr-DEUzxT_Khj85uL2cAAqQdDKGMgqTUe53TDKxz1Zze-M_2Z9lUKe6H-dxRz8LLmJfbXjd0zK85auqhJfGqfFxwPmjuoLzZTzfhXs2VU35uxsIWyXwuZUFrJ_8DqxuwL6KNNiMCXoXyXiWoFbKcWVwSxgtFeqx8GohhMZS_ry13TAt/w400-h300/20220219_110930.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>A real Rats Nest<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Then again, it was worse as we began poking around. Rats had been living in the car. Don't know how they got in or how long they were there but it was not a pretty sight or smell.<p></p><p>If something had to be trashed, it might as well have been the car. It doesn't owe us anything and I would much rather have a two thousand dollar car destroyed instead of a quarter million dollar yacht.</p><p>A worthwhile trade.<br /></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0c51vLkEyh24mB9LXHSLlWMjXdTKgNFklsWoNIrDou6m1d0mGQmWgDaK6DeC3TshJjDN8W1xoq_Izecil061JQZbxx_MN3MpzAr4Foi8Lee_-8KiUn0IFF3JcesikyTxpB1hi8UPMV3cL9A8sd88MwusnBr-t612_EI5uZCBFVKonNXsDm3DFNicA/s3264/20220429_125725.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0c51vLkEyh24mB9LXHSLlWMjXdTKgNFklsWoNIrDou6m1d0mGQmWgDaK6DeC3TshJjDN8W1xoq_Izecil061JQZbxx_MN3MpzAr4Foi8Lee_-8KiUn0IFF3JcesikyTxpB1hi8UPMV3cL9A8sd88MwusnBr-t612_EI5uZCBFVKonNXsDm3DFNicA/w400-h300/20220429_125725.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wire Insulation must taste good<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52NShyxV5KLsWyr0VYWYFDlK6ow-qEOxE12tbjx-GfJqc1uw22MnsYKKqrjs_G5t34UwVuhO_bX6pYI0GQeiQtD53nViEWIInpG84m-e2v8Dt0Whx_-o-ek6IZGY5ujkJK1CqC6gGPhH1McbSXg3UFjv2-X82QVS8spBxrm-6aavZNlz2cY_q4KsC/s4160/20220221_115123.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><br /><p><br /><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br />Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-26865638017478919172022-02-20T20:10:00.001-05:002022-05-28T19:42:21.942-04:00SkyCab and SkyBridge<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdfzzJJoeonoTGhBbFMCsaY0ceBaZG0r91FE0dPkQj9A0f4PPZK9L-FwQCjjvBMz81kKK82yj6iEZdkrCgqIQlyCLntmMZgFOrl8ISFjtYh_kQzrviPD-OxtZ_nT0gbA_gAhmLc-yigyKN6ESFpVO3FkrLyzVVXFT-qUxLEV_fb_C_WUxfduj0hy_/s4160/20220214_115243.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdfzzJJoeonoTGhBbFMCsaY0ceBaZG0r91FE0dPkQj9A0f4PPZK9L-FwQCjjvBMz81kKK82yj6iEZdkrCgqIQlyCLntmMZgFOrl8ISFjtYh_kQzrviPD-OxtZ_nT0gbA_gAhmLc-yigyKN6ESFpVO3FkrLyzVVXFT-qUxLEV_fb_C_WUxfduj0hy_/w400-h300/20220214_115243.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Yes, we are being tourists. Just like getting selfies with the <a href="https://www.discoverballina.com.au/visit/big-prawn" target="_blank">Giant Prawn</a>, <a href="https://www.queensland.com/au/en/things-to-do/attractions/p-56b2648baeeeaaf773cf78cb-big-mango" target="_blank">Giant Mango</a>, <a href="https://bigbanana.com/" target="_blank">Giant Banana,</a> and <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/big-avocado" target="_blank">Giant Avocado</a> in Australia, we had to do the
Giant Cable Car and Giant Bridge.<p></p></div><p><br /><br /> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscFQLZiGUs4hR0At8S-T4O0emLWDZdNIW7ClESVIy0R9FKNDkm2FZEgClilADueUj3qlVUHgJK35bK5pXfF0bLroJJ7YwDFNSoZm6zPVLSuyfR2SYqTXi-dFr-H6FjOFkZTEu2dEu1dwuiPClHsgi6TJpyp-CXdKM9VQqjscVboDzYbpIEcgOFkOz/s4160/20220214_122622.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscFQLZiGUs4hR0At8S-T4O0emLWDZdNIW7ClESVIy0R9FKNDkm2FZEgClilADueUj3qlVUHgJK35bK5pXfF0bLroJJ7YwDFNSoZm6zPVLSuyfR2SYqTXi-dFr-H6FjOFkZTEu2dEu1dwuiPClHsgi6TJpyp-CXdKM9VQqjscVboDzYbpIEcgOFkOz/w400-h300/20220214_122622.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The <a href="https://panoramalangkawi.com/skycab/" target="_blank">SkyCab</a> is the world's Free Span, Single Rope Cable Car. <p></p><p>At the top of the mountain is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langkawi_Sky_Bridge" target="_blank">SkyBridge</a>. It is the longest Curved Single Column Cable-Stayed Suspension Bridge in the world. It is 125 meters long and sits on a mountaintop 660 meters high. It has glass panels in the deck and can only be reached by the SkyCab.</p><p><br /> </p><p>The view really is incredible.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkraPudrVwoH2QGJEQPBFxFkYk2K97XKkocuThCpo_ir1JcV_o3jABwDIG88Jw9Oswi2K9qGLGMY5-hnaPsrHpem4f6SkmtjJissjLtWRohSEOGedOtabr3t2bkaxzEqT6eUp6_5aU0Yz1DrsY9lkgMBVzfSrWtCWJfLb4Vac_ZmIZD55Orrjxy12G/s8448/20220214_120102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="8448" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkraPudrVwoH2QGJEQPBFxFkYk2K97XKkocuThCpo_ir1JcV_o3jABwDIG88Jw9Oswi2K9qGLGMY5-hnaPsrHpem4f6SkmtjJissjLtWRohSEOGedOtabr3t2bkaxzEqT6eUp6_5aU0Yz1DrsY9lkgMBVzfSrWtCWJfLb4Vac_ZmIZD55Orrjxy12G/w640-h130/20220214_120102.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>And just like the Giant Prawn, we'll do anything once.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-55038439326795359612022-02-19T16:51:00.067-05:002022-05-25T18:47:56.627-04:00The Island Tour<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <img alt="" class="mw-mmv-final-image png mw-mmv-dialog-is-open" crossorigin="anonymous" height="414" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/LangkawiMap.png" width="640" /></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmNM044n8cIN-x76V9PNMfA0qR38QBUJGz84dAcshdxqoz7e1drQugHojF6JMbR9pI1WQx_D7U9HM1-tbG4_oJrQgCveb9ko5rWF4HVaPg2o25R433Ykiky7kErah0qEz9YybDd9xZSmXPPkyU_adaV80EJhPfrKB--qFDqDNUf_JFR4eJJip-Jep/s4160/20220213_132415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmNM044n8cIN-x76V9PNMfA0qR38QBUJGz84dAcshdxqoz7e1drQugHojF6JMbR9pI1WQx_D7U9HM1-tbG4_oJrQgCveb9ko5rWF4HVaPg2o25R433Ykiky7kErah0qEz9YybDd9xZSmXPPkyU_adaV80EJhPfrKB--qFDqDNUf_JFR4eJJip-Jep/s320/20220213_132415.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monkeys in our hotel Pool<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We spent the first few days recovering from the flights and
doing administrative things like getting a SIM card and shopping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We had the full run of the island with no restrictions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was much different than any other
quarantine or COVID lockdown that we have experienced before.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GSoup79vXUmr4kNX4xkeN0FBObJomM3yT4DTnhQO43o_6Efi0dErhO4Sb3ICoILUcAa8aiornfXRqgS-Kz1d_6Z4CNCE-24uuCR6JoTDuwMVp2G3ZUx6Ppx_jfcvaLJAuhsLiCWxGtvzAMCseqkEBxoVU7FRc6ZPfsBqJ1mb6xFoRCLdtN_9sf5M/s4160/20220214_101142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GSoup79vXUmr4kNX4xkeN0FBObJomM3yT4DTnhQO43o_6Efi0dErhO4Sb3ICoILUcAa8aiornfXRqgS-Kz1d_6Z4CNCE-24uuCR6JoTDuwMVp2G3ZUx6Ppx_jfcvaLJAuhsLiCWxGtvzAMCseqkEBxoVU7FRc6ZPfsBqJ1mb6xFoRCLdtN_9sf5M/s320/20220214_101142.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a break<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolQV0eBKLnEkgZI8VH-o64tqajg-vw9ho5Vog3JRVqs2GXJ6fHzGRliuI5mJlNcOGF_jz5NV_7jfAAoYKFWH82yTTsZ85XgFHcxHyIa0wRre146QuowwHEFvYqerp5L7Q3ToluUmqLg4MJ5MotrMwXTaObAyGac1ktqUMJBKAtGuiXBzIiK3shNps/s4160/20220214_105814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolQV0eBKLnEkgZI8VH-o64tqajg-vw9ho5Vog3JRVqs2GXJ6fHzGRliuI5mJlNcOGF_jz5NV_7jfAAoYKFWH82yTTsZ85XgFHcxHyIa0wRre146QuowwHEFvYqerp5L7Q3ToluUmqLg4MJ5MotrMwXTaObAyGac1ktqUMJBKAtGuiXBzIiK3shNps/s320/20220214_105814.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great idea<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwUcAyHA6F4QCS4yctjhXJICoVB_XzI4SnrMY8bHNMO7BtOhYGkL5BWTaytJ5qWJX1k1o2PWeBjX8hD90rKWBbk7gexr0WT8v-Cm_rd01gyOSkx3uwq0vrzqAFlPaSVtQDV2fpEuCySFXQ0zlI8GPJpm76iB4bycW4UymohshRfuMgTsZpft14jLg/s4160/20220214_101359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwUcAyHA6F4QCS4yctjhXJICoVB_XzI4SnrMY8bHNMO7BtOhYGkL5BWTaytJ5qWJX1k1o2PWeBjX8hD90rKWBbk7gexr0WT8v-Cm_rd01gyOSkx3uwq0vrzqAFlPaSVtQDV2fpEuCySFXQ0zlI8GPJpm76iB4bycW4UymohshRfuMgTsZpft14jLg/s320/20220214_101359.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9UHo61-DslpEmpeJW0QaEu6fiPuo3n6rwhP8tqjzFpM8eqvtuRWRWMAMNVaItDsU-Z_vO5wdlUfOk5Yq8yEOrIRPqsGB_AYsOTdnMDWijKAPSP0p_0gZEYfF7HC9tWLB_fqx0n2Iw-AjkaYWk9SLgIH6uO3tmARbPrEFF_4DeUD2ZN9oZF1oebbX/s4160/20220214_110024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9UHo61-DslpEmpeJW0QaEu6fiPuo3n6rwhP8tqjzFpM8eqvtuRWRWMAMNVaItDsU-Z_vO5wdlUfOk5Yq8yEOrIRPqsGB_AYsOTdnMDWijKAPSP0p_0gZEYfF7HC9tWLB_fqx0n2Iw-AjkaYWk9SLgIH6uO3tmARbPrEFF_4DeUD2ZN9oZF1oebbX/s320/20220214_110024.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thailand in the distance<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQCNZhhjVQHoB-ipTjStGAAliA9oUaCNN68scE_Cj0NItWrmfIIAqMy6WANXY3lHTOmjCkDLED689MMXu-duDQfyCVnPci4MyoVqRLScIIR8HYduJNMxXwdINR5pgy1dhJE-pUviuq-q-gW_KeVHX3RLuUFbLp59EEg2HQ8asV6deOJYGpRG8Vm9w/s3264/20220211_160332.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQCNZhhjVQHoB-ipTjStGAAliA9oUaCNN68scE_Cj0NItWrmfIIAqMy6WANXY3lHTOmjCkDLED689MMXu-duDQfyCVnPci4MyoVqRLScIIR8HYduJNMxXwdINR5pgy1dhJE-pUviuq-q-gW_KeVHX3RLuUFbLp59EEg2HQ8asV6deOJYGpRG8Vm9w/w400-h300/20220211_160332.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Excellent Thai Restaurant at the Hotel<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>We met up with quite a few other cruisers who were doing the
same Bubble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some we knew, some we didnβt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all were heading to Pangkor Marina Island like we were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would all meet
up for Happy Hours and Dinner at one of the Hotel Restaurants.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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circumnavigation of the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The drive
without stops would take about 4 hours.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our first stop was the βLucky Templeβ because, why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luck is good, right?</p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJeukPLTPWc-jizU2AXthe_-hgyrEszQw7F9wkV1xFoqWFjNXXPLXNMBVJtkMr3P5U_-9DiqraUQEj8m3SGxxSw11c09HsJ9jcSbkm_suxHv8bHoo8qh7wWZnGF3dN8a-QhPFnrRV-TRvU0VzERyKRnFCsliuXLUkXy-VoiK-M-AUQbUSVPiu-V_Sg/s1600/Screenshot_20220214-064117_MySejahtera(1).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJeukPLTPWc-jizU2AXthe_-hgyrEszQw7F9wkV1xFoqWFjNXXPLXNMBVJtkMr3P5U_-9DiqraUQEj8m3SGxxSw11c09HsJ9jcSbkm_suxHv8bHoo8qh7wWZnGF3dN8a-QhPFnrRV-TRvU0VzERyKRnFCsliuXLUkXy-VoiK-M-AUQbUSVPiu-V_Sg/w288-h640/Screenshot_20220214-064117_MySejahtera(1).jpg" width="288" /></a></div>Everyone in Malaysia is required have or be covered by a COVID App for Tracing and Tracking. <br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sejahtera means βSafeβ and βProsperousβ in English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The My Sejahtera App is a combination of two
COVID Apps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY4wyyve0DPDwvXduWglRuTJ5xxGkUniCM-m_a_YHGGgvZPttjKQgRdtPh-XiVPvgY3AShqBf2Se0SXjecQnRgzSErqhBI-9IRtSqCoygrFennDe1u2YS3serHO2MET5taz7Fb9-CABYvw4j705SZ_kWaPNNLf7Tf6Pa9iqoY24ICb5abMk7XdO4x/s3264/20220211_100156.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY4wyyve0DPDwvXduWglRuTJ5xxGkUniCM-m_a_YHGGgvZPttjKQgRdtPh-XiVPvgY3AShqBf2Se0SXjecQnRgzSErqhBI-9IRtSqCoygrFennDe1u2YS3serHO2MET5taz7Fb9-CABYvw4j705SZ_kWaPNNLf7Tf6Pa9iqoY24ICb5abMk7XdO4x/s320/20220211_100156.jpg" width="240" /> </a></td><td style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our Status while under Quarantine</span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>MyTrace Malaysia is a Bluetooth scanner that looks to be an
outgrowth of the Open-Source Blue Trace project initially developed by Singapore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">It anonymously tracks all other MyTrace
enabled phones for distance and duration of contact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It notifies you if you have come in contact
with a COVID infected person.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqhEFSx0H3VUFe6njftLnx-yquP-pxHZBl4ySu-g9fXSJCgEkA1tQ425a7G_JUCnTm2tg9TydBQUMBYJuiMxqup8BNtNV7j20aDIYvIAQwCB142QbiFC5XYMvLq3qroKTq3uA8x-l1R3q0a_Vflt285IfkSqFEdOZp2rZR3XGrNeLwB-ldP9Gh8LT/s3264/20220215_143722.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqhEFSx0H3VUFe6njftLnx-yquP-pxHZBl4ySu-g9fXSJCgEkA1tQ425a7G_JUCnTm2tg9TydBQUMBYJuiMxqup8BNtNV7j20aDIYvIAQwCB142QbiFC5XYMvLq3qroKTq3uA8x-l1R3q0a_Vflt285IfkSqFEdOZp2rZR3XGrNeLwB-ldP9Gh8LT/s320/20220215_143722.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Typical QR Poster at businesses</span><span> </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The other App, My Sejahtera, is a QR scanner and logger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All businesses have a QR poster at their
entrance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You scan the QR and it is
logged to your phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The data is only
kept on your phone but if you get COVID, the health officials will download the
time specific log and use it for contact tracing.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6B2Ir2Z_FQ6iafnmRnvgm0a0BwlhkfD9Alh_C4IqbQf-IStTVAxvixycF5CPccFyvePjozT6cCL-vb2L95CBiY4V9-TSv1ESv2-DfIMD5afKIEOL8oGHCvFh9z0HwA0A5rw-piTRP72n0D2euZ5bbK8uJsIDz0YUz3MV0unCyGv417wt9fOisMdjn/s3264/20220214_063217(1).jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6B2Ir2Z_FQ6iafnmRnvgm0a0BwlhkfD9Alh_C4IqbQf-IStTVAxvixycF5CPccFyvePjozT6cCL-vb2L95CBiY4V9-TSv1ESv2-DfIMD5afKIEOL8oGHCvFh9z0HwA0A5rw-piTRP72n0D2euZ5bbK8uJsIDz0YUz3MV0unCyGv417wt9fOisMdjn/s320/20220214_063217(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Self Test Results to be uploaded<span> </span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You can also upload COVID test results and vaccinations using the app. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Since almost everything is handled by the individual cellphone, no information is sent to a central server unless you end up with COVID. In that case, the health department accesses the data and encrypted notifications are sent out to other My Sejahtera equipped phones.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The app seems to be pretty good. It works whether you have a data connection or not. The only downside is that there may be a queue for Checking-in if you go to a busy place.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I know Americans that would freak out about having to use an app like this because of freedom or some such thing but they sure don't mind letting google track their every search.</p><p class="MsoNormal">These types of things save lives and we don't mind doing our part.<br /></p>
<p> </p>Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-89774197109513444342022-02-17T22:34:00.053-05:002022-04-23T18:33:53.560-04:00Vacation In βThe Bubbleβ<p></p><p> </p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHn8RmlxrckOCBNeKaBKNy1Ff9-6zJ9Fy5-eb-vCIkPRV6tYACRT6WdaRu9gK4ieLIHTfuQ2uUqWfmVpu5a08inK9zZ0QcuM0HwpXQvr_8vkIitZ6d1aXTvT-6bZvQH8cGP4K8moaCGoCfpIj_yAPoLxu5a8P2JCny8_tjBwQkLXFcfLV6TjJNa_j/s4160/20220211_021915.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHn8RmlxrckOCBNeKaBKNy1Ff9-6zJ9Fy5-eb-vCIkPRV6tYACRT6WdaRu9gK4ieLIHTfuQ2uUqWfmVpu5a08inK9zZ0QcuM0HwpXQvr_8vkIitZ6d1aXTvT-6bZvQH8cGP4K8moaCGoCfpIj_yAPoLxu5a8P2JCny8_tjBwQkLXFcfLV6TjJNa_j/s320/20220211_021915.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bubble Bracelet<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>We booked our flight on Qatar Airways from PHL-DOH-KUL-LGK
and have a return from KUL-DOH and DOH-PHL with a 3 day layover to explore
Doha.<br /></p><p>We were given these fancy bracelets that let us get in special lines for Immigration , domestic connections, and testing. </p><p>We had a PCR test that was done in an hour, not days, during the turnaround in KL and made the
connection for the flight to Langkawi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br /><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhrwyjNSejO8lwW95JCcLcy07kz21mAy9X09FFVgucrHj_hKpTNBFwRPThFH9Ll3gFk4oDCMLa5a8Yw6H-ov-4_AzDaKoZQzIhxcplt3gnXcoDFLLz_EDZOnJmMjmyz_UdeMX6ziHtPuV-Y-hSk-A0X3WTf2QrM4xUiHV2EzbK4PuqSzUb4clyprP/s4160/20220211_011413.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhrwyjNSejO8lwW95JCcLcy07kz21mAy9X09FFVgucrHj_hKpTNBFwRPThFH9Ll3gFk4oDCMLa5a8Yw6H-ov-4_AzDaKoZQzIhxcplt3gnXcoDFLLz_EDZOnJmMjmyz_UdeMX6ziHtPuV-Y-hSk-A0X3WTf2QrM4xUiHV2EzbK4PuqSzUb4clyprP/w400-h300/20220211_011413.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Upon arrival, we
were picked up by the tour company and taken to the <a href="https://www.langkawiyachtclub.com/">Royal Langkawi Yacht Club
Hotel</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9caMedzQCX4X184qg6JXZLqYW8TVhghKz4xCxn-CDD-uYwrHoQWspOtkCbEpYF4vSFq5um9HmLR0P76crOWAmuNFs5AJp0rL_NzcM7EMnexkscPnjcxRkKrs22zmvr5tcO_yp_NwBlwQPcIu6iDIMFyak734rhDEXMvozN8i-yhvDgKEAxCmxMij-/s4160/20220211_012602.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9caMedzQCX4X184qg6JXZLqYW8TVhghKz4xCxn-CDD-uYwrHoQWspOtkCbEpYF4vSFq5um9HmLR0P76crOWAmuNFs5AJp0rL_NzcM7EMnexkscPnjcxRkKrs22zmvr5tcO_yp_NwBlwQPcIu6iDIMFyak734rhDEXMvozN8i-yhvDgKEAxCmxMij-/w450-h338/20220211_012602.jpg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">View from our room</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We could have stayed at any resort on the island but it is nice to support the yachting community and the
price was decent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The entire bubble
package was $1000 for the week including all the COVID testing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is about the same price as a Kuala
Lumpur quarantine hotel except they do include meals in KL since you are locked in
your room the whole time.</p><p></p>
Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-68673190652540588952022-02-15T22:03:00.019-05:002022-04-23T10:14:32.520-04:00The only way back to Malaysia<div class="separator"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Itβs been a while since blogging and another post about
COVID seemed unnecessary.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We've just spent the past 2 years in the US waiting for
Malaysia to open back up and allow us return to the boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a good break and we got a lot of house
projects done that have been deferred since our pre-boat times.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But, timeβs a wasting and we need to get back to the
business of boat refitting and Cruising.</p>For foreigners, there has been only one way to get into
Malaysia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tried twice since last
summer to obtain this coveted Travel Pass Visa but were denied both times. <br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbV12V79SSg6iOoA5BPyeusWRnTWonD2BzHBz1REaaFQ5xC3Pi_VyMbZ3HQQddhUc9JffyxYq7fKsNUCdW45TUU7KUIqugp7LTEjcb-zeO0l_aJbTLsWAH6Qm8LjE2QSdrsHWlibYziixaWX_rb-ahcGWcZWF50YYeZCniOVK4Fw1QNPamv4_VR8p/s795/2022-04-23%2010_10_06-Langkawi%20-%20Google%20Maps%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="795" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbV12V79SSg6iOoA5BPyeusWRnTWonD2BzHBz1REaaFQ5xC3Pi_VyMbZ3HQQddhUc9JffyxYq7fKsNUCdW45TUU7KUIqugp7LTEjcb-zeO0l_aJbTLsWAH6Qm8LjE2QSdrsHWlibYziixaWX_rb-ahcGWcZWF50YYeZCniOVK4Fw1QNPamv4_VR8p/w426-h272/2022-04-23%2010_10_06-Langkawi%20-%20Google%20Maps%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>Due to the economic loss to the tourism sector, an agreement
was reached on November 15<sup>th</sup> which allowed the Island of Langkawi to
serve as a quarantine station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
Langkawi Travel Bubble is not dependent on any government approval and when the
one week quarantine is over, free travel throughout Malaysia is permitted.<p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p>To comply with The Bubble requirements, we had to book a
hotel for a week, have round trip tickets, and perform daily COVID
testing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, like the entire
population of Malaysia, we had to have and use the MySejahtera tracking App.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4v9KiBUfu935OiwThTtqSOTW4TZspeErZwh7yBTvUanYgM1rEbf4Ylb6FUj6lnloN4y16OPmmxNz3SRcA3fxIKs9rCqftpGe2fBA5cVAmdoPb8AWrw64dOdLck3z7DWjSXBbVxbdXkGJ3Ob3iuHVdSKXYsMmUWR7qzHnTK2QgC2ybQYcIGUYkTTDA/s1600/Screenshot_20220214-064117_MySejahtera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4v9KiBUfu935OiwThTtqSOTW4TZspeErZwh7yBTvUanYgM1rEbf4Ylb6FUj6lnloN4y16OPmmxNz3SRcA3fxIKs9rCqftpGe2fBA5cVAmdoPb8AWrw64dOdLck3z7DWjSXBbVxbdXkGJ3Ob3iuHVdSKXYsMmUWR7qzHnTK2QgC2ybQYcIGUYkTTDA/w288-h640/Screenshot_20220214-064117_MySejahtera.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Even if we had been approved for the regular "Travel Pass
Visa", we still would have had to quarantine for 5 days in a restricted COVID hotel
in Kuala Lumpur.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, a one week vacation in Langkawi versus 5 days locked in
a hotel room in KL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems like a no
brainer, so off we go.<br /></p>
Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-58271576082342036632020-05-20T13:40:00.000-04:002020-05-20T16:42:08.709-04:00Post Covid Malaysia<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPtp0hlawODbvxT-HS92PQCS-gFG8n7zKY-cB_Gz2iSZIpjHJvjY3hnDYAdKMifTMD1e2yqfMb9YB4fkVLTgeqJMhlR5tBweBlTs9rQV5oowkOy1yTxm7VyzHi1grt7mS2O-abqg2pBU/s1600/P5146846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPtp0hlawODbvxT-HS92PQCS-gFG8n7zKY-cB_Gz2iSZIpjHJvjY3hnDYAdKMifTMD1e2yqfMb9YB4fkVLTgeqJMhlR5tBweBlTs9rQV5oowkOy1yTxm7VyzHi1grt7mS2O-abqg2pBU/s400/P5146846.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Store access only with tracing App.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-size: large;">For the past 2 months, we have been living under Malaysia's very serious Movement Control Order (MCO).</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8MrOxaSq_S6nzlvJbK3HUh2thXGVpc_MGKZXfrvTWR6pafexN_uRFYgO2qUnY0zt0DKdA91Of6sytVfOXGOALv0USfxKF96RQS2V-ZY6ySk9KlqLnPEvbS_7vp_mLxy0Dpm6wBOvhm0/s1600/P5146847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8MrOxaSq_S6nzlvJbK3HUh2thXGVpc_MGKZXfrvTWR6pafexN_uRFYgO2qUnY0zt0DKdA91Of6sytVfOXGOALv0USfxKF96RQS2V-ZY6ySk9KlqLnPEvbS_7vp_mLxy0Dpm6wBOvhm0/s400/P5146847.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical checkout counter</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-size: large;">Malaysia was initially hit hard with Covid-19 but restricted the population under the MCO. Malaysians had done the right thing, bit the bullet, took a short term hit to their economy, and really gotten the virus under control.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we were leaving, the restrictions were almost negligible and the Covid-19 was almost eradicated from the country. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Almost all the economic pain is gone and life had almost returned to normal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are 11 people being treated in the ICU and 7 on ventilators in the whole country of 33 million people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Malaysia is so far ahead in testing and tracing that they have a chart similar to a family tree for every infection. They can trace every case back to an index exposure or cluster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our state, Perak, had no cases for almost 2 weeks and it wasn't until inter-state travel was allowed that 2 new cases appeared from 2 siblings who came from the south. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That moved us from being a green zone to now being a yellow zone until the siblings recover. Different color zones have different restrictions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been so fortunate to be there during these times to see how a prepared country operates in a pandemic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a really good short video showing Malaysia's recovery.</span><br />
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<br />Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-29653134279445132762020-05-14T05:28:00.000-04:002020-05-14T05:28:13.704-04:00Maldives Update - Steel Sapphire<div class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Here is the Maldives Update from Steel Sapphire. The original post is at <a href="http://www.sailtortuguita.com/2020/05/steel-sapphire.html" target="_blank">www.sailtortuguita.com/2020/05/steel-sapphire.html </a></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Here in Malaysia, Pangkor Island Marina owner, James Khoo, tried to get one of the islands to be used as a 'quarantine island'. </strong><strong><strong>The government was unable to come up with a resolution since n</strong>obody wanted to stick their neck out to allow foreigners into the country because so many of the cases have been 'imported'.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>UPDATE: 02/05/20</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks so much to everyone for the outpouring of support and advice in response to this blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the 2 days since we posted this, weβve had a huge response, approximately 6,000 people have read it and weβve received over 250 messages so far, mostly from friends, family and concerned cruisers around the world. <br /><br />Two tangible and positive things have happened in these last 48 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first is that weβve been given unrestricted daylight hours access to an uninhabited island about 5 miles from Uligan, in the NW corner of the atollβ¦which also happens to be the best spot for us to anchor now that the West winds have set in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Itβs a lovely island, and is already having a noticeable impact on the morale of the 10 boats who remain here. Weβve also been assured by our agent that the Maldives authorities do not intend to unceremoniously ask us to leave - the scary "prepare to leaveβ message they sent last week was more a βheads up" in case the situation continued to deteriorate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The virus is continuing its spread, so it might yet happen, but the tone of the communication is definitely more positive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The second development is that the Australian High Commission in Colombo, in conjunction with the US and Canadian embassies) is actively trying to organise a safe harbour option in Sri Lanka for those yachts in Maldives who want to take them up on it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Itβs still under negotiation, and Iβm not sure if it would be anyoneβs first choice (the most likely destination, Galle, is not a great place for yachts, and the backup, Trincomalee, while much more pleasant, is still a bit exposed in the SW monsoon. Plus, itβs in the cyclone belt), but itβs great that theyβre working on it, and it would be good to have up our sleeve if the Maldives do end up asking us to leave before anywhere else has opened their borders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So all in all, things are definitely feeling a fair bit more positive than just 48 hours ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many of the ideas and suggestions that people have been making were written in the context of us having no choice if we were asked to leave here suddenly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I donβt want to speak too soon, but if our current situation holds, and the Maldives continue to allow us to be here, then it buys us some time to try and make the best decision we can about where to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Malaysia or Thailand are still the best choice for us IF we think itβs going to take 12-18 months to sort out this whole Covid-19 schmozzle. Which it may, or may not. And if we canβt get in there, then finding a way to get back to Australia with or without the boat is the fallback.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In that scenario, positioning ourselves in Tanzania (currently open) or Seychelles or Reunion (potentially opening soon) would not be a great option, as I donβt see those destinations being a practical place for us to stay for that length of time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the other hand, it we thought that normal cruising could resume in the next few months, we would regret heading back east towards Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei or Australia, only to have to retrace our steps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So our decision (if we have the luxury of making it ourselves) is really all about one question and one question alone: βWill normal cruising resume later this year, early next year, or some time later than thatβ. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And where we go next needs to be driven almost entirely by our answer to that key question. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Obviously we have insufficient data to answer it with any confidence right now. It will involve a guess and a gamble whenever we have to choose, but the later we can make that decision the better our data will be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So our current strategy is all about maximising the length of time we can stay in the Maldives, to gather as much data as we can to inform that guess, while doing everything we can to open up the more desirable long term bolt holes if thatβs the path we end up choosing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, thanks again for all the support - itβs been overwhelming and incredibly helpful.</span></div>
Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-31280183839736383322020-05-05T21:08:00.000-04:002020-05-05T21:08:39.305-04:00Steel Sapphire<span style="font-size: large;">I am reposting with permission this post from a sailboat currently in the Maldives.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It is well written and describes the situation and challenges facing many cruisers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">An Indian Ocean crossing is planned years in advance and begins with a January departure from Thailand and ends in Cape Town at Christmas. Many boats doing the crossing this year were spread out at different islands but are experiencing the same effects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are very fortunate to be in Malaysia and had not planned the Indian Ocean Passage for 2020. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the blog reference:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.sailingsteelsapphire.com/blog-1/2020/4/30/desperately-seeking-solutions">https://www.sailingsteelsapphire.com/blog-1/2020/4/30/desperately-seeking-solutions</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Death or severe illness. Economic meltdown. Loss of personal income. Future instability. Massive disruption to daily life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For so, so many different reasons, Covid-19 is having a drastic impact on just about everyone on the planet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until a vaccine is developed and distributed, shelter in place seems to be the preferred solution. If you were overseas when this all started, the instruction was to get yourself home, by whatever means possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then, to a greater or lesser extent based on your country, people have been told to restrict their movement, stay at home, and limit their excursions to exercise or getting food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But what happens if you donβt have a home, in the conventional sense? And what about if thereβs no way to get to your own country without the risk of significant environmental damage and/or putting yourself in terrible personal danger?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Spare a thought for those of us whose home is floating and subject to the vagaries of storms, cyclones and worse. Who have a limited supply of food, fuel and water, no shops to visit to resupply, and limited or no access to land for exercise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Spare a thought for those for whom each day is consumed by what happens when the country theyβre currently anchored in asks them to leave, while every other countryβs borders are closed and being defended by Navy gunships. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Think about how it would feel to be a stranger in a strange land, knowing that the locals are barely coping themselves with hunger, grief or economic hardship, and may be looking upon you with fear that you are carrying the virus to their homes or are consuming their scarce resources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And all of this with the persistent dread about how youβll cope when your engine, water maker or other critical system breaks down and you have no access to spare parts or replacements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like many other blue water cruisers at the moment, we are in a precarious position, and our short to medium term future is fraught with high levels of stress, anxiety and danger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Along with everyone else, we have absolutely no sense of when things are going to get better. But unlike most, we have a visceral and almost tangible dread - a very realistic fear grounded in the bleakest of realities - that things are about to get immeasurably worse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We, and many others like us, need help. Soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Weβre currently anchored in Uligan, the second-most northern island in the Maldives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We left Sydney in July 2018 to begin a 5 year circumnavigation, and sailed through South-East Asia visiting Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka, before arriving here in the Maldives in early March this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our plan for 2020 was to follow the weather systems through the Indian Ocean, travelling from North to South as the year progressed, arriving in South Africa around October. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the traditional route for a west-about circumnavigation, and the timing of each leg is critical to ensure you are always in the safe zone avoiding cyclones and the worst of the infamous Indian Ocean seas and weather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we left Sri Lanka in early March, Coronavirus was on everyoneβs lips, but the term Covid-19 had barely entered public consciousness, and βsocial distancingβ was a phrase used by people who didnβt like Facebook and Instagram.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were sufficiently aware to check with our agent in the Maldives but were reassured that all was good, and we would be welcome. It was a 6-day passage during which we had no internet, so we were shocked by how much the global situation had deteriorated by the time we arrived on 12th March.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two days after we arrived, the Maldives shut their borders, and we were told that it might be several days, or even a week or two, until our cruising permit was issued, while the government worked out their approach to the emerging threat. By this point 12 boats were waiting in the anchorage with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been required to shelter in place in the current anchorage, and have not been allowed to go ashore, other than brief walks on an uninhabited island under the watch of the Maldivian coastguard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few boats arrived after the borders were closed, but with one exception they were all moved on by the Coastguard to destinations unknown, after being given fuel or additional food and water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The exception was a Swedish boat that arrived after a 5 day sail from Sri Lanka just three days after us (but one day after the border was closed). We listened on the VHF radio as the skipper, in wonderfully calm and measured tones, patiently explained to the coastguard over and over that there was nowhere safe for him to sail onwards to. He sailed backwards and forwards for 12 hours, while his embassy negotiated with the Maldives government, and was eventually given permission to anchor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some 7 weeks later he remains here, in limbo. Neither cleared into the country, nor being moved on, he and his wife must remain on board, and are not allowed to interact with the other yachts anchored just metres away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But this version of purgatory is much, much better than the alternative, and the other sailors nearby are full of admiration for his steadfastness and refusal to put his ship and crew into danger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The truth is that for the other yachts who did manage to get officially cleared in, life is not that much better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We do have the ability to visit each other on our yachts (and that is significant), and where we are anchored has beautiful coral, lots of fish, and occasional visits from turtles, dolphins and manta rays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are wonderful privileges, especially compared to some of our fellow cruisers locked down elsewhere in the world, but the good news stops there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shore access is still limited to just one 200m long, uninhabited rocky island on the other side of the atoll from Uligan. To access the island we need permission from the coastguard to sail 5 miles to get there, and then permission again to disembark. We must report back to the coastguard when we are back on board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Maldivian authorities have been helpful, providing regular supplies of basic groceries and diesel, and so the plan has been to sit out the worst of the coronavirus in Uligan, and then resume our onwards journey when borders reopened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have also come to realise that Africa is not a suitable onwards destination over the next 12 months even if the borders do open up, due to the risk of civil unrest there, as well as a lack of medical facilities suited to dealing with Covid-19, so we had started to think about alternative routes when last week the situation took a turn for the worse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a period of stability and low infection rates, the virus has begun to spread rapidly through the Maldives, and we received initially a coastguard call, and then a written message from our agent, stating that the authorities have asked all foreign yachts in the Maldives to prepare for an emergency departure if the situation continues to deteriorate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is nowhere to leave the yacht (a 32 tonne, 50 foot vessel) in the Maldives, so the typical consular advice of flying home to Australia is neither viable, nor appropriate from an environmental perspective (it could not be left unattended on its own anchor for any length of time without serious risk of sinking).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sailing directly home to Australia is also out of the question, as it is over 4,000 miles away and such a journey would also be against the prevailing winds and currents. There would be absolutely nowhere to refuel or reprovision along the way, and no βbail-outβ ports if serious problems arose.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You really do not want to sail thousands of
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<span style="font-size: large;">In fact, the pilot books (cruising guides which outline safe passages based on hundreds of years of weather data) for this part of the world do not even include a direct route from Maldives to Australia β instead the recommendation is to sail down the east African coast, turn left at Cape Town and then sail east to Fremantle and Sydney, turning it into an 8,500 mile non stop passage in the most dangerous and treacherous waters in the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is not a viable option for our vessel and crew, and as skipper, I am not prepared to put our lives in danger by trying to tackle this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(The images above are reproduced from the Indian Ocean Cruising guide, and if you donβt believe me about the challenge of the route from Maldives to Austrlia via South Africa, check out how the guide describes it below):</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Considering our options</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What about sailing elsewhere?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we first started considering our options, we were imagining that it was just a case of waiting out a few months, and then we would be able to resume our circumnavigation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now weβre not so sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everything we read suggests that most countries are unlikely to open their borders to foreign nationals for at least 6 months, and quite likely into the new year. And thatβs if the likely second and third waves of infections are able to be controlled as countries relax their movement restrictions for their citizens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If those subsequent waves get out of control, itβs quite possible that countries will keep their borders closed for non-essential travel right up until a vaccine is manufactured and delivered, which as we all know is 12-18 months away at least.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So as we contemplate being asked to leave Maldives imminently, our criteria for finding an alternative is as follows, in priority order:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is the journey there viable and safe from a sailing perspective?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is the border open and the country itself safe to be in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If the border is not open, is there still some kind of medium-long term options there (either shelter in place on our boat for several months, or facilities to leave the boat and fly home)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Currently, there is no country in the world that meets those criteria for us, and indeed for virtually every blue water cruising boat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every country that borders the Indian Ocean fails criteria 2, with just one exception. At the time of writing, Tanzaniaβs borders remains open. Thatβs the good news. The bad news is that the President there <a href="https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/tanzanian-president-declares-3-days-national-prayer-help-defeat-coronavirus" target="_blank">prefers to tackle Covid-19 through the use of onions, garlic and prayer </a>rather than social distancing and lockdowns. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sadly, that means for us it fails the second part of test 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Itβs also 1,700 miles away, mostly upwind, with very limited facilities for yachts of our size, making tests 1 and 3 marginal at best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In short, itβs not a viable option for us. And thatβs the best we have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many, if not most countries who have closed their borders will provide emergency refuelling or reprovisioning for yachts, and so we know of some cruisers who have chosen to strike out for home, no matter how long and unsafe the journey, hoping to take advantage of an assumed willingness of each country they pass to top them up as they go.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">While a βshort hopβ strategy like that might work if one was in the Mediterranean and trying to sail back to the UK (for example), it is a dangerous strategy in the Indian ocean due to the huge distances and seasonal dangers to the weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are aware of one Swedish yacht (different to the one referred to above) who has decided to sail single handed from The Maldives home to Sweden via The Cape of Good Hope, a distance of some 12,000 miles sailing in the wrong season almost the entire way, an undertaking that no other skipper Iβve spoken to would be prepared to attempt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An Australian yacht recently made it to Darwin having sailed back from Thailand through the Indonesian archipelago, and making it just in time before the seasonal weather changes would have made such a journey quite challenging. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nonetheless, they encountered a great deal of hostility along the way, including the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8259467/Indonesian-officials-fire-gunshots-Australian-couple-stocking-supplies-sail-home.html" target="_blank">Indonesian military firing warning shots</a> at them while they were taking on emergency fuel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At this time of year (between April and October), the SW monsoon in this part of the world means that to pass Test 1, the most comfortable and safe direction to head in a sailboat is NE, and so the safest option for us is to sail to Malaysia or Thailand, where we spent several months in 2019. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They each have the ability to be able to store yachts like ours, meaning they could also pass test 3.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately both countries are in lockdown, and have stated that while they will refuel yachts, they will compel them to keep moving, and they will not be allowed to shelter in place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This raises the prospect of us having to sail indefinitely, stopping only to take on fuel and emergency food in those countries that will allow us to do so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So our best option at this stage, is to set out on the 1,700 mile passage from Uligan to Malaysia, knowing it will take 15-20 days at this time of year, We will likely arrive perilously low on fuel, unless weβre willing to drift for days on end waiting for the wind to fill in, in which case weβll likely arrive low on food instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Either way, it will have been a tough journey, throughout which we will have no insight into what awaits us. Challenged by the Malaysian Navy, guns pointed at us? Refueled and moved on? And if so, to where? And in what mental state will we be as we embark on that journey, again without knowledge of what awaits us at the other end.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Right back to the start - the nightmare continues</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Naturally we have reached out to our embassy, both in Malaysia and Sri Lanka. While they are trying to be helpful, they are simply not geared up to deal with our tiny niche, and so the initial advice has not been relevant to our situation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The constant refrain is to fly home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">βBut what about the yachtβ, we ask? βWe canβt just leave it to sink, can we?β</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">βOh yeah, well you need to just stay in The Maldives thenβ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">βYes, but weβre being warned by the Maldives that they may ask us to leave imminently. What then?β</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">βYou need to have a plan in place in case you canβt stayβ</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">βThatβs why we contacted you. Can you please liaise with the authorities in Malaysia or Thailand about our situation?β</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">βNo, their borders are closed, and we cannot challenge their laws. Thatβs not our role hereβ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And round and round we go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quite apart from the physical dangers inherent in the choices ahead of us, the mental strain is considerable, and is taking its toll on our community of 12 yachts here in Uligan β initially there was a convivial and collegiate atmosphere which really did feel like we were all in this together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After almost two months cooped up in tiny boxes, with little or no exercise, basic provisions, and a huge dose of uncertainty and fear about our future, the mood has changed in recent days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now factions have formed, and thereβs lots of bickering, mistrust, and an βevery yacht for themselvesβ mentality creeping in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You really, really donβt want to know about the arguments about the fairest way to order and distribute groceries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It would be funny if it did not highlight a serious point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What was once an exciting and thrilling chapter in our lives has descended into a kafka-esque nightmare from which there appears to be no escape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish I could end this blog with a more uplifting conclusion, but the truth is Iβll have to leave you hanging, for that is where we are at ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The blue water cruising community is such a tiny niche that it is entirely understandable that we have not been on the radar of governments, who surely have had much bigger issues affecting the vast majority of their constituents to deal with first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But as the first wave of the virus settles down, and the pre-vaccine measures become the new norm, itβs my fervent hope that governments will start to have the bandwidth to focus in on those niche cases like ours where the standard solutions donβt fit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The good news is that even as I wrote this today, Australiaβs Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade actually <a href="https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/before-you-go/getting-around/boat-travel" target="_blank">issued a statement and memo specifically for Australian yachts overseas</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Their advice?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay where you are or fly home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Malaysiaβs
neighbor, Singapore, had an early start to the COVID-19 coronavirus from
travelers during Chinese New Year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, Singapore had learned many lessons from the 2003 SARS epidemic
and was ready for the challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shopping the day before MKO</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">About 3
weeks ago, Singapore closed their borders to all non-nationals, started <a href="https://www.axios.com/sars-hong-kong-and-singapore-ready-for-covid-19-46444868-2550-4d90-ab92-a3cc90635cb4.html" target="_blank">aggressive testing, tracking, and quarantine</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As oblivious
cruisers, our big concern was where to go for visa renewals if not
Singapore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reality, the COVID growth
in Malaysia was accelerating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Take-away Naan Bread from the tandoori</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Malaysia
had a big spike in cases from a religious pilgrimage at the end of February in
Sri Petaling, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>16,000 people were in close contact and exposed to the virus.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Malaysia accepted
WHO assistance to track and test the attendees to avoid further exposure to the
general population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These exposures made
Malaysia the country with the highest number of cases in SE Asia.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marina Island Checkpoint</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
government of Mayalsia has a good working relationship with South Korea, Hong
Kong, and China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">They didnβt go into
denial but instead listened to the lessons learned from SARS and N1H1.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On March 17<sup>th</sup>,
St. Patrickβs Day, Malaysia ordered a 2 week <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Malaysia_movement_control_order" target="_blank">Movement Control Order</a> (MKO)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Empty Checkout lines during the MKO</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The MKO is
basically a nationwide shutdown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
borders are closed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All businesses
except markets and convenience stores, gas stations, power plants, the post, and
the military are closed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No hardware
stores, retail, nor are services open. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Foreigners
are not permitted to enter the country and no Malaysian may leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inter-city checkpoints block all traffic
except essential commerce.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Restaurants
can be open for take away only but since business is so slow, it doesnβt make
sense economically to stay open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The economy
of the country is essentially shut down.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We went
food shopping before the MKO and the stores were busy but still stocked.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now, during
the MKO, only the head of the household can enter, must wear a face mask, while the security guard gives you hand sanitizer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The checkout people have been wearing masks
and gloves long before the MKO.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They are very serious here</td></tr>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We are
doing fine and are glad that we are in a country that cares enough about its
people to go through these extreme measures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The isolation is weird but nowhere near as bad as our month long passage
from Mexico to French Polynesia.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The 14 day
MKO has now been extended for another 2 weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We feel very safe here and do not mind these restrictions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Malaysia is very serious about the spread of
this disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be nice if the
United States was also.</span><br />
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<br />Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-14166511306366251522020-03-08T21:15:00.001-04:002020-03-08T21:15:30.185-04:00Still Spraying and Sanding
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wet Sanding Setup</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By the way,
we are not just traveling around SE Asia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are still working on the boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scratches from prior sanding</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Since every instrument, hinge, winch, holder, bolt, and screw was
removed from the cockpit, it really was a priority to get it back together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Psychologically the need to actually fully complete
a section of the boat was also important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>More important were all the holes from where things were removed and were
just covered with tape and had the chance of leaking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The last thing you need to have is a boat
leak when you are gone and have the boat fill up with water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a closed boat sitting in the 100 degree heat of Malaysia, mold would grow
fast on everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The cockpit
was one of the places where there are a lot of corners and detail that
makes the sanding go slow.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scratches from hand sanding with 60 grit</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We did the
standard 100 grit initial sanding after spraying super thinned out Black Oxide Primer guide coat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We then wiped on the next
application of guide coat with a rag and then wet sanded with 240 grit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that was complete, more guide coat was
applied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yIAshKRd4YMmN1augRHOeadOM-QzUvuMqs9Ks7jYod4RaBqu-_o3VPr3azVUYmE9DKhXAw6S-1TFojWaztOMpFzvTNj3vfZLoFWn4BfE728HggJ4AS8nrtkolmxj_n9nFvCP0wJd9kU/s1600/PB106563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yIAshKRd4YMmN1augRHOeadOM-QzUvuMqs9Ks7jYod4RaBqu-_o3VPr3azVUYmE9DKhXAw6S-1TFojWaztOMpFzvTNj3vfZLoFWn4BfE728HggJ4AS8nrtkolmxj_n9nFvCP0wJd9kU/s400/PB106563.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guide coat is darker with more scratches</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We tried to jump to 800 grit sandpaper
but it was taking quite a long time to remove the scratches and using up quite
a few discs so we reverted to 400 grit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>More guide coat applied and then the final sanding with 800 grit.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Booker then
went around with acetone and cleaned and excess guide.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and lighter with each subsequent finer sanding</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Buffing then
started with Extra Course Rubbing compound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then, another buffing using standard rubbing compound and a final
buffing using 3M swirl remover.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The rest of the cockpit will be done with
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here are
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In
this last photo, a significant difference in color can be seen between the
cockpit and locker lids.</span></span><br />
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</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The
locker lid gelcoat was from a company in Singapore and applied during our
design and trail phase. Obviously it is not acceptable and we will have
to do the lids again with the new gelcoat sourced from <a href="http://www.rpmalaysia.com/Unsaturated.html" target="_blank">RP Malaysia</a>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Presidential Palace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dollar Large Beer</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our 90 day
Malaysian visas were not going to last until we wanted to leave at the end of
April so we needed to make a βvisa runβ somewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The only country in Southeast Asia that we
havenβt visited is Laos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why not
check that box.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Roundtrip
plane tickets were $300 for both of us for the 3 hour flight on AirAsia from
Kuala Lumput to Vientiene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We spent 4
full days there in the heart of town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vientiene
is a very small Capital city with a population of Β½ million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The entire population of Laos is 7 million.</span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The telephone man from Honduras was here</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Laos uses
the US dollar and the Lao KIP as their currency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 10,000 Kip equals a US Dollar. However, nobody wanted our US money unless it
was in immaculate condition which only a few bills were.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Fortunately, a 100
dollar withdrawl from the ATM got us a million KIP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We thought we had been to some pretty inexpensive places but Laos was by
far the cheapest.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A large
Beerlao beer will cost $1-2 which is also the cost of a meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Best of all, a glass of wine runs about
$2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quite a change from Malaysia where
you are paying US prices of $6-8.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The best
word to explain Vientiene is βcalmβ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
pace is slow, the traffic is slow, there are no people begging or bothering you
to buy anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just calm.</span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Tuk-Tuk guy</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We were
going to rent bikes but cars are parked all over the sidewalks and blocking the
shoulders so we thought it would be better to hire a tuk-tuk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found a guy sleeping in a hammock in the
back of his tuk-tuk and had him take us around to see the major sights of town.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Many
street signs were missing or in Sanskrit so we had to rely on landmarks to find our way around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pha That Luang Temple</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">There was one street that we called Massage
Street due to the abundance of guess what, massage places.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I ended up
with a one hour $6 reflexology and Booker got the full $8 massage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that price I felt like going for another
round.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>There was no shortage of Buddhist
temples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw probably 8 or 9 that
were in our area or the tuk-tuk tour.</span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patuxai - The Lao Arc de Triomphe</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">An interesting
observation we made was that while Vietnam hated their French occupation and
have tried to remove all signs of this colonial period.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Lao people
have somewhat embraced their history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>French is spoken by a significant minority and is the language of higher
professions and diplomats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw a
majority of French expats in the restaurants and bars.</span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commercialization of the Reclining Buddah</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">While
weβre on the subject of food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our hotel
had a good breakfast buffet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We thought
that since Laos borders Thailand, Thai food would be plentiful. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We really only saw a few places with Pad Thai
and all in all it was mediocre.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We did
find a great Indian/Bangladeshi place but another upscale Indian restaurant had
all the frills but flavorless food.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner Menu. It doesn't get any cheaper</td></tr>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The big
Night Market was kind of disappointing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We expected a market with Lao handicrafts but instead saw booth after
booth of clothing and phone accessories.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">During the
day, the dusty streets were almost empty of foot traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At night things changed and people were out
everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mekong River Side Night Market</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">There are
plentiful fountains that were turned off during the day but sunset gave rise to
the pumps and lights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Musicians
and dancers were on the stages of open air parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The night market was a moving mass of
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bars started to get crowded
as they commenced their Happy Hour prices.</span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Music and Dancing at the Park</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">All in
all, it was a great trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could have
shortened it by a day but now the Laos box has been checked.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plenty of Elephants</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Black Stupa (That Dam)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Korma, Rafesi, Naan with Beerlao</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragons always seem to be guarding the Temples</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elephant made from pottery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The President's Guard Shack</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Party at Julia's House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the house. Shoes are left at the door. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This year we
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from the other end of Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The food was great and there was also a
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Beer, wine, and Whiskey were plentiful which was a nice
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We were
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nice have longer chats and meet her parents, cousins, and other friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She was born in this area and grew up here so she had plenty of local friends visit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Chinese
work ethic is very driven to succeed and be rich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most common thing we were asked by the
young kids was what our jobs were, how much does a yacht cost, and how are we
able to sail and travel like we do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For us, it is always nice when someone welcomes travelers who are far from home to participate in a small part of their lives and culture. We have had this experience from Panama to Fiji to Australia and it really makes you feel like part of the community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We hope to be able pay it forward to other travelers that we meet in our future. </span></div>
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Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-32801549722283991892020-02-18T18:38:00.000-05:002020-02-18T18:38:11.929-05:00CNY 2020<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Needless to say, Chinese New Year is always
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We have seen some nice
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The entire Spring Celebration takes over 2
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They finally burned out a day later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The higher the toss, the better</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drummers at Marina Island</td></tr>
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Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-88101947411896035902020-02-03T19:10:00.001-05:002020-02-03T19:12:59.242-05:00Detail Sanding β The Arsenal<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bosch - Modified Chinese - Hutchins - B&D Mouse and 2" </td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is always
best to use the biggest sanding pad possible to minimize the amount of ripple
in the surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 8β sanding/buffing
grinder works well for this.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the
surface gets more intricate and curvy, a smaller disc has to be used otherwise the edge of the sander will cut too deep into the gelcoat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have 5β and 6β pads in both stick-on
(Velcro) and glue-on pads that can be put on either my electric or pneumatic
sanders.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One thing
about post-sanding the gelcoat is the amount of dust created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like to wet sand since it minimizes the
airborne dust and also washes the dust out of the sandpaper, making it last
longer and work better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hutchins 7544</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As explained
in <a href="https://sailtortuguita.blogspot.com/2017/05/wet-wild-sanding.html" target="_blank">a prior post</a>, using an electric sander with water is not such a big deal
because of our power setup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
since now have an air compressor, the pneumatic sanders are lighter and
definitely<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the way to go.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water Injection Adapter</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I bought a
Hutchins 7544 water injected pneumatic sander since it seemed like a good way
to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These cost $350 on Amazon but I
got a used one on ebay for around $100.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It worked well and can be used with all pad combinations
5β/6β/Stick-on/Glue-on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After seeing how
it was designed, I felt that and random orbital with vacuum extraction could be
used as a water injection sander.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Hutchins
has a small tube that injects the water through the holes in the
sandpaper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the time, I use
sheets of sandpaper cut and glued on to the disc so the water just runs out
from around the disc and onto the surface anyway which works fine.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Internals of the Chinese Sander</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My hack was
to connect the water hose to the vacuum port and pump water into the
sander.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I bought a $35 Chinese sander
for the modification.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It worked well but
works better if you sand with the water tube up so the water runs down onto the
surface.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2" Pneumatic with velcro and glue discs</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes a
5β disc doesnβt quite cut it so I bought a 2β pneumatic sander.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is ideal for most small radius corners
and close in edging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This sander doesnβt
have any real way to inject the water so I tried attaching the water hose to
the frame but in the end, it was much easier to just hold the water hose and
dribble it on the surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These sanders
come with Velcro pads which are fine but since I also need glue-on, I took a
razor blade and cut off all the Velcro,and melted the remaining bits with a
torch to make a glue-on pad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both pads
have worked great except for some cheesy sandpaper from Amazon that just gets
destroyed within a minute from the vibration.</span></div>
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Sailing Vessel TORTUGUITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052677034533619769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141186665079992595.post-56765143693966652202020-01-03T04:09:00.001-05:002020-01-03T04:09:14.643-05:00Adding a Google Photo Album to BloggerAs explained in the previous post, some work-around needs to be done to regain control of your Google Photo Albums on Google Blogger.<br />
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I am mostly doing this post to help me remember how to do this, but hopefully someone else will find this post helpful.<br />
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So, if this does not interest you, please feel free to skip the lesson.<br />
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This method works when you add albums links to pages but not posts. I don't know why. <br />
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<b>Step 1</b>. <br />
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Insert an image like you normally would do in Blogger. Insert the image that you would like to have as your album cover.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/3bQJeJZbZcT7hjSn8" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_WSimt28aN4TIiyh52fo9ChyphenhyphenueEdRekK5I0DZo0AM6EYJ8mPn4l-NOVb06kDPdWjoqb1P9K5mAULuA_mhUoF6Pw_lmN3VvShMeP6SfbcObkyzhicKVwC70qJNGmIZ9ysJ1qh6sRC-QA/s200/P3230014.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The New Album</td></tr>
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Now you have a picture on the page but not the album.<br />
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This is where the interesting part happens:<br />
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<b>Step 2.</b><br />
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Go to the Google Photo Album and Click the 3 little dots in the upper right hand corner of the album.<br />
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This menu should appear:<br />
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<b>Step 3</b>.<br />
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Select the 'Share album' link and you should have this:<br />
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Step 4.<br />
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Click the "Create link" button and you will be given a link that is the link for the entire album.<br />
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<b>Step 4.</b><br />
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Copy the link.<br />
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<b>Step 5.</b><br />
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Now go back to the Blogger page where you inserted the cover picture of your album.<br />
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Click on HTML code button and look for the part that is in a format like this below. Look just before <span style="color: blue;">imageanchor="1"</span><br />
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The highlighted text above is the location where the browser will take you when you click on the picture.<br />
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Before editing, the browser takes you to a picture, after changing the link to the album shared link, the browser will take you to that shared album instead.<br />
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<b>Step 6. </b><br />
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Replace the original yellow highlighted HTML code with the shared link that you copied from the album. Only replace the part between the parentheses and leave the parentheses<br />
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It should look like this:<br />
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You can also edit this section of HTML to change the size that the album will be on your page. In the example above, it is 150 pixels high by 200 pixels wide.<br />
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When done, Click the 'Compose' button, the 'Save' button, and press on.<br />
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One last thing, remember to turn on Share for your album. <br />
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